The role of the healthcare environment in the acquisition of infection

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-8
Author(s):  
Tracy Doherty
Keyword(s):  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Healthcare Environment ◽  
Assistant Director

Tracy Doherty, Assistant Director of Infection Prevention & Control, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co Louth, discusses the maintenance of a clean healthcare environment

Disinfectants: The role of standardised testing to aid selection. Part 2

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 116-121
Author(s):  
Martyn AC Wilkinson ◽  
Evonne T Curran ◽  
Christina R Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Healthcare Environment ◽  
Objective Evidence ◽  
Standardised Testing ◽  
And Control ◽  
Microbial Challenge

Choosing which disinfectant(s) to use in any particular healthcare environment is a far from trivial task and one that is undertaken by Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) professionals on a regular basis. The recent proliferation in the number and type of products designed to disinfect healthcare surfaces makes for a seemingly bewildering range of options. The primary factor to consider is whether the disinfectant is capable of killing the likely (but unknown) microbial challenge. For reusable non-invasive care equipment, standardised testing provides objective evidence for IPC teams. This second paper seeks to explain these tests and the conditions under which they are performed to aid in the IPC teams’ disinfection selection.

The role of the "champion" in infection prevention: results from a multisite qualitative study

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 434-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
L J Damschroder ◽  
J Banaszak-Holl ◽  
C P Kowalski ◽  
J Forman ◽  
S Saint ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Infection Prevention

scholarly journals The role of next generation sequencing in infection prevention in human parainfluenza virus 3 infections in immunocompromised patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 53-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atul Kothari ◽  
Mary J. Burgess ◽  
Juan Carlos Rico Crescencio ◽  
Joshua L. Kennedy ◽  
Jesse L. Denson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Next Generation Sequencing ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Parainfluenza Virus ◽  
Immunocompromised Patients ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Human Parainfluenza Virus ◽  
Generation Sequencing

Role of Public Health Following Infection Prevention Breaches in Colonoscope Reprocessing at a Rural Hospital

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. S157-S158
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Lawlor ◽  
Joseph Scaletta ◽  
Sheri Tubach ◽  
D. Charles Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Rural Hospital

scholarly journals New N-(oxazolylmethyl)-thiazolidinedione Active against Candida albicans Biofilm: Potential Als Proteins Inhibitors

Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 2522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Marc ◽  
Cătălin Araniciu ◽  
Smaranda Oniga ◽  
Laurian Vlase ◽  
Adrian Pîrnău ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biofilm Formation ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Opportunistic Pathogen ◽  
Surface Proteins ◽  
Form Complex ◽  
New Approach ◽  
New Class ◽  
New Compounds

C. albicans is the most frequently occurring fungal pathogen, and is becoming an increasing public health problem, especially in the context of increased microbial resistance. This opportunistic pathogen is characterized by a versatility explained mainly by its ability to form complex biofilm structures that lead to enhanced virulence and antibiotic resistance. In this context, a review of the known C. albicans biofilm formation inhibitors were performed and a new N-(oxazolylmethyl)-thiazolidinedione scaffold was constructed. 16 new compounds were synthesized and characterized in order to confirm their proposed structures. A general antimicrobial screening against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as fungi, was performed and revealed that the compounds do not have direct antimicrobial activity. The anti-biofilm activity evaluation confirmed the compounds act as selective inhibitors of C. albicans biofilm formation. In an effort to substantiate this biologic profile, we used in silico investigations which suggest that the compounds could act by binding, and thus obstructing the functions of, the C. albicans Als surface proteins, especially Als1, Als3, Als5 and Als6. Considering the well documented role of Als1 and Als3 in biofilm formation, our new class of compounds that target these proteins could represent a new approach in C. albicans infection prevention and management.

scholarly journals Laboratory Automation and Optimization: The Role of Architecture

2000 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 784-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander K Wing
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Laboratory Automation ◽  
Laboratory Equipment ◽  
Healthcare Environment ◽  
Clinical Laboratories ◽  
Changing Role

Abstract The increasing automation of laboratory equipment has had far-reaching impacts on the organizational structure and spatial requirements of clinical laboratories. This report explores the changing role of the laboratory in the healthcare environment and shows the architectural impact of these changes, both inside and outside of the laboratory space.

Respect for Autonomy: Seeking the Roles of Healthcare Design From the Principle of Biomedical Ethics

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-244
Author(s):  
Liwei Zhu ◽  
Shanshan Zhang ◽  
Zhipeng Lu
Keyword(s):  
Patient Autonomy ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Biomedical Ethics ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Respect For Autonomy ◽  
Healthcare Environment ◽  
Patient’S Autonomy ◽  
Definition Of

Objective: This article aims to discuss the role of the healthcare environment on patient’s autonomy. Referring to biomedical ethics will provide a research logic and form a theoretical framework for healthcare designers to define patient autonomy, to master the conditions for promoting it, and to discover the potential of the environment. Background: In modern society, it becomes the responsibility of healthcare architects to realize the design of “benefit for patients.” The goal of healthcare environment design and research is also gradually from a basic level of ensuring the physiological safety of patients to achieving a higher level of respecting patients and helping realize their self-realization. However, how to express respect to patients in the healthcare environment is ambiguous. In order to break through the limitation of architectural specialty, we propose to introduce biomedical ethics. Under this major premise, this article will discuss from the perspective of respect for autonomy (RA). Method: This article combines the definition of autonomy and the discussion of the medical and nursing practice to summarize and propose the themes about RA. It draws on the top-down deductive logic of biomedical ethics from theory to application and applies the three-condition theory of Beauchamp and Childress to deduce the role of the healthcare environment on patient autonomy in each theme. Conclusion: Introducing biomedical ethics into the study of environmental design provides a more theoretical and systematic way of thinking about the role of the healthcare environment. Some autonomy-supportive design strategies are collected and proposed.

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