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Comment on a recent meta-analysis of influenza vaccination and COVID-19 infection.

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American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-02-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.01.020

Antonio E Pontiroli, Ivan Zanoni, Lucia La Sala, Elena Tagliabue

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Strategies for preventing aerosol-generated microbial contamination in dental procedures: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.02.001

Ravinder S Saini, Rayan Ibrahim H Binduhayyim, Seyed Ali Mosaddad, Artak Heboyan

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Mitigating COVID-19 transmission in long-term care: A facility's experience with dry hydrogen peroxide.

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American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.01.022

Mary Cole

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Incorporation of antibiotic stewardship into proactive infection prevention and control assessments in the outpatient hemodialysis setting: A brief report.

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American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.01.023

Victoria Davis, Christopher A Czaja, Pamela Fricke, Shea C McGrath, Janell Nichols, Lauren Biehle

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Infection prevention knowledge related to central line infections and ventilator-associated pneumonias: A survey of Finnish intensive care units.

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American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.01.021

Kirsi Terho, Eliisa Löyttyniemi, Esa Rintala, Sanna Salanterä

{"title":"Infection prevention knowledge related to central line infections and ventilator-associated pneumonias: A survey of Finnish intensive care units.","authors":"Kirsi Terho, Eliisa Löyttyniemi, Esa Rintala, Sanna Salanterä","doi":"10.1016/j.ajic.2025.01.021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajic.2025.01.021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Health care-associated infections pose a significant risk for the patients in intensive care due to the use of medical instrumentation required for care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a cross-sectional, nationwide survey on awareness of recommended infection prevention practices involving central venous catheters and invasive ventilators in intensive care units.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 810 (50% of those surveyed) nurses and physicians participated in the survey. We found that 8% of the respondents had good knowledge of infection prevention in central venous care, while 24% had good knowledge of ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention practices.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The overall level of knowledge measured with this nationwide survey was suboptimal. The level varied between units, and depending on individual questions for particular professions. The displayed knowledge may have partially been based on tradition rather than on up-to-date evidence-based guidelines.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Educational training in evidence-based infection prevention is needed for practical implementation to be improved.</p>","PeriodicalId":7621,"journal":{"name":"American journal of infection control","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143254458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Total outward leakage of face-worn products used by the general public for source control 公众使用的面戴式源头控制产品向外泄漏总量。

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American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.09.020

Weihua Yang PhD , Warren Myers PhD , Mike Bergman , Edward Fisher , Kenneth J. Ryan PhD , Brooke Vollmer , Lee Portnoff , Ziqing Zhuang PhD

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Infection control nursing competency model for nurses in intensive care units: A Delphi study 重症监护病房护士感染控制护理能力模型：德尔菲研究。

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American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.09.022

Eun Jo Kim MSN , JaHyun Kang PhD, MPH

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Some comments on the efficiency and simulation of Thailand's Chiang Mai University model for COVID-19 mass vaccination hub 对泰国清迈大学新型冠状病毒大规模疫苗接种中心模型效率和模拟的几点评价

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American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.10.028

Salvatore Chirumbolo PhD , Umberto Tirelli MD

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American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(24)00913-1

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The epidemiology of midline-associated bloodstream infections in an urban health care system 城市医疗系统中线相关血流感染的流行病学。

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American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.10.037

Rebecca Choudhury MD , Jordan Ehni CIC, MPH , Waleed Javaid MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA , Mateen Jangda BS , Itay Rabinovitz MD , Nikita Ekhelikar MD , Bernard C. Camins MD, MSc

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