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{"title":"Paediatric respiratory syncytial virus healthcare associated infection surveillance pilot","authors":"Dr Gemma Saravanos , Ms Claire Nayda , Ms Trish Maldigri , Marilyn Cruickshank (Professor) , Alison Kesson (Professor) , Philip Britton (Associate Professor)","doi":"10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45006,"journal":{"name":"Infection Disease & Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67735595","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}

{"title":"Rates of, and factors influencing unused paramedic-inserted peripheral venous catheters: A retrospective review","authors":"Mrs Eleanor Golling , Dr Nigel Barr , Thea van de Mortel (Professor) , Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman","doi":"10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45006,"journal":{"name":"Infection Disease & Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67734928","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}

{"title":"Comfort and user acceptance of respirators in clinical practice – Does it matter?","authors":"Dr Susan Jain , Mrs Kathy Dempsey","doi":"10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45006,"journal":{"name":"Infection Disease & Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67735221","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}

{"title":"Staffing the NSW Biocontainment Centre – how do we keep staff actively engaged?","authors":"Dr Patricia Ferguson , Mary Wyer , Ms Catherine Priestley , Ms Alice Polak","doi":"10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45006,"journal":{"name":"Infection Disease & Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67735303","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}

{"title":"Sick sink syndrome: A cautionary tale on the impact of sustainability and climate resilience measures in a newly constructed hospital","authors":"Mrs Louise Aiton, Mr Richard Bartolo, Ms Maureen Canning, Ms Marion Kainer, Ms Candice Douglass, Ms Anie Edward, Ms Hannah Marsden, Ms Rachel McInnes, Ms Monique Sammut, Mr Adrian Tramontana","doi":"10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45006,"journal":{"name":"Infection Disease & Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67735596","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}

{"title":"Contagious Connections - Tracing the Threads of Infection Transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales amongst Close Contact Patients","authors":"Ms Denise Del Rosario-Kelly, Ms Megan Gritt, Ms Pauline Bass, Andrew Stewardson (Associate Professor)","doi":"10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45006,"journal":{"name":"Infection Disease & Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67739277","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}

{"title":"Use of genomic analysis in informing practice to prevent healthcare worker infection and transmission – A case report","authors":"Ms Donya Eghrari , Dr Norelle Sherry , Dr Anne Watt , Ben Howden (Prof) , Dr Angeline Ferdinand","doi":"10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45006,"journal":{"name":"Infection Disease & Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67739981","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}

{"title":"Tuberculosis infection prevention and control in rural Papua New Guinea: an evaluation using the infection prevention and control assessment framework","authors":"Mr Gigil Marme , Jerzy Kuzma (Professor) , Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman , Neil Harris (Professor) , Shannon Rutherford (Associate Professor)","doi":"10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2023.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45006,"journal":{"name":"Infection Disease & Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67738397","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}

{"title":"Infection prevention and control in computed tomography: creating a national survey","authors":"Suzanne Hill,&nbsp;Yobelli A. Jimenez,&nbsp;Dania Abu Awwad,&nbsp;Sarah J. Lewis","doi":"10.1016/j.idh.2023.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.idh.2023.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Infection prevention and control (IPC) is essential for quality healthcare, with healthcare associated infections (HAI) a known risk to patients requiring medical imaging (MI). To date, few papers have adopted a national approach to understanding or benchmarking the knowledge of, attitudes toward, and practice (KAP) of IPC in the context of MI and no validated surveys or scales are identified in the literature. The Computed Tomography (CT) suite is a unique MI environment where radiographers deliver prescription medicines to patients via intravenous (IV) means through an injector system. This paper describes the development of a survey that informs the use of IPC processes in the CT suite.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Standard Precautions via current national guidelines formed the benchmark of the survey, with a KAP survey used as the framework to explore IPC. The questions and associated responses are developed based on the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) guidelines, industry/professional protocols and adapted to the equipment and practices commonly used in the CT suite of MI departments by radiographers and nurses.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Key survey development steps are described to include the justification of the benchmarking source, the survey framework and design. Detailed information is given to show the evolution of truth statements and sources, KAP question variations, and rationales for the methodology of question responses. National guidelines are mapped to survey questions and responses and pilot testing reflections are included.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This paper reports on the construction of a standardised KAP survey for IPC specific to the CT suite in the Australian healthcare setting. The survey is ready for dissemination amongst MI departments. Documented use will aid validation and reliability as a survey tool to measure and map IPC specifically in relation to IV contrast administration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45006,"journal":{"name":"Infection Disease & Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468045123000603/pdfft?md5=1d2db0b7cd6b895e97abdeb49bf01e77&pid=1-s2.0-S2468045123000603-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41184626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Designed for a pandemic: Mitigating the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission through hospital design and infrastructure","authors":"Brendan Kennedy ,&nbsp;Anushia Ashokan ,&nbsp;Chuan Kok Lim ,&nbsp;Diana Lagana ,&nbsp;Marija Juraja ,&nbsp;David Shaw","doi":"10.1016/j.idh.2023.08.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.idh.2023.08.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>To describe the new Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) design and infrastructure features that helped mitigate the risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission within the hospital during the pre-vaccination and pre-antiviral period.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>The RAH infrastructure, design and initial pandemic response was assessed. A retrospective review of all confirmed or suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients admitted from 1 February 2020 to 30 May 2020 was also performed to assess risk of transmission. Outbreak response reports were reviewed to identify episodes of nosocomial COVID-19.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Key infrastructure features include single-bed overnight rooms with dedicated bathrooms, creation of pandemic areas accessible only to pandemic staff, and sophisticated air-handling units with improved ventilation. A total of 264 COVID-19 related admission occurred, with 113 confirmed cases and 1579 total cumulative bed days. Despite a limited understanding of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, no vaccination or anti-viral therapy, global shortages of particulate filter respirators and restricted testing during this period, only one probable nosocomial COVID-19 case occurred in a healthcare worker, with no nosocomial cases involving patients.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The RAH design and pandemic features complimented existing infection control interventions and was important in limiting nosocomial spread of SARS-CoV-2.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45006,"journal":{"name":"Infection Disease & Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468045123000615/pdfft?md5=f1c8c20e53daf3cee8e0d2bc1e2aed01&pid=1-s2.0-S2468045123000615-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41176441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}