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          id: cord-007828-c7jxj74b
      author: Memish, Ziad A.
       title: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection control: The missing piece?
        date: 2014-11-25
       words: 1935
      flesch: 42
     summary: key: cord-007828-c7jxj74b authors: Memish, Ziad A.; Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A. title: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection control: The missing piece? date: 2014-11-25 journal: Am J Infect Control DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.08.003 sha: doc_id: 7828 cord_uid: c7jxj74b nan Since the initial occurrence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in 2012, 1,2 the disease had caused 837 cases, with a case fatality rate of 34.7%. Epidemiological update Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) summary and literature updateeas of 9 Screening for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in hospital patients and their healthcare worker and family contacts: a prospective descriptive study Assessment of potential risk factors of infection of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) among health care personnel in a health care setting Global alert and response (GAR): infection prevention and control of epidemic-and pandemic-prone acute respiratory infections in health care Epidemiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics of 47 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease from Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: a case-control study of hospitalized patients Clinical features and virological analysis of a case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection Stability of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) under different environmental conditions Infection prevention and control measures for acute respiratory infections in healthcare settings: an update Identification of a novel coronavirus in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome The severe acute respiratory syndrome World Health Organization.
    keywords: coronavirus; cov; infection; mers; syndrome
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          id: cord-009114-mdlthnnp
      author: Subhash, Shobha S.
       title: Isolation anterooms: Important components of airborne infection control
        date: 2012-10-02
       words: 2515
      flesch: 39
     summary: We call on the different professional and regulatory agencies to revise their guidelines and firmly require anterooms for all AIIRs. Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care settings Guidance on preparing workplaces for an influenza pandemic A performance assessment of airborne infection isolation rooms An evaluation of hospital special ventilation-room pressures Identification of factors that disrupt negative air pressurization of respiratory isolation rooms Evaluation of exposure to tuberculosis among employees at a medical center -Arizona The use of engineering measures to control airborne pathogens in hospital buildings The effect of pressure differential and care provider movement on airborne infectious isolation room containment effectiveness Air volume migration from negative pressure isolation rooms during entry/exit Containment testing of isolation rooms Combining door swing pumping with density driven flow Door-opening motion can potentially lead to a transient breakdown in negative-pressure isolation conditions: the importance of vorticity and buoyancy airflows Follow-up evaluation of respiratory isolation rooms in 10 midwestern hospitals Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence Guidelines for design and construction of health care facilities Ventilation of health care facilities (ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE approved). key: cord-009114-mdlthnnp authors: Subhash, Shobha S.; Baracco, Gio; Fennelly, Kevin P.; Hodgson, Michael; Radonovich, Lewis J. title: Isolation anterooms: Important components of airborne infection control date: 2012-10-02 journal: Am J Infect Control DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.06.004 sha: doc_id: 9114 cord_uid: mdlthnnp nan Comprehensive airborne infection control systems in health care settings encompass engineering controls, administrative controls, work practice controls, and personal protective equipment.
    keywords: anteroom; health; isolation; patient; pressure; room
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          id: cord-009169-hzxgi1t0
      author: Sun, Bingwei
       title: Nosocomial infection in China: Management status and solutions
        date: 2016-07-01
       words: 1629
      flesch: 32
     summary: key: cord-009169-hzxgi1t0 authors: Sun, Bingwei title: Nosocomial infection in China: Management status and solutions date: 2016-07-01 journal: Am J Infect Control DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.01.039 sha: doc_id: 9169 cord_uid: hzxgi1t0 nan To the Editor: In China, nosocomial infection is a prominent public health concern and is associated with an annual direct economic burden of $1.5-$2.3 billion (¥10-¥15 billion).
