TY - JOUR
T1 - Healthcare-associated infections
T2 - Think globally, act locally
AU - Marcel, J. Pierre
AU - Alfa, M.
AU - Baquero, F.
AU - Etienne, J.
AU - Goossens, H.
AU - Harbarth, S.
AU - Hryniewicz, W.
AU - Jarvis, W.
AU - Kaku, M.
AU - Leclercq, R.
AU - Levy, S.
AU - Mazel, D.
AU - Nercelles, P.
AU - Perl, T.
AU - Pittet, D.
AU - Vandenbroucke-grauls, C.
AU - Woodford, N.
AU - Jarlier, V.
N1 - Funding Information:
This strategy is supported by a national guideline (WIP, http://www.wip.nl ), a national surveillance programme organized by the Institute of Public Health (RIVM), and by standardized MRSA detection procedures (national guidelines from the Dutch Society of Medical Microbiologists).
Funding Information:
This report represents the proceedings of the first HAI Forum which was organised and sponsored by bioMérieux; publication was made possible by a grant from bioMérieux. The authors acknowledge support from bioMérieux to participate in the Forum and declare no conflict of interest with respect to the ideas presented in the report.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have been a hot topic for several decades. An understanding of HAIs should be based on an understanding of the organisms that cause infection and determine prevention. Although some improvements in control in hospitals have been recorded, the community setting is now implicated, and the role of microbiology in diagnosis, detection of carriers and strain typing of organisms is evident. As healthcare systems vary widely, prevention strategies must be designed accordingly. Hand hygiene, however, remains applicable in all settings, and the WHO is strongly promoting alcohol-based hand rubs to interrupt transmission. Some countries are only beginning to develop standards, whereas compliance is obligatory in others. Economics and cost factors are common to all countries, and litigation is increasingly a factor in some.
AB - Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have been a hot topic for several decades. An understanding of HAIs should be based on an understanding of the organisms that cause infection and determine prevention. Although some improvements in control in hospitals have been recorded, the community setting is now implicated, and the role of microbiology in diagnosis, detection of carriers and strain typing of organisms is evident. As healthcare systems vary widely, prevention strategies must be designed accordingly. Hand hygiene, however, remains applicable in all settings, and the WHO is strongly promoting alcohol-based hand rubs to interrupt transmission. Some countries are only beginning to develop standards, whereas compliance is obligatory in others. Economics and cost factors are common to all countries, and litigation is increasingly a factor in some.
KW - Alcohol-based hand rub
KW - C. difficile
KW - Consumer unions
KW - ESBL
KW - Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)
KW - MRSA
KW - Microbiology
KW - Prevention strategies
KW - Search and destroy
KW - VRE
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02074.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02074.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 18828851
AN - SCOPUS:52249096610
SN - 1198-743X
VL - 14
SP - 895
EP - 907
JO - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
JF - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
IS - 10
ER -