Fending off Delta – Hospital measures to reduce nosocomial transmission of COVID-19

Autor: Rachel Hui Fen LIM, Htet Lin HTUN, Anthony Lianjie LI, Huiling GUO, Win Mar KYAW, AUNG Aung Hein, Brenda ANG, Angela CHOW

Publikováno v: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 117, Iss , Pp 139-145 (2022)

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Following the emergence of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore, our hospital experienced a Delta-linked ward cluster. In this study, we review the enhanced strategies in preventing nosocomial transmission of COVID-19 fo

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Environmental colonization and onward clonal transmission of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in a medical intensive care unit: the case for environmental hygiene

Autor: Deborah H. L. Ng, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Jia Jun Lee, Wei Xin Khong, Oon Tek Ng, Wei Zhang, Bee Fong Poh, Pooja Rao, Maya Devi Rajinder Raj, Brenda Ang, Partha Pratim De

Publikováno v: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)

Abstract Background In May 2015, we noticed an increase in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) infections in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU). To investigate this, we studied the extent of environmental contamination and subsequ

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Abstracts from the 8th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC)

Autor: Nantanit Sutthiruk, Mari Botti, Julie Considine, Andrea Driscoll, Ana Hutchinson, Kumthorn Malathum, Cucunawangsih Cucunawangsih, Veronica Wiwing, Vivien Puspitasari, Rathina Kumar Shanmugakani, Yukihiro Akeda, Takuya Kodera, Pitak Santanirand, Kazunori Tomono, Takayuki Yamanaka, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Hiroyuki Kitajima, Yuho Horikoshi, Alyona Lavrinenko, Ilya Azizov, Nurlan Tabriz, Margulan Kozhamuratov, Yekatherine Serbo, Dahae Yang, Woonhyoung Lee, Il Kwon Bae, Jae Hyun Lee, Hyukmin Lee, Jung Ok Kim, Seok Hoon Jeong, Kyungwon Lee, Thiba Peremalo, Priya Madhavan, Sharina Hamzah, Leslie Than, Eng Hwa Wong, Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa, Kee Peng Ng, Marionne Geronimo, Maria Fe Tayzon, Maria Jesusa Maño, Angela Chow, Pei-Yun Hon, Mar-Kyaw Win, Brenda Ang, Yee-Sin Leo, Tina See, Rocio Alvarez Marin, Marta Aires de Sousa, Nicolas Kieffer, Patrice Nordmann, Laurent Poirel, Wison Laochareonsuk, Sireekul Petyu, Pawin Wanasitchaiwat, Sutasinee Thana, Chollathip Bunyaphongphan, Woranan Boonsomsuk, Pakpoom Maneepongpermpoon, Silom Jamulitrat, Dorairajan Sureshkumar, Kalyanaraman Supraja, Soundararajan Sharmila, Benny Setiawan, Nicolaski Lumbuun, Haruo Nakayama, Toshiko Ota, Naoko Shirane, Chikako Matuoka, Kentaro Kodama, Masanobu Ohtsuka, Silverose Ann Andales Bacolcol, Melecia Velmonte, Allan Alde, Keithleen Chavez, Arlene Joy Esteban, Aisa Jensen Lee, Tai-Chin Hsieh, Shio-ShinJean, Huey-Jen Huang, Shu-Ju Huang, Yu-Huan Huang, Pei-Chen Cheng, Su-Fang Yu, Shih-Ming Tsao, Yuan-Ti Lee, Chien-Feng Li, Min-Chi Lu, Nattapol Pruetpongpun, Thana Khawcharoenporn, Pansachee Damronglerd, Nuntra Suwantarat, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Sasinuch Rutjanawech, Lisa Cushinotto, Patty McBride, Harding Williams, Hans Liu, Phan Thi Hang, Dinh Pham Phuong Anh, Ngai Le, Dung Khu, Lam Nguyen, Roel Beltran Castillo, Ram Gopalakrishnan, Venkatasubramanian Ramasubramanian, Subramanian Sreevidya, Ranganathan Jayapradha, Atsushi Umetsu, Tetsuhiro Noda, Kenyuu Hashimoto, Akihiro Hayashi, Mikie Kabashima, Ursula Jadczak, Knut Elvelund, Marit Johnsen, Bente Borgen, Egil Lingaas, Chia-Hua Mao, Fu-Chieh Chang, Chang-Pan