Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a Gram-negative pathogen with emerging nosocomial incidence [1]. It has been associated with several clinical syndromes, primarily in relation to the opportunistic infection of immunocompromised patients. Although not an inherently virulent pathogen, its ability to colonise respiratory-tract epithelial cells and medical-device surfaces makes it a ready coloniser ...

303. Comparison of EnvironmentalMRSA Levels onHigh Touch Surfaces in Contact Isolation and Non-Contact Isolation Patient Rooms: AVeterans Hospital Study Chetan Jinadatha, MD, MPH; Donna Brown, RN; Kimberly Sikes; Nagaraja Ganachari-Mallappa, PhD; Infectious Disease Division, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX; Department of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center...

background and objectives: the reliability of hospital assessment results depends on the appropriateness of the indicators used. in this study, we systematically review the literature to identify the major indicators of hospital performance evaluation, as employed in performance assessment literature.methods: literature databases including pubmed, scopus, science direct, google scholar, doja, a...

background and objectives: hospital bed utilization is influenced by various factors, which may be categorized into patient-related, physician-related, and administration-related issues. it could be argued that the causes of inappropriate hospital bed utilization would be perceived differently by the clinicians and the patients. given the unique role of clinical practitioners in quality of care...

a novel chemical detergent/disinfectant formulated based on persulfate salts, germicide p , is available for disinfection of surfaces and medical devices at the room temperature. because of the resistance of hospital-resident microorganisms, the antimicrobial activity of this compound is evaluated in the present study. the tests conducted with this disinfectant included bactericidal tests again...

UNLABELLED The human opportunistic pathogen, Acinetobacter baumannii, has the propensity to form biofilms and frequently cause medical device-related infections in hospitals. However, the physio-chemical properties of medical surfaces, in addition to bacterial surface properties, will affect colonization and biofilm development. The objective of this study was to compare the ability of A. bauma...

Acinetobacter baumannii is a prominent emerging pathogen responsible for variety of hospital-acquired infections. It can contaminate inanimate surfaces and survive in harsh environmental conditions prolonged periods time the form biofilm. Biofilm difficult to remove with only one method disinfection, so combined disinfection methods biocidal active substances are needed biofilm eradication. Add...

In this paper we studied the translation surfaces according to a new frame called q-frame in three dimensional Euclidean space. The curvatures of the translation surface are obtained in terms of q-frame curvatures. Finally some special cases are investigated for these surfaces.

Healthcare associated infections are important cause of patient morbidity and mortality. Microbiological contamination air environment in the operation theatres (OTs) major risk factor for surgical site other hospital-associated infections. To identify bacterial colonization surfaces, equipments to determine microbial OTs a tertiary care hospital Lunglei, Mizoram which is north eastern part Ind...

BACKGROUND Research has indicated that the environment may play an important role in the transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile in healthcare facilities. Despite the significance of this finding, few data exist from longitudinal studies investigating MRSA and C. difficile contamination, concurrently, in both patient rooms and the general ward...