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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 44(2): 325-327, 2023 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34725006
ABSTRACT
Healthcare personnel (HCP) with unprotected exposures to aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs) on patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are at risk of infection with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A retrospective review at an academic medical center demonstrated an infection rate of <1% among HCP involved in AGPs without a respirator and/or eye protection.
Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Humans , COVID-19/prevention & control , SARS-CoV-2 , Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional/prevention & control , Respiratory Aerosols and Droplets , Health Personnel , Academic Medical Centers , Delivery of Health Care
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 41(1): 113-115, 2020 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31631829
ABSTRACT
We undertook a quality improvement project to address challenges with pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) line maintenance in a setting of low-baseline central-line infection rates. We observed a subsequent reduction in Staphylococcal PAC line infections and a trend toward a reduction in overall PAC infection rates over 1 year.