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COVID-19: a time to focus on nurses, hand hygiene and infection prevention and control 2019冠状病毒病:关注护士、手部卫生和感染防控的时代

International Journal of Infection Control Pub Date : 2020-04-15 DOI: 10.3396/ijic.v16i1.001.20

N. Lotfinejad, A. Peters, D. Pittet

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Abstracts of the 20th Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC2020) 第20届国际感染控制联合会大会(IFIC2020)摘要

International Journal of Infection Control Pub Date : 2020-03-11 DOI: 10.3396/ijic.v16supp.1.2020

V. Authors

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Sub-lethal exposure to cold atmospheric plasma in vitro induces changes in bacterial antibiotic resistance profiles. A pilot study. 亚致死暴露于低温大气等离子体诱导细菌抗生素耐药谱的变化。一项初步研究。

International Journal of Infection Control Pub Date : 2019-11-13 DOI: 10.3396/ijic.v16i1.004.20

Melina E. Martínez-Barrera, Jaime Amadeo Bustos Martínez, L. Sánchez-Pérez, Aida Hamdan-Partida, A. Acosta-Gio

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Improving the patient journey through a risk assessment approach for ESBL-E 通过ESBL-E风险评估方法改善患者旅程

International Journal of Infection Control Pub Date : 2019-11-13 DOI: 10.3396/ijic.v16i1.005.20

R. Barratt, J. Munro

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Investigation of the economic impact of surgical site infection development in cardiovascular surgeries on the prospective payment system in Japan 日本心血管手术手术部位感染发展对未来支付系统的经济影响调查

International Journal of Infection Control Pub Date : 2019-11-12 DOI: 10.3396/ijic.v16i1.006.20

M. Ohno, Y. Shimada, M. Satoh, Daisuke Endoh, A. Amano, S. Hori

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Solutions to Infection Prevention and Control challenges in developing countries, do they exist? 发展中国家感染预防和控制挑战的解决方案是否存在?

International Journal of Infection Control Pub Date : 2019-11-12 DOI: 10.3396/ijic.v16i1.007.20

Vanessa L Sparke, Jason Diau, D. MacLaren, Caryn West

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Sharps injuries among health care workers in Al Ahsa region, Saudi Arabia 沙特阿拉伯Al Ahsa地区医护人员受伤

International Journal of Infection Control Pub Date : 2019-10-21 DOI: 10.3396/ijic.v15i4.017.19

H. A. Shaikh, Maher Mohammad Al Mahdi, B. Naik

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A comparative study of practicing cross-infection control of dental prostheses and implant components among prosthodontists and dental technicians in Qassim province, Saudi Arabia 沙特阿拉伯卡西姆省义齿医师和牙科技术人员对修复体和种植体部件交叉感染控制的比较研究

International Journal of Infection Control Pub Date : 2019-10-21 DOI: 10.3396/ijic.v15i4.016.19

N. A. Sedky

{"title":"A comparative study of practicing cross-infection control of dental prostheses and implant components among prosthodontists and dental technicians in Qassim province, Saudi Arabia","authors":"N. A. Sedky","doi":"10.3396/ijic.v15i4.016.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3396/ijic.v15i4.016.19","url":null,"abstract":"The objectives were to compare the performance of infection control practices among prosthodontists and dental technicians in Al-Qassim Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with regard to dental prostheses, impression copings, implant analogs and customized implant abutments (implant components). Self-administered questionnaires were submitted to 48 prosthodontists and 46 laboratory technicians in three cities. The questionnaires consisted of 19 questions for prosthodontists and 21 questions for laboratory technicians. All questionnaires were reviewed in situ to make sure they were fulfilled completely. \u0000A statistically significant difference was found between participants regarding receiving refresher infection control courses, while there was no statistical difference concerning disinfection protocols as well as communication regarding disinfection of prosthesis. For disinfection of different types of prosthesis before sending to lab/clinic, higher percentage of dentists applied this procedure (42.55% and 40.43%) compared to technicians (17.02% and 18.09%), while disinfection after return was higher among technicians (43.62% and 46.81%). Concerning implant components, dentists registered a low percentage for disinfection/sterilization of sent and returned items (13.83% and 7.45%), whereas 46.81% of technicians disinfect/sterilize implant components upon return from clinic. \u0000In conclusion, there was shortage of appropriate practice of infection control procedures in prosthodontic clinics and labs regarding the disinfection of dental prostheses as well as the disinfection/sterilization of implant components upon sent/returned to the dental lab/clinic.","PeriodicalId":13991,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Infection Control","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81084183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Factors influencing hand hygiene compliance of healthcare students 影响卫生专业学生手卫生依从性的因素

International Journal of Infection Control Pub Date : 2019-10-21 DOI: 10.3396/ijic.v15i4.015.19

S. Elsafi, Shahad Y Al-Howti

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The development and effect of the education program on hand hygiene and use of personal protective equipment: A randomized controlled study 手部卫生和个人防护用品使用教育项目的发展和效果:一项随机对照研究

International Journal of Infection Control Pub Date : 2019-10-21 DOI: 10.3396/ijic.v15i4.014.19

Eun-gyeong Kim, I. Jeong

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