No nosocomial transmission under standard hygiene precautions in short term contact patients in case of an unexpected ESBL or Q&A E. coli positive patient: a one-year prospective cohort study within three regional hospitals

Autor: Dennis Souverein, Sjoerd M. Euser, Bjorn L. Herpers, Corry Hattink, Patricia Houtman, Amerens Popma, Jan Kluytmans, John W. A. Rossen, Jeroen W. Den Boer

Publikováno v: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017)

Abstract Background Many Highly Resistant Gram Negative Rod (HR-GNR) positive patients are found unexpectedly in clinical cultures, besides patients who are screened and isolated based on risk factors. As unexpected HR-GNR positive patients are isola

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Costs and Benefits Associated with the MRSA Search and Destroy Policy in a Hospital in the Region Kennemerland, The Netherlands.

Autor: Dennis Souverein, Patricia Houtman, Sjoerd M Euser, Bjorn L Herpers, Jan Kluytmans, Jeroen W Den Boer

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 2, p e0148175 (2016)

OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to analyze the costs and benefits of the MRSA Search and Destroy (S&D) policy between 2008 and 2013 in the Kennemer Gasthuis, a 400 bed teaching hospital in the region Kennemerland, the Netherlands. METHODS:A

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Prevalence, risk factors and molecular epidemiology of highly resistant gram negative rods in hospitalized patients in the Dutch region Kennemerland

Autor: Jan Kluytmans, Patricia Houtman, Ingeborg van Ess, John W. A. Rossen, Dennis Souverein, Sjoerd M. Euser, Jeroen W. Den Boer, Bram M. W. Diederen, Marina van Seventer, Bjorn L. Herpers

Publikováno v: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2016)
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This paper describes (1) the Highly Resistant Gram Negative Rod (HR-GNR) prevalence rate, (2) their genotypes, acquired resistance genes and (3) associated risk factors of HR-GNR colonization among the hospitalized population in the Dutch region Kenn

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-016-0107-6

Promoting quality through surveillance of surgical site infections: Five prevention success stories

Autor: Ton M. Sassen, Marika A. van Noort-Klaassen, Jan C. Wille, Eveline Geubbels, Marianne S.J. Pelk, Hannie G. Bakker, Patricia Houtman

Publikováno v: American Journal of Infection Control. 32:424-430

Background Public reports of successful quality improvement efforts are useful, but seldom available. We present 5 successful efforts to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs) with the use of prospectively collected surveillance data. Methods Before

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2004.07.001