Background In epidemics of highly infectious diseases, such as Ebola, severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS), or coronavirus (COVID‐19), healthcare workers (HCW) are at …

Background Horizontal transmission of bacteria, especially multidrug-resistant organisms
(MDROs), remains an important concern in hospitals worldwide. Some studies have …

Background The hospital environment is a source of pathogen transmission. The effect of
enhanced disinfection strategies on the hospital-wide incidence of infection has not been …

Unrecognized transmission of pathogens in healthcare settings can lead to colonization and
infection of both patients and healthcare personnel. The use of personal protective …

Importance Environmental contamination is a source of transmission between patients,
health care practitioners, and other stakeholders in the acute care setting. Objective To …

Few studies have used molecular epidemiological methods to study transmission links to
clinical isolates in intensive care units. Ninety-four multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) …

Background Antimicrobial textiles have proved to be a promising biosafety strategy. Thus,
the current study was focused on identifying which antimicrobial substances impregnated in …

Objective: to analyze evidence concerning the feasibility of antimicrobial-impregnated
fabrics in preventing and controlling microbial transmission in health services. Method: an …

Contaminated healthcare workers'(HCW) clothing risk transferring methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in healthcare facilities. We performed a systematic review in …

In an acute care hospital, we demonstrated that the clothing and shoes that physicians and
nurses wear home from health care facilities can be contaminated with health care …