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Publikováno v:
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, Vol 4 (2024)
Abstract Objective: To describe factors in an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Enterobacter cloacae (MRE) in an intensive care unit (ICU) over a 20-month period including the likely contribution of cockroaches to the outbreak. Design: This is a ret
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/2bedf4fbeaf645858d20e07839860349
Autor:
Jennifer Cadnum, Annette Jencson, Samir Memic, Andrew Osborne, Maria Torres-Teran, Brigid Wilson, Abhishek Deshpande, Curtis Donskey
Publikováno v:
Pathogens and Immunity, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2022)
Reprinted with permission, Cleveland Clinic Foundation ©2022. All Rights Reserved Background: Barriers are commonly installed in workplace situations where physical distancing cannot be maintained to reduce the risk for transmission of respiratory
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/5b5036b386cf4ff1be52cb0d0e2d88d1
Autor:
Jennifer Cadnum, Basya Pearlmutter, Daniel Li, Annette Jencson, Jacob Scott, Ian Charnas, Curtis Donskey
Publikováno v:
Pathogens and Immunity, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2021)
Background: Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light devices are effective in reducing contamination on N95 filtering facepiece respirators. However, limited information is available on whether UV-C devices meet the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) microbiol
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/535cc9a43f814207aa8db265a762dd0f
Autor:
Heba Alhmidi, Sreelatha Koganti, Myreen E. Tomas, Jennifer L. Cadnum, Annette Jencson, Curtis J. Donskey
Publikováno v:
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2016)
Abstract Background Simulations using fluorescent tracers can be useful in understanding the spread of pathogens and in devising effective infection control strategies. Methods During simulated patient care interactions in which providers wore gloves
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f897bea039c140ca8a097c3cc805ac59
Autor:
Jason Clayton, Gregory Golonka, Lynn Maruskin, Annette Jencson, Jennifer Hailes, Jennifer Cadnum, Curtis Donskey, Philip Toltzis
Publikováno v:
Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9
Background Infants frequently excrete toxigenic C. difficile asymptomatically during their first year of life. Prior studies have demonstrated an association between acquisition of community acquired C. difficile infection in adults and contact with
Publikováno v:
Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9
Background Barriers are commonly installed in workplace situations where physical distancing cannot be maintained to reduce the risk for transmission of respiratory viruses. Although some types of barriers have been shown to reduce exposure to aeroso
Autor:
Abhishek Deshpande, Annette Jencson, Thomas G. Fraser, Aaron N. Dunn, Curtis J. Donskey, Steven M. Gordon, Jennifer L. Cadnum, Thriveen Sankar Chittoor Mana, Jacqueline Fox
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Infection Control. 48:757-760
Background The degree to which daily intensive care unit (ICU) cleaning practices impacts bacterial burden is controversial. The study aimed to assess the utility of using adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence assays for monitoring effectivene
Autor:
Christopher W. Woods, Nan Hu, Susan M. Pacheco, Annette Jencson, Kalpana Gupta, Jeanmarie Mayer, Judith Strymish, David L. Johnson, Dale N. Gerding, Molly Leecaster, Nimalie D. Stone, Warren B. P. Pettey, Curtis J. Donskey, Matthew H. Samore, Susan P. Sambol, Edward J. Young, L. Clifford McDonald
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Infection Control. 48:626-632
Background Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) causes significant morbidity in nursing home residents. Our aim was to describe adherence to a bundled CDI prevention initiative, which had previously been deployed nationwide in Veterans Health Adm
Autor:
Jennifer Cadnum, Curtis J. Donskey, Chetan Jinadatha, Melany Gonzalez-Orta, Annette Jencson, Yilen Ng-Wong, Carlos S Saldana
Publikováno v:
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 69:1801-1804
In a cohort of 480 patients admitted to an acute care hospital, 68 (14%) had positive perirectal cultures for toxigenic Clostridioides difficile on admission. Of the 11 patients (2%) diagnosed with healthcare-associated C. difficile infections, 3 (27
Autor:
Thriveen Sankar, Ken Koon Wong, Jennifer L. Cadnum, Abhishek Deshpande, Sarah Schramm, Steven M. Gordon, Curtis J. Donskey, Jacqueline Fox, Annette Jencson, Thomas G. Fraser
Publikováno v:
Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 39(3)
OBJECTIVEContaminated hands of healthcare workers (HCWs) are an important source of transmission of healthcare-associated infections. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers, while effective, do not provide sustained antimicrobial activity. The objective of th