    keywords: care; control; infection; management; patients
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          id: cord-034660-g28qmyh8
      author: Sciamanna, Christopher
       title: Using Persuasion Science to Improve COVID-19 Contact Tracing
        date: 2020-11-05
       words: 1374
      flesch: 51
     summary: I'm not sure if someone told you that other people will be calling, but I work with infection control and my team's job is to talk to people who have been diagnosed with COVID and find out all of the people who they have been in contact with, so we can get those people to quarantine themselves. We present them here for use by others as we are concerned that, as contact tracing is scaled nationwide, it may be significantly less effective than it could otherwise be.
    keywords: contact; help; people
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          id: cord-253240-rtv136j7
      author: McGrath, Eric J.
       title: Detection of respiratory coinfections in pediatric patients using a small volume polymerase chain reaction array respiratory panel: More evidence for combined droplet and contact isolation
        date: 2013-03-16
       words: 4259
      flesch: 42
     summary: From January through April and again from September through December 2010 (no samples were collected May-August), pediatric patients (up to age 20 years) presenting to the emergency department (ED) at CHM, a tertiary pediatric medical center in Detroit, Michigan, were offered participation in the study if the treating clinician had ordered any testing for viral respiratory pathogens. Frequency and clinical outcome of respiratory viral infections and mixed viralbacterial infections in children with cancer, fever and neutropenia Single versus dual respiratory virus infections in hospitalized infants: impact on clinical course of disease and interferon-gamma response Bordetella pertussis and concomitant viral respiratory tract infections are rare in children with cough illness Clinical disease and viral load in children infected with respiratory syncytial virus or human metapneumovirus Multipathogen infections in hospitalized children with acute respiratory infections Respiratory syncytial virus infections in hospitalized infants: association between viral load, virus subgroup, and disease severity The authors thank Lynn Semproch for providing the CHM epidemiology data for this analysis.
    keywords: array; children; isolation; pathogens; patients; precautions; svpcr
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          id: cord-253487-gl5lozn9
      author: Jeanes, Annette
       title: Moving beyond hand hygiene monitoring as a marker of infection prevention performance: Development of a tailored infection control continuous quality improvement tool
        date: 2019-07-27
       words: 6164
      flesch: 31
     summary: A comprehensive hand hygiene approach to reducing MRSA health care-associated infections Clean hands for life: results of a large, multicentre, multifaceted, social marketing hand-hygiene campaign Improvements in hand hygiene across New South Wales public hospitals: clean hands save lives, part III Compliance with hand hygiene: reference data from the national hand hygiene campaign in Germany A multifaceted approach to a successful and sustainable hand hygiene campaign in a large tertiary academic medical centre Enhanced performance feedback and patient participation to improve hand hygiene compliance of health-care workers in the setting of established multimodal promotion: a single-centre, cluster randomised controlled trial Evaluation of patient participation in a patient empowerment initiative to improve hand hygiene practices in a Veterans Affairs medical center Patients' beliefs and perceptions of their participation to increase healthcare worker compliance with hand hygiene Experimental pretesting of hand-washing interventions in a natural setting Does the use of a theoretical approach tell us more about hand hygiene behaviour? The barriers and levers to hand hygiene Factors influencing nurses' compliance with Standard Precautions in order to avoid occupational exposure to microorganisms: a focus group study Selfprotection as a driver for hand hygiene among healthcare workers Focus group study of hand hygiene practice among healthcare workers in a teaching hospital in Toronto Suspicion of viral gastroenteritis does improve compliance with hand hygiene Compliance with hand hygiene in patients with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing enterobacteria Impact of screening and identifying methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers on hand hygiene compliance in 4 intensive care units Perceptions and behaviors related to hand hygiene for the prevention of H1N1 influenza transmission among Korean university students during the peak pandemic period The role of the physical environment in the hospital of the 21st century: a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity Association of Medical Microbiologists' New Hospital Developments Project Group Using human factors engineering to improve the effectiveness of infection prevention and control Hand hygiene behavior in a pediatric emergency department and a pediatric intensive care unit: comparison of use of 2 dispenser systems user friendly is the hospital for practicing hand hygiene?