Liu, Ru-Hui Chao, Fu-chieh Chang, Chang-pan Liu, Junpen Pawapotako, Chadanan Prasertpan, Wantanee Malaihuan, Phisit Uirungroj, Chalermpong Saenjum, Teerapat Ouirungrog, Sue Borrell, Pauline Bass, Leon Worth, Zhao Xian-li, Li Xiao-long, Yao Xue-hua, Ren Wei, Zhang Xia Zeng, Man Ying Kong, Christopher Koon Chi Lai, Suet Yi Lee, Ngai Chong Tsang, M. M. O’Donoghue, M. V. Boost, L. K. P. Suen, G. K. Siu, K. W. Mui, C. K. C. Lai, D. N. C. Tsang, Yuka Sato, Mariko Tateishi, Mutsuko Mihashi, Jose Paulo Flor, Marko Bautista, V. Jay De Roxas, Justine Vergara, Nicolo Andrei Añonuevo, Marion Kwek, Jose Acuin, Anna Josea Sanchez, Avel Bathan, Jamilah Binte Jantan, Chua Chor Guek, Eu Chiow Kian, Pampe Anak Pirido, Nur Fadilah Binte Mohd Aron, Leah May Estacio, Francis Alvarez Palana, Michelle Gracia, Nur Syafiqah Binte Shamsuddin, Kersten Timbad Castro, Madonna Baloria, Faezah Binte Adam, Zhang Wei, Poh Bee Fong, Marimuthu Kalisvar, I-Ju Chuang, Yi-ChunCho, Yu-Fen Chiu, Lung-Chih Chen, Yi-Chun Lin, Shao-Xing Dong, Yi-Chieh Lee, Hui-Chen Kuan, Hsin-Hua Lin, Chia-Chun Chi, Chin-Te Lu, Tang Ya-Fen, Su Li-Hsiang, Liu Jien-Wei, Hsuehlan Chao, PinRu ChangChien, WeiFang Chen, ChungHsu Lai, Lutfe Ara, Syed Mohammad Niaz Mowla, Shaikh Mahmud Kamal Vashkar, Wai Fong Chan, Mabel Yin ChunYau, Karen Kam LingChong, Tze OnLi, Rajwinder Kaur, Ng Po Yan, Gloria Chor Shan Chiu, Christina W. Y. Cheung, Patricia T. Y. Ching, Radley H. C. Ching, Conita H. S. Lam, C. H. Kan, Shirley S. Y. Lee, C. P. Chen, Regina F. Y. Chan, Annie F. Y. Leung, Isadora L. C. Wong, S. S. Lam, Queenie W. L. Chan, Cecilia Chan, Seyed Sadeq Seyed Nematian, Charles John Palenik, Mehrdad Askarian, Nahid Hatam, Itaru Nakamura, Hiroaki Fujita, Ayaka Tsukimori, Takehito Kobayashi, Akihiro Sato, Shinji Fukushima, Tetsuya Matsumoto, V. James De Roxas, V James De Roxas, Nicolo AndreiAñonuevo, Yeng May Ho, Jia Qi Kum, Bee Fong Poh, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Tzu-Yin Liu, Sin-Man Chu, Hui-Zhu Chen, Tun-chieh Chen, Yichun Chen, Ya-Ching Tsao, Sumawadee Skuntaniyom, Pirawadee Tipluy, Sangwan Paengta, Ratchanee wongsaen, Sutthiphun thanomphan, Samettanet Tariyo, Buachan Thongchuea, Pattama Khamfu, Sutthiphan Thanomphan, Wipaporn Natalie Songtaweesin, Suvaporn Anugulruengkit, Rujipat Samransamruajkit, Darintr Sosothikul, Ornanong Tansrijitdee, Anry Nakphunsung, Patchareeyawan Srimuan, Jirachaya Sophonphan, ThanyaweePuthanakit, Kunyanut Payuk, Wilawan Picheansathian, Nongkran Viseskul, Elizabeth DeNardo, Rachel Leslie, Todd Cartner, Luciana Barbosa, Heinz-Peter Werner, Florian H. H. Brill, Julia Yaeko Kawagoe, Elizabeth De Nardo, Sarah Edmonds- Wilson, David Macinga, Patricia Mays-Suko, Collette Duley, Tran Thi Thuy Hang, Tran Thi My Hanh, Christopher Gordon, Roopa Durairaj, Anusha Rohit, Saujanya Saravanakumar, Jothymani Hemalatha, Ryuichi Hirano, Yuichi Sakamoto, Shoji Yamamoto, Naoki Tachibana, Miho Miura, Fumiyo Hieda, Yoshiro Sakai, Hiroshi Watanabe, Silverose Ann Bacolcol, Keitleen Chavez, Jia-Wei Lim, Aung-Aung Hein, Grace Tin, Vanessa Lim, Huwi-chun Chao, Chiu-Yin Yeh, Mei-feng Lo, Chonlada Piwpong, Songyos Rajborirug, Ploypailin Preechawetchakul, Yada Pruekrattananapa, Tharntip Sangsuwan, Ratchanee Wongsaen, Sungwan Paengta, Napatnun Nilchon, Sutthipun Thanompan, Samattanet Tariyo, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Yerbol Tishkambayev, Asylkhan Alibecov, Yekaterina Serbo, Youngwon Nam, Jae Hyeon Park, Yun Ji Hong, Taek Soo Kim, Jeong Su Park, Kyoung Un Park, Eui-Chong Kim, Samuel Abumhere Aziegbemhin, Onaiwu Enabulele, Yao-Shen Tung, An-Chi Chen, Shen-Min Huang, Yui-Yein Yang, Li-Hung Wu, Chin-cheng Lin, Tzu Hao Lien, Jia Hao Chang, Yu Shan Huang, Yi Shun Chen, Sasithorn