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“Letter to the editor: Artificial intelligence (AI) use for personal protective equipment training, remediation, and education in health care” “致编辑的信：人工智能（AI）用于医疗保健领域的个人防护装备培训、修复和教育”

IF 3.8 3区医学

American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.05.011

Zainab Arif, Shorrem Naeem

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“Letter to the editor: Impact of antibiotic treatment and predictors for subsequent infections in multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria” 致编辑的信：抗生素治疗对耐多药铜绿假单胞菌导管相关无症状细菌性尿症后续感染的影响和预测因素

IF 3.8 3区医学

American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.05.005

Syed Aaraiz Ul Hassan MBBS , Noor Ul Huda MBBS , Muhammad Raza MBBS

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Letter to editor: No detrimental effect on the hand microbiome of health care staff by frequent alcohol-based antisepsis 致编辑：频繁使用含酒精的消毒剂对医护人员的手部微生物群没有有害影响

IF 3.8 3区医学

American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.04.007

Noor Ul Huda MBBS , Ruba Javed MBBS , Hafsa Ibrahim MBBS

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Response to the comment on the article “No detrimental effect on the hand microbiome of health care staff by frequent alcohol-based antisepsis” 对《经常用酒精消毒对医护人员手部微生物群无不良影响》一文评论的回应

IF 3.8 3区医学

American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.04.013

Axel Kramer MD , Mathilde Borg Dahl PhD , Mia M. Bengtsson PhD , John M. Boyce MD , Matthias Heckmann MD , Mareike Meister Dipl-Biol , Roald Papke MD , Didier Pittet MD , Anne Reinhard Dipl-Biol , Hortense Slevogt MD , Haitao Wang PhD , Paula Zwicker PhD , Tim Urich PhD , Ulrike Seifert MD

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American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(25)00442-0

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IF 3.8 3区医学

American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(25)00441-9

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IF 3.8 3区医学

American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(25)00443-2

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Is sterility essential for hand-drying products in surgical hand antisepsis? A controlled before-and-after study 在外科手部消毒中，手干产品是否必须无菌？前后对照研究。

IF 2.4 3区医学

American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.07.002

Tingting Zhang MS , Qin Qin BM , Ruoyu Cao BM , Renqiang Lu MS , Dongxue Li MS

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HAI point prevalence report in two Cambodian hospitals, 2023: An application of World Health Organization simplified case definition 2023年柬埔寨两家医院HAI点患病率报告——世界卫生组织简化病例定义的应用

IF 2.4 3区医学

American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.06.023

Nita Mean RM, MPH , Virya Koy PhD, MNSc., MHEEd. , Vannda Kap MD, MPH , Savy Em MD , Achim Dörre PhD , Sara Tomczyk PhD , Zhao Li MBBS, MSc , Shogo Kubota MD, MPH , Maha Talaat Ismail DrPH , Benedetta Allegranzi MD, DTM&H

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Helicobacter pylori real-time quantitative PCR to examine efficacy of endoscope processing 幽门螺杆菌实时定量PCR检测内窥镜处理效果。

IF 2.4 3区医学

American journal of infection control Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.07.001

L. Mussina MPH , F. Khoury MD , D. Araujo MD, PhD , M. Yadlapalli MD , M. Pezzone MD, PhD , M. Yassin MD, PhD

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