    keywords: care; compliance; control; data; hand; hygiene; improvement; infection; monitoring; performance; practice; staff; tool; use
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          id: cord-257595-l8bsoqbx
      author: Whittemore, Paul B.
       title: COVID-19 Fatalities, Latitude, Sunlight, and Vitamin D
        date: 2020-06-26
       words: 2439
      flesch: 40
     summary: Worldometer COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic The Role of Vitamin D in the Prevention of Infection and Mortality Vitamin D insufficiency is prevalent in severe COVID-19 The possible role of vitamin D in suppressing cytokine storm and associated mortality in COVID-19 patients Does vitamin D status impact mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infection? This study is the first to document a statistically significant correlation between a country's latitude and its COVID-19 mortality and is consistent with other research regarding latitude, Vitamin D deficiency, and COVID-19 fatalities.
    keywords: correlation; covid-19; latitude; sunlight; vitamin
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          id: cord-259279-8dspud40
      author: Kahveci, Zafer
       title: Barrier Resistance of Double Layer Isolation Gowns
        date: 2020-10-17
       words: 1666
      flesch: 42
     summary: Although double-gloving is not directly related to wearing multiple layer gowns, since generally double-gloving is considered advantageous if a puncture or imperfection potentially occurs or exists in the first layer, where both layers of gloves are expected to be impervious to fluid, it is worth to mention, because double-gloving could be thought as an evidence-based justification for wearing multiple layer isolation gowns. Wearing multiple layers of isolation gowns could theoretically increase the fluid penetration resistance.
    keywords: aatcc; gowns; isolation; layer
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          id: cord-259338-q3kw6n9o
      author: Jean, Sim Xiang Ying
       title: Utilizing the Electronic Health Records to Create a Syndromic Staff Surveillance System During the COVID-19 outbreak
        date: 2020-11-04
       words: 2565
      flesch: 43
     summary: World Health Organisation Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic Containment of COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers: The role of surveillance, early detection, and outbreak management Healthcare workers in Singapore infected with COVID-19 Monitoring approaches for health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic Use of a Real-Time Locating System for Contact Tracing of Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic at an Infectious Disease Center in Singapore: Validation Study Responding to the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore: Staff protection and staff temperature and sickness surveillance systems Overview of sentinel systems for hospitalized severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) represented in the weekly EuroFlu surveillance bulletin COVID-19 and the gastrointestinal tract: more than meets the eye Emergency department syndromic surveillance providing early warning of seasonal respiratory activity in England Syndromic surveillance for local outbreaks of lower-respiratory infections: would it work Reduction in healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections during a COVID-19 outbreak Our team would like to acknowledge all staff within the institution who have contributed in COVID-19 pandemic efforts. Our study demonstrates the feasibility in utilizing the EHR in the detection of ARI clusters amongst hospital staff.
    keywords: ari; clusters; covid-19; infection; staff; surveillance; system
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          id: cord-259461-ig9g1o8b
      author: Choi, Jeong Sil
       title: Effects of nursing organizational culture and job stress on Korean infection control nurses’ turnover intention
        date: 2020-04-11
       words: 1706
      flesch: 39
     summary: The questionnaire comprised 4 sections: general characteristics, nursing organizational culture, job stress, and turnover intention. A correlation analysis between turnover intention and the subdomains of nursing organizational culture showed that turnover intention negatively correlated with relation-oriented culture (r = -0.305, P < .001), innovation-oriented culture (r = -0.150, P = .033), task-oriented culture (r = 0.219, P = .002), hierarchy-oriented culture (r = 0.178, P = .011), and job stress (r = 0.443, P < .001).
    keywords: culture; intention; stress; turnover
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          id: cord-259639-j7pmb3mk
      author: Cadnum, Jennifer L.