Sirilun, Phisit Ouirungroj, Suwanna Trakulsomboon, Patcharee Prasajak, Maryanne W. N. Kwok, Lady S. H. Ng, Lindy M. T. Wong, Lenina S. L. Poon, Mary K. L. Lai, Holly H. S. Cheng, S. K. Fong, Cindy F. Y. Leung, Jumpei Hasegawa, Hiroki Shirakawa, Sachiko Wakai, Makiko Mieno, Shuji Hatakeyama, Manu Deeudom, Prasit Tharavichitkul, Terrence Chinniah, Jackson Tan, Kavitha Prabu, Sartaj Alam, Aung Kyaw Wynn, Rashidah Ahmad, Amalina Sidek, Dg Azizah Samsuddin, Noraini Ajis, Aliyah Ahmad, Susylawathi Magon, Boon Chu, Jiqiu Kuang, Yan Gao, Shoujun Wang, Yunxiao Hao, Rong Liu, Dongmei Li, Hui Wang, Hisanori Nishio, Hitomi Mori, Yoshiko Morokuma, Takaaki Yamada, Makiko Kiyosuke, Sachie Yasunaga, Kazuhiro Toyoda, Nobuyuki Shimono, Dmitriy Babenko, Anar Turmuhambetova, Antonella Cheşcă, Mark A. Toleman, Lyudmila L. Akhmaltdinova, Mark Albert Magsakay, Angelo Macatibag, Jeannica Kriselle Lerios, Alyona Lavrineko, Dmitry Babenko, Eugene Sheck, Mikhail Edelstein, Lih-Yue Li, Chiung-Wen Chan, Hui-Chuan Pan, Wipa Vanishakije, Warisra Jaikampun, Su-Yin Li, Jian-Feng Li, Yu-Ping Wu, Chiao-Hui Lin, Ping-Chin Chang, Samatanet Tariyo, Suttsiphan Thanompan, Suchada Sukkra, Khalequ Zaman, Sheikh Farzana Zaman, Farzana Zaman, Asma Aziz, Sayeed-Bin Faisal, Magali Traskine, Javier Ruiz-Guiñazú, Dorota Borys, Wendy Wai Yee Lam, May Chow, Lucy Choy, Joseph Kam, Sharifah Azura Salleh, Razila Yacob, Siti Rokiah Yusof, Nordiah Awang Jalil, Maria Lourdes Millan, Jose Lito Acuin, Melecia A. Velmonte, Silverose Ann A. Bacolcol, Ching-I Ting, Sunisa Dissayasriroj, Terrence Rohan Chinniah, Jauharatud DiniSuhaimi, Aizzuddin Mirasin, Nurul Morni, Azizah Samsuddin, Amalina AbuBakar, Amanie Shafiee, Julaini Safar, Leung Annie, Fung Yuk Ling, Lau Edna, Luk Kristine, Satoshi Shinomiya, Kumiko Yamamoto, Kayoko Kjiwara, Mitsuhiro Yamaguchi, Wei Zhang, Bee-Fong Poh, Ming-Chin Chan, Chih-Chien Wang, Huan-Yu Huang, Chiung-Ling Lai, Sajeerat Kosol, Wantana Sakolwirat, Patchanee Paepong, Sawalee Jansanga, Pattarin Jaisamoot, Nuttha Thongnuanual, Chittima Srithong, Somporn Somsakul, Sutima Plongpunth, Mukkapon Punpop, Porntip Malathum, Kulada Peautiwat, Nattawipa boon kirdram, Pimpaporn Klunklin, Geetha Samethadka, Naoko Suzuki, Hitomi Asada, Masao Katayama, Atsushi Komano, Hidehiro Watanabe, Hye Kyung Seo, Joo-Hee Hwang, Myoung Jin Shin, Su Young Kim, Eu Suk Kim, Kyoung-Ho Song, Hong Bin Kim, Lai-Si Un, Choi-Ian Vong, Jocelyn Koh, Sherly Agustinus, Rozita Bte Abu Hassan, Yin Phyu Thinn, Benjamin Ng, Soe Pyae Tun, Su Mon Thi Ha, Xue Xiaoting, Lin Li, Leyland Chuang, Attanayaka Mudiyanselage Chulani Niroshika, Kaluarachchige Anoma Kaluarachchi Perera, Dimingo Kankanamalage Diana Grace Fernando, Bodhipakshage Rohini Hemamala, Chiu-yin Yeh, Hui-Chun Yang, Hsiang-Ju Chiu, Ya-Ling Shih, Yu-Shan Chien, Wan-Yi Lin, Chia-Yun Pan, Ying-Yun Chang, Chiu-Yuch Yea, Ming-Hsien Chu, Li-Chu Lee, Lin Yu-Hsiu, Guo Siao-Pei, Leung Pak-On, Sie Mei-Fe, Chen Jyh-Jou, Chang Yong-Yuan, Shu-Yuan Kuo, Yu-Hsiu Lin, Ji-Sheng Zhang, Pak-On Leung, Mei-Fe Sie, Jyh-Jou Chen, Yan-Ru Chen, Ying-Ling Chen, Chi-Fen Taou, Hsiao-Shan Chen, Hung-Jen Tang, Shin Yu Chen, Yin Yin Chen, Fu Der Wang, Tzu-Ping Shih, Chin-Yu Chen, Su-Jung Chen, Mei-chi Wu, Wan-ju Yang, Mei-ling Chou, Man-Ling Yu, Li-Chu Li, Cheng-Wei Chu, Wen-Hao Tsou, Wen-Chih Wu, Wen-Chi Cheng, Cho-Ching Sun, Shu-Hua Lu, Hsin-Ling Yang, Cheng-Yu Lu, Nitchawan Hirunprapakorn, Sirilux Apivanich, Ttipakorn Pornmee, Chonnikarnt Beowsomboon, Itthaporn Kumkoom, Nongyao Kasatpibal, Jittaporn Chitreecheur, JoAnne D. Whitney, Surasak Saokaew, Kirati Kengkla, Margaret M. Heitkemper, Thanomvong Muntajit, Siriluk Apivanich, Hang Thi Phan, Anh Pham Phuong Dinh, Tuyet Thi Kim Nguyen

