The Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control launched the Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines in July 2022. This document describes the guidelines and recommendations for safe practices in de...
The guidelines were developed by an appointed workgroup comprising experts in the Asia Pacific region, following reviews of previously published international guidelines and recommendations relevant t...
It recommends standard precautions as a minimal set of preventive measures to protect staff and prevent cross transmission. Surgical aseptic technique is recommended when procedures are technically co...
Dental facilities should aim for excellence in infection prevention and control practices as this is part of patient safety. The guidelines that come with a checklist help dental facilities to identif...
Some costs for anesthesia supplies to reduce intraoperative infections depend on the procedure and duration of the case. For regular anesthesia supplies and medications, costs are linearly related to ...
A prospective observational study of 38 surgical cases was performed. Usage of anesthesia infection control supplies was recorded: alcohol hand dispensers, microfiber cloths for machine disinfection, ...
Using least squares linear regression to associate the anesthesia units (base + time) with supply costs, in addition to intercept and linear slope, none of 5 potential extra non-linear terms were sign...
For purposes of predicting intraoperative anesthesia supplies to reduce bacterial transmission in the anesthesia workspace, a valid approach is to assume a linear association with the total anesthesia...
Nosocomial infection is a major threat to the health care system and patient welfare. After the pandemic, new protocols were established in hospitals and communities to protect against the transmissio...
This was a retrospective cohort study performed on trauma patients who were admitted, from May 22, 2018 to November 22, 2021, to the largest level-1 trauma center in Shiraz, Iran (Shahid Rajaei Trauma...
Overall, 60,561 patients were admitted, with a mean age of 40 years. Nosocomial infection was diagnosed in 4.00% (n = 2423) of all admitted patients. The incidence rate of post-COVID-19 hospital-acqui...
The incidence of nosocomial infection has decreased during the pandemic, possibly due to the use of more personal protective equipment and modified protocols after the outbreak. This also explains the...
Background and Objectives: In both pandemic and non-pandemic situations, nonpharmaceutical public health measures may offer easy, low-cost, and effective means of reducing the spread and impact of acu...
The infection control team (ICT) ensures the implementation of infection control guidelines in healthcare facilities. This systematic review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of ICT, with or without ...
To pilot test and refine an infection control peer coaching program, Infection Control Amplification in Nursing Centers (ICAN), in partnership with providers....
Intervention design and pilot test....
Infection preventionists (IPs) from 7 Connecticut nursing homes (NHs)....
We codesigned and pilot tested the ICAN program with NH IPs. The initial program involved designating peer coaches to provide real-time feedback on infection control practices to coworkers and targeti...
Despite IPs reporting that the initial program was highly aligned with facility priorities and needs, their weekly call attendance dropped as they dealt with short staffing and COVID-19-related outbre...
Working with staff, we developed an infection control peer coaching program that may be of use to NH leaders seeking strategies to strengthen infection control practices. Future work should involve im...
Hand hygiene and donning personal protective equipment (PPE) are essential techniques for infection control; however, low compliance is an issue. The effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) in learning ...
To verify the effectiveness of VR, medical students were categorized into VR or lecture groups (n=21 each). Each group was given the same curricular content; one group received the training through VR...
The scores for hand hygiene, donning PPE, and the total score increased after learning in both groups. There was no difference between the pre-test total scores of the two groups (7 [5-9] vs 6 [5-7.5]...
VR can be a useful tool for learning and practicing appropriate infection control procedures....
The systematic collection of valid data related to hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) is considered effective for nosocomial infection prevention and control programs. New strategies to reduce HAIs h...
A retrospective, descriptive analysis of inpatients from January 2017 to December 2019 was performed. We collected hospital-acquired infection (HAI) cases and multidrug resistant organism (MDRO) infec...
A total of 114,647 inpatients, including 2242 HAI cases, were analysed. The incidence of HAIs in period 2 was significantly greater than that in period 1 (2.28% vs. 1.48%, χ...
The adoption of a RT-NISS to adequately and accurately collect HAI cases is useful to prevent and control HAIs. Furthermore, RT-NISSs improve accuracy in MDRO infection case reporting, which can timel...
This paper explores the potential of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data analytics in revolutionizing infection control. It addresses the challenges and innovative approaches in co...
Infection, prevention, and control (IPC) practices are essential to protect patients and staff within healthcare facilities. Radiology departments cater to both inpatients and outpatients, and breache...
A cross-sectional KAP survey was distributed online to Australian CT radiographers and radiology nurses across different institutions. The survey covered demographics, each KAP component, and workplac...
There were 147 respondents, 127 of which were radiographers and 20 were nurses. There was a moderate positive correlation between knowledge and attitude for radiographers (rho = 0.394, p < 0.001). Rad...
The study found that radiographers and nurses had a good baseline knowledge of standard precautions. IPC teams and continued training is important to positively influence knowledge and attitudes of he...