       title: Evaluation of an Electrostatic Spray Disinfectant Technology for Rapid Decontamination of Portable Equipment and Large Open Areas in the Era of SARS-CoV-2
        date: 2020-06-06
       words: 2372
      flesch: 43
     summary: Television and online reports suggest that spray disinfectants are commonly being used despite limited information on their efficacy. However, in one study, organic and inorganic material recovered from hospital surfaces did not affect efficacy of sodium hypochlorite and only modestly affected efficacy of ultraviolet-C light.
    keywords: areas; disinfectant; spray; surfaces; waiting; wheelchairs
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          id: cord-261595-c69vfs8q
      author: Allegranzi, Benedetta
       title: Religion and culture: Potential undercurrents influencing hand hygiene promotion in health care
        date: 2008-10-03
       words: 3509
      flesch: 38
     summary: WHO guidelines on hand hygiene in health care (advanced draft) Hand hygiene: simple and complex Culturally sensitive care of the Muslim patient Religion-based tobacco control interventions: how should WHO proceed? Religion and health: a review and critical analysis The 2005 annual megacensus of religions Why healthcare workers don't wash their hands: a behavioral explanation Behavioural considerations for hand hygiene practices: the basic building blocks Muslim teaching gives rules for when hands must be washed Maintaining cleanliness and protecting health as proclaimed by Koran texts and hadiths of Mohammed SAVS The Task Force was created to explore the potential influence of transcultural and religious factors on attitudes toward hand hygiene practices among health care workers and to identify some possible solutions for integrating these into strategies for improving hand hygiene.
    keywords: alcohol; care; hand; health; hygiene; religions; use; workers
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          id: cord-261736-jlwctmxw
      author: Marchand, Geneviève
       title: Bacteria emitted in ambient air during bronchoscopy—a risk to health care workers?
        date: 2016-12-01
       words: 3528
      flesch: 42
     summary: It provides clear evidence of the presence of culturable opportunistic bacteria originating from the respiratory tract of patients in the air of bronchoscopy rooms. Ottawa (ON): Public Health Agency of Canada Helicobacter pylori prevalence in endoscopy and medical staff Occupationally acquired infections in health care workers: part II Nosocomial tuberculosis 1, 2 Occupationally acquired infections in health care workers: part I Cough frequency and infectivity in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis 1 Occupational tuberculous infections among pulmonary physicians in training Coughgenerated aerosols of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a new method to study infectiousness Quantity and size distribution of cough-generated aerosol particles produced by influenza patients during and after illness Cough-generated aerosols of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other Gram-negative bacteria from patients with cystic fibrosis Airborne transmission of disease in hospitals Understanding the symptoms of the common cold and influenza Global physiology and pathophysiology of cough: ACCP evidencebased clinical practice guidelines Protecting the faces of health care workers: knowledge gaps and research priorities for effective protection against occupationally-acquired respiratory infectious diseases Toward understanding the risk of secondary airborne infection: emission of respirable pathogens A review of the risks and disease transmission associated with aerosol generating medical procedures Evaluation of eight bioaerosol samplers challenged with Aerosolof free bacteria New sampler for the collection, sizing, and enumeration of viable airborne particles Identification of bacteria by gas chromatography of cellular fatty acids Preliminary evaluation of Biolog, a carbon source utilization method for bacterial identification Multiplex PCR assay for immediate identification of the infecting species in patients with mycobacterial disease Evaluation of three influenza A and B real-time reverse transcription-PCR assays and a new 2009 H1N1 assay for detection of influenza viruses World Health Organization.