Publikováno v: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 6, Iss S2, Pp 1-49 (2017)

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Risk Factors for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Seroconversion among Hospital Staff, Singapore

Autor: Mark I.C. Chen, Vernon J.M. Lee, Ian Barr, Cui Lin, Rachelle Goh, Caroline Lee, Baldev Singh, Jessie Tan, Wei-Yen Lim, Alex R. Cook, Brenda Ang, Angela Chow, Boon Huan Tan, Jimmy Loh, Robert Shaw, Kee Seng Chia, Raymond T.P. Lin, Yee Sin Leo

Publikováno v: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 10, Pp 1554-1561 (2010)

We describe incidence and risk factors for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection in healthcare personnel during the June–September 2009 epidemic in Singapore. Personnel contributed 3 serologic samples during June–October 2009, with seroconversion

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts

Autor: Li-Yang Hsu, Cheng-Chuan Lee, Justin A. Green, Brenda Ang, Nicholas I. Paton, Lawrence Lee, Jorge S. Villacian, Poh-Lian Lim, Arul Earnest, Yee-Sin Leo

Publikováno v: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 6, Pp 713-717 (2003)

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging viral infectious disease. One of the largest outbreaks of SARS to date began in Singapore in March 2003. We describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiologic features of the index patient and th

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