Correlation of the air–surface nexus of bacterial burden during routine patient care

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 1353-1354
Author(s):  
Werner E. Bischoff ◽  
Gregory Russell
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Bacterial Burden ◽  
Routine Patient Care

scholarly journals Quality Assurance of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria in Routine Patient Care in Rural Tanzania

2010 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith L. McMorrow ◽  
Elizeus Kahigwa ◽  
S. Patrick Kachur ◽  
Salim M. K. Abdulla ◽  
M. Irene Masanja
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Rapid Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Routine Patient Care ◽  
Rural Tanzania

Comparing the Bioburden Measured by Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) Luminescence Technology to Contact Plate–Based Microbiologic Sampling to Assess the Cleanliness of the Patient Care Environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 622-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Salsgiver ◽  
Daniel Bernstein ◽  
Matthew S. Simon ◽  
William Greendyke ◽  
Haomiao Jia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Adenosine Triphosphate ◽  
Infect Control Hosp ◽  
Bacterial Burden ◽  
Discriminative Ability ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Contact Plate ◽  
Atp Concentration ◽  
Cutoff Values

The correlation between ATP concentration and bacterial burden in the patient care environment was assessed. These findings suggest that a correlation exists between ATP concentration and bacterial burden, and they generally support ATP technology manufacturer-recommended cutoff values. Despite relatively modest discriminative ability, this technology may serve as a useful proxy for cleanliness.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:622–624

Evaluation of Two Different Hand Hygiene Procedures during Routine Patient Care

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 2084-2092 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Eksi ◽  
M Mehli ◽  
S Akgun ◽  
A Bayram ◽  
I Balci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Routine Patient Care

scholarly journals The impact of COVID-19 on routine patient care from a laboratory perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (12) ◽  
pp. 1201
Author(s):  
E C Kruger ◽  
R Banderker ◽  
R T Erasmus ◽  
A E Zemlin
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Routine Patient Care ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals A New Method to Detect Gastro-esophageal Reflux in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Clinical Proof of Concept Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
YARON Phillip Bar-Lavie ◽  
Shirly Steinlauf
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Gastric Content ◽  
Bacterial Colonization ◽  
Esophageal Reflux ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated Patients ◽  
Routine Patient Care ◽  
Clinical Scenarios ◽  
Ventilated Patients

Abstract BackgroundTracheal aspiration of gastric content among mechanically ventilated and tube-fed critically ill patients is of great concern. The mechanism leading to bacterial colonization of the lower respiratory tract in mechanically ventilated patients is tracheal aspiration of oral or gastric contents leading to Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP). VAP is the most common nosocomial infection in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). ICU-VAP generates about half of the cases of hospital-acquired pneumonia. There are various nursing practices available to reduce the rate of aspiration, but their efficacy is limited and they are not strong enough to prevent aspiration and VAP in practice. In this clinical study we used the smARTrack System, by ART MEDICAL, to assess the frequency of gastro-esophageal reflux in 20 ventilated ICU patients and its' correlation to procedures during routine patient care. MethodsThe smARTrack System is comprised of a novel gastric tube and an electronic monitoring console, which contains the system's software. The tube contains a series of bio-impedance sensors that can detect the presence of fluid around them. We conducted a study on 20 ICU ventilated patients at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel. Reflux events and their duration were recorded when the tube detected gastric content rising above the sensors located at the lower esophageal sphincterResultsOur main findings shows that gastro-esophageal reflux occurs on average three times per hour of mechanical ventilation. We have also recorded three common clinical scenarios that were associated with a high risk of reflux; patient position-change, enteral fluid bolus, tracheal suction and migration of the feeding tube tip during ongoing use. ConclusionsGasto-esophageal reflux is a common event in the ICU as shown by the smARTrack System and may be related to routine patient care procedures. This study provides an important insight into the consequences of these procedures and might suggest ways to further improve them in reducing the rate of gasto-esophageal reflux and the risk of VAP among mechanicaly ventilated ICU patients.https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02705781?term=smARTrack&draw=2&rank=1 registered 11.3.2016

Therapeutic drug monitoring of children and adolescents treated with aripiprazole: observational results from routine patient care

2020 ◽  
Vol 127 (12) ◽  
pp. 1663-1674
Author(s):  
Karin Egberts ◽  
Su-Yin Reuter-Dang ◽  
Stefanie Fekete ◽  
Christine Kulpok ◽  
Claudia Mehler-Wex ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Drug Monitoring ◽  
Therapeutic Drug ◽  
Routine Patient Care
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