Literature DB >> 18823274

Contamination of hospital curtains with healthcare-associated pathogens.

Floyd Trillis1, Elizabeth C Eckstein, Rachel Budavich, Michael J Pultz, Curtis J Donskey.   

Abstract

In a culture survey, we found that 42% of hospital privacy curtains were contaminated with vancomycin-resistant enterococci, 22% with ethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and 4% with Clostridium difficile. Hand imprint cultures demonstrated that these pathogens were easily acquired on hands. Hospital curtains are a potential source for dissemination of healthcare-associated pathogens.

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Year:  2008        PMID： 18823274     DOI： 10.1086/591863

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol        ISSN： 0899-823X            Impact factor:   3.254


  11 in total

Review 1.  The role of the healthcare environment in the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms: update on current best practices for containment.

Authors:  Roy F Chemaly; Sarah Simmons; Charles Dale; Shashank S Ghantoji; Maria Rodriguez; Julie Gubb; Julie Stachowiak; Mark Stibich
Journal:  Ther Adv Infect Dis       Date:  2014-06

2.  Evaluation of a Novel Alcohol-Based Surface Disinfectant for Disinfection of Hard and Soft Surfaces in Healthcare Facilities.

Authors:  Heba Alhmidi; Sreelatha Koganti; Jennifer L Cadnum; Herleen Rai; Annette L Jencson; Curtis J Donskey
Journal:  Open Forum Infect Dis       Date:  2017-03-25       Impact factor: 3.835

3.  A pilot observational study of hydrogen peroxide and alcohol for disinfection of privacy curtains contaminated by MRSA, VRE and Clostridium difficile.

Authors:  Geetika Sood; Kerri Huber; Lisa Dam; Jonathan Zenilman; Stefan Riedel
Journal:  J Infect Prev       Date:  2014-09

4.  Bacterial contamination of clothes and environmental items in a third-level hospital in Colombia.

Authors:  J C Cataño; L M Echeverri; C Szela
Journal:  Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis       Date:  2012-03-26

5.  Pseudomonas aeruginosa overrides the virulence inducing effect of opioids when it senses an abundance of phosphate.

Authors:  Alexander Zaborin; Svetlana Gerdes; Christopher Holbrook; Donald C Liu; Olga Y Zaborina; John C Alverdy
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2012-04-13       Impact factor: 3.240

6.  Contamination of Common Area and Rehabilitation Gym Environment with Multidrug-Resistant Organisms.

Authors:  Kyle J Gontjes; Kristen E Gibson; Bonnie Lansing; Marco Cassone; Lona Mody
Journal:  J Am Geriatr Soc       Date:  2019-12-18       Impact factor: 7.538

7.  The identification and epidemiology of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile in patient rooms and the ward environment.

Authors:  Meredith C Faires; David L Pearl; Olaf Berke; Richard J Reid-Smith; J Scott Weese
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2013-07-24       Impact factor: 3.090

Review 8.  Lesser-known or hidden reservoirs of infection and implications for adequate prevention strategies: Where to look and what to look for.

Authors:  Sally Bloomfield; Martin Exner; Hans-Curt Flemming; Peter Goroncy-Bermes; Philippe Hartemann; Peter Heeg; Carola Ilschner; Irene Krämer; Wolfgang Merkens; Peter Oltmanns; Manfred Rotter; William A Rutala; Hans-Günther Sonntag; Matthias Trautmann
Journal:  GMS Hyg Infect Control       Date:  2015-02-04

9.  Hospital curtains: An undermined source of nosocomial infections.

Authors:  Usman Ghani; Salman Assad; Touqeer Sulehria; Immad Arif
Journal:  Indian J Crit Care Med       Date:  2016-07

10.  Contamination of environmental surfaces by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in rooms of inpatients with MRSA-positive body sites.

Authors:  E Jessica Ohashi Kurashige; Shigeharu Oie; H Furukawa
Journal:  Braz J Microbiol       Date:  2016-04-22       Impact factor: 2.476
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