Nosocomial Infections Prevented with Sinks Beside Beds

Nosocomial Infections with IMP-19−Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Linked to Contaminated Sinks, France

We isolated IMP-19-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa from 7 patients with nosocomial infections linked to contaminated sinks in France. We showed that blaIMP-19 was located on various class 1 integrons among 8 species of gram-negative bacilli detected in sinks: P. aeruginosa, Achromobacter xylosoxidans, A. aegrifaciens, P. putida, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, P. mendocina, Comamonas testosteron...

Nosocomial AKC Infections Prevented by Infection Control Measures Identification and Control of Nosocomial Adenovirus Keratoconjunctivitis in an Ophthalmic Department

Objective: To evaluate the frequency of nosocomial adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) infection and to assess the effect of an improved infection control policy on reduction of its incidence. Design: Prospective, observational, clinical study. Participants/Methods: Patients with suspected AKC and treated at Moorefields Eye Hospital emergency department were evaluated as well as a collection ...

Nosocomial Infections: The Definition Criteria

Nosocomial Infections with Aeromonas hydrophila from Leeches.

The manner in which leeches are maintained before they are used for therapy has not been studied as a factor contributing to nosocomial infections. A 5-year retrospective survey of Aeromonas hydrophila nosocomial infections at a hospital in Marseille, France, revealed infections in 5 (4.1%) of an estimated 122 patients treated with leeches in the Hand Surgery Unit and 2 (2.4%) of an estimated 8...

Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infections

Healthcare-associated urinary infection is one of the most frequent infections and it is responsible for more than 40% of nosocomial or healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and nursing homes for the elderly. The complexity and diversification of health services currently offered has motivated an enlargement in literature about infectious complications that may happen in each one of these sce...