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Laboratory of Self-Organizing Soft Matter, Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems.
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Section for Evolution and Genetics, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Antimicrobial Resistance, Omics and Microbiota Group, Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
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Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Publications dans "Adhésines bactériennes" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Biomedical and Molecular Science, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Publications dans "Adhésines bactériennes" :
Ultrasound technology has revolutionized point-of-care diagnostics, decision-making, and the guidance of interventional procedures in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine. Recent literature has h...
The aim of this article is to discuss the infection control measures with focus on those related to prosthodontic work....
The risk of transmission of several infectious microorganisms during dental procedures and the increased awareness and knowledge of infectious diseases have led to an increased attention to the import...
High standards of occupational safety and dental infection control must be applied by dental personnel for the safety of patients and dental healthcare workers. All reusable items (critical and semicr...
In prosthodontics, items potentially contaminated with patient's blood and saliva are transported between dental clinics and dental laboratories. Such fluids may contain microorganisms with high poten...
In prosthodontic practice, a strict infection prevention plan should be implemented to minimalize the risk of infectious diseases transmission among prosthodontists, dental office, dental laboratory p...
Managing community-acquired infections remains an ongoing challenge for community nursing teams. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic meant that community nurses had to ensure they were us...
Aerosols and splatter are routinely generated in dental practice and can be contaminated by potentially harmful bacteria or viruses such as SARS-CoV-2. Therefore, preprocedural mouthwashes containing ...
Literature on preprocedural mouthwashes for reduction of bacterial or viral load in dental aerosols was searched and summarized....
Preprocedural mouthwashes, particularly those containing chlorhexidine digluconate (CHX), cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), or essential oils (EO), can significantly reduce the bacterial load in dental ...
The use of preprocedural mouthwashes containing antiseptics can be recommended according to currently available data, but further studies are needed, particularly on the effects on other viruses besid...
Preprocedural mouthwashes containing antiseptics can serve as part of a bundle of measures for protection of dental personnel despite some remaining ambiguities and in view of potential risks and side...
Infection prevention and control (IPC) in healthcare settings is imperative for the safety of patients as well as healthcare providers. To measure current IPC activities, resources, and gaps at the fa...
Between September and December 2020, we assessed 11 tertiary-care hospitals across Bangladesh. We collected the information from IPC focal person and/or hospital administrator from each hospital using...
The overall median IPCAF score was 355.0 (IQR: 252.5-397.5) out of 800. The majority (73%) of hospitals scored as 'Basic' IPC level, while only 18% of hospitals were categorized as 'Intermediate'. Mos...
The majority of sampled tertiary care hospitals demonstrate inadequate IPC level to ensure the safety of healthcare workers, patients, and visitors. Quality improvement programs and feedback mechanism...
Effective infection prevention and control within health care settings requires collaboration and coordination between infection control and environmental management teams. However, the work systems o...
Surgical site infections (SSIs) affect around a third of patients undergoing surgeries worldwide, annually. It is heterogeneously distributed with a higher burden in low and middle-income countries. A...
This is a prospective study performed in two phases involving surgeons and their hospitals from Indian rural and semi-urban regions. In the first phase, a questionnaire was administered to surgeons en...
There was full compliance towards appropriate perioperative sterilisation practices and postoperative mop count practice at the represented hospitals. But prophylactic antimicrobials were continued in...
SSI prevention practices and protocols were in place in all the less-resourced hospitals surveyed. The SSI rates are comparable or lower than other LMIC settings. However, this is accompanied by poor ...
Special pathogens are broadly defined as highly transmissible organisms capable of causing severe disease in humans. Children's hospital healthcare personnel (HCP) should be prepared to identify patie...
Healthcare providers are vulnerable to infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) because of their close proximity to patients with coronavirus disease 2019. SARS-CoV-...
This article reviews the impact of some of the most recent changes in clinical care management in cystic fibrosis on infection prevention practice and advice for people with cystic fibrosis....
People with cystic fibrosis (CF) consistently highlight infection control as one of their major concerns. Infection prevention guidance and practice has facilitated successful decreases in rates of ma...
Recent changes in CF clinical care have implications that will lead to further evolution of infection control practice and advice....