background and objectives: accreditation is a widely used mechanism to keep organization adherent to the established standards. the aim of the study was to identify barriers towards promotion of accreditation in the iranian hospitals, and exploring the potential overcoming strategies.   methods: a qualitative study design was adopted. data were collected using a questionnaire with open question...

UNLABELLED Visual assessment of surfaces may not be enough to document the level of cleanliness in the hospital setting. It is necessary to introduce quantitative methods to document the results of this practice. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of hospital terminal cleaning procedures, using an adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence method in a teaching hospital. METHOD During 2008...

Results Before 2000 maximal incidence of E. infections in Kemerovo Region hospitals was 0,8/1000 patients and share of E.spp. among all pathogens of HAIs was <2%. During the past decade the incidence of E. infections increased 20-fold and mortality rate increased 5-fold. The E.faecalis/E.faecium ratio was 9:1, but in bacteremia cases E.faecium was predominant. Hospitalized patients had 63% isol...

Candida glabrata has emerged as an important nosocomial pathogen, yet little is known about its epidemiology. We prospectively followed 98 patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit and the bone marrow transplant unit of a university hospital. Samples from environmental surfaces and the hands of hospital personnel were also cultured. Patients with newly acquired C. glabrata strains were...

INTRODUCTION Many studies still show significant numbers of surgical patients contracting nosocomial infections each year globally with high morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to identify potential bacteria reservoirs that may be responsible for nosocomial infection in surgical services in the Yaoundé University Teaching Hospital (YUTH) and the Central Hospital Yaoundé (CHY). ...

One mode of transmission for C. difficile, as well as other pathogens, which has received little attention is the potential air contamination by pathogen-bearing droplets emanating from toilets. So far, modern mitigation strategies focused on cleaning hospital surfaces with products such as bleach, ignoring air contamination. Though toilets have been in use for over a century, little is known a...

Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging human pathogen causing great concern in hospital environment over the last two decades. A. baumannii expresses the resistance to multiple antibiotics as well as disinfectants, and survives in adverse conditions, leading to long-term persistence in the hospital environment (Espinal et al., 2012; Towner, 2009). Additionally, virulence factors that influence ...

In this study, we compute simplicial cohomology groups with different coefficients of a connected sum of certain minimal simple surfaces by using the universal coefficient theorem for cohomology groups. The method used in this paper is a different way to compute digital cohomology groups of minimal simple surfaces. We also prove some theorems related to degree properties of a map on digital sph...

A 44-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of a positive fecal occult blood test. A barium enema study revealed numerous oval-shaped, elevated lesions with smooth surfaces in the region including the ascending colon. He was admitted to our hospital for investigation and therapy. Based on colonoscopic examination, we diagnosed him as having pneumatosis cytoides intestinalis (PCI). He...

BACKGROUND The association between Staphylococcus haemolyticus and severe nosocomial infections is increasing. However, the extent to which fomites contribute to the dissemination of this pathogen through patients and hospital wards remains unknown. OBJECTIVES In the present study, sphygmomanometers and thermometers were evaluated as potential fomites of oxacillin-resistant S. haemolyticus (O...