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Healthcare-acquired clusters of COVID-19 across multiple wards in a Scottish health board
Abstract Background Healthcare-acquired COVID-19 has been an additional burden on hospitals managing increasing numbers of patients with SARS-CoV-2. One acute hospital (W) among three in a Scottish healthboard experienced an unexpected surge of COVID-19 clusters. Aim To investigate possible causes of COVID-19 clusters at Hospital W.
Dirty QWERTY: there's no ESC!
We were delighted to see our study on hospital keyboards receiving interest from Prof Vos research group in their recent, “How dirty is which QWERTY?” letter by C.P. Haanappel and colleagues []. Clearly, both our groups are passionate about infection prevention, and ways to improve the safety in hospitals in UK and The Netherlands. We are therefore happy to provide additional information about our study to help with their understanding of keyboard contamination in UK hospitals.
How dirty is your QUERTY? The risk of healthcare pathogen transmission from computer keyboards
Summary Introduction Healthcare environmental surfaces may be contaminated with microorganisms that cause healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). Special attention is paid to near-patient surfaces but less so for sites outside the patient zone. This paper presents data on keyboard contamination and the risk of pathogen transmission from keyboards. Methods Keyboards from nursing stations in three hospitals and a dental practice were analysed for bacterial contamination.
Tracking Staphylococcus aureus in the intensive care unit using whole-genome sequencing
To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect. Figure 1 Timeline of epidemiologically ± whole-genome-sequencing (WGS)-related meticillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus/meticillin-resistant S. aureus pairs from patients, near-patient environment, medical equipment, staff hands and air during a 10-month study. ICU, intensive care unit.
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