    keywords: air; bacteria; bronchoscopy; concentrations; hcws; patients; procedures; risk; room; study
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          id: cord-264972-hrbo3awj
      author: Yee, Colin
       title: Evaluating the impact of the multiplex respiratory virus panel polymerase chain reaction test on the clinical management of suspected respiratory viral infections in adult patients in a hospital setting
        date: 2016-11-01
       words: 1703
      flesch: 31
     summary: Most influenza-positive patients, who were not treated empirically, were highly likely to be initiated after the test results: 80% (8/10) among hospitalized patients and 85% (6/7) among emergency room patients scheduled to be admitted. key: cord-264972-hrbo3awj authors: Yee, Colin; Suarthana, Eva; Dendukuri, Nandini; Nicolau, Ioana; Semret, Makeda; Frenette, Charles title: Evaluating the impact of the multiplex respiratory virus panel polymerase chain reaction test on the clinical management of suspected respiratory viral infections in adult patients in a hospital setting date: 2016-11-01 journal: Am J Infect Control DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.221 sha: doc_id:
    keywords: influenza; mrvp; patients; test
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          id: cord-266667-6isk8jgj
      author: Fix, Gemmae M.
       title: Health care workers’ perceptions and reported use of respiratory protective equipment: A qualitative analysis
        date: 2019-06-07
       words: 4142
      flesch: 49
     summary: We identified 5 story types surrounding RPE use: 1) policies are known and seen during work routines; 2) during protocol lapses, use is reinforced through social norms; 3) clinical experiences sometimes supersede protocol adherence; 4) when risk perception is high, we found concern regarding accessing RPE; and 5) HCWs in emergency departments were viewed as not following protocol because risk was ever-present. We used a qualitative study design to examine HCW's perceptions and reported RPE use.
    keywords: hcws; health; participants; patient; risk; rpe; site; use
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          id: cord-267860-mc0xa5om
      author: Lam, Simon C.
       title: Evaluation of the user seal check on gross leakage detection of 3 different designs of N95 filtering facepiece respirators
        date: 2016-05-01
       words: 4714
      flesch: 43
     summary: The results did not support user seal checks in detecting any actual gross leakage in the donning of N95 respirators. Among the participants, 25.7% (n = 164), 20.4% (n = 130), and 24.5% (n = 156) reported positive user seal checks regarding the 3M-A, 3M-B, and KC-C respirators, respectively.
    keywords: check; fit; leakage; respirator; seal; seal check; user; user seal
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          id: cord-270909-wb7mwklo
      author: Cheng, Vincent C.C.
       title: Absence of nosocomial transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 in the pre-pandemic phase in Hong Kong
        date: 2020-05-24
       words: 2269
      flesch: 40
     summary: Press release of the Department of Health Accessed 16 World Health Organization Exploring the reasons for healthcare workers infected with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China List of medical professionals who died during the SARS outbreak Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus as an agent of emerging and reemerging infection SARS cases with onset of illness from 1 Report of the Select Committee to inquire into the handling of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak by the Government and the Hospital Authority Daily statistics on SARS patients with breakdown by healthcare workers, Amoy Gardens residents and others Escalating infection control response to the rapidly evolving epidemiology of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports Preparedness and proactive infection control measures against the emerging novel coronavirus in China Prevention of nosocomial transmission of swine-origin pandemic influenza virus A/H1N1 by infection control bundle Infection control preparedness for human infection with influenza A H7N9 in Hong Kong Improved molecular diagnosis of COVID-19 by the novel, highly sensitive and specific COVID-19-RdRp/Hel real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay validated in vitro and with clinical specimens Evidence/documents provided by the Administration and related persons for the Select Committee to inquire into the handling of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak by the Government and the Hospital Authority Infectious diseases in healthcare workers -an analysis of the standardised data set of a German compensation board Long-term psychological and occupational effects of providing hospital healthcare during SARS outbreak Clinical management and infection control of SARS: Compared with SARS outbreak in 2003, the SARS-CoV-2 case load constituted 8.9% (130 SARS-CoV-2/1458 SARS-CoV) of SARS-CoV infected cases at day 72 of the outbreak.
    keywords: cov-2; day; hong; infection; kong; sars
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          id: cord-271187-rlevoj41
      author: Vijh, Rohit
       title: Serological Survey following SARS-COV-2 Outbreaks at Long