Environmental contamination and hospital-acquired infection: factors that are easily overlooked

Persistence of microbial communities including Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a hospital environment: a potential health hazard

(2014) Pedro de Abreu et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Rethinking Sterile: The Hospital Microbiome

(2014) Carrie Arnold   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Has Improved Hand Hygiene Compliance Reduced the Risk of Hospital-Acquired Infections among Hospitalized Patients in Ontario? Analysis of Publicly Reported Patient Safety Data from 2008 to 2011

(2013) Giulio DiDiodato   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

“Down the drain”: carbapenem-resistant bacteria in intensive care unit patients and handwashing sinks

(2013) Despina Kotsanas et al.   MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

The Hospital Microbiome Project: Meeting Report for the 1st Hospital Microbiome Project Workshop on sampling design and building science measurements, Chicago, USA, June 7th-8th 2012

(2013) Daniel Smith et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Studying the microbiology of the indoor environment

(2013) Scott T Kelley et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Ventilator-associated Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia

(2012) Kala Ebenezer et al.   INDIAN PEDIATRICS

Architectural design influences the diversity and structure of the built environment microbiome

(2012) Steven W Kembel et al.   ISME Journal

Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreaks in two hospitals: association with contaminated hospital waste-water systems

(2012) A.S. Breathnach et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Evaluation of the national Cleanyourhands campaign to reduce Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals in England and Wales by improved hand hygiene: four year, prospective, ecological, interrupted time series study

(2012) S. P. Stone et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex among ventilated pediatric patients linked to hospital sinks

(2011) Cynthia A. Lucero et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

CFD simulation of airborne pathogen transport due to human activities

(2011) E.A. Hathway et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Effect of enhanced ultraviolet germicidal irradiation in the heating ventilation and air conditioning system on ventilator-associated pneumonia in a neonatal intensive care unit

(2011) R M Ryan et al.   Journal of Perinatology

Is ventilation duct cleaning useful? A review of the scientific evidence

(2010) M. S. Zuraimi   INDOOR AIR

An Experimental and Numerical Study on Deposition of Bioaerosols in a Scaled Chamber

(2009) L. T. Wong et al.   AEROSOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

How does healthcare worker hand hygiene behaviour impact upon the transmission of MRSA between patients?: an analysis using a Monte Carlo model

(2009) Clive B Beggs et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Measuring the effect of enhanced cleaning in a UK hospital: a prospective cross-over study

(2009) Stephanie J Dancer et al.   BMC Medicine

Costs and benefits of the MRSA Search and Destroy policy in a Dutch hospital

(2009) M. M. L. Rijen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Is there a threshold above which hand-rub solution consumption is efficient for decreasing MRSA incidence?

(2009) D. Talon et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Historical and changing epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections

(2009) A. Pearson   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

An Outbreak of Post-Cataract Surgery Endophthalmitis Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2009) Antonio Pinna et al.   OPHTHALMOLOGY

The ventilation of multiple-bed hospital wards: Review and analysis

(2008) Clive B. Beggs et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Aerial Dissemination of Clostridium difficilespores

(2008) Katherine Roberts et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Increasing the frequency of hand washing by healthcare workers does not lead to commensurate reductions in staphylococcal infection in a hospital ward

(2008) Clive B Beggs et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Air Ion Behavior in Ventilated Rooms

(2008) L.A. Fletcher et al.   INDOOR AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Survival of Nosocomial Bacteria and Spores on Surfaces and Inactivation by Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor

(2008) J. A. Otter et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Airborne Metagenome in an Indoor Urban Environment

(2008) Susannah G. Tringe et al.   PLoS One

Risk of Hand or Glove Contamination After Contact With Patients Colonized With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus or the Colonized Patients' Environment

(2007) Mary K. Hayden et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Importance of the environment in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition: the case for hospital cleaning

(2007) Stephanie J Dancer   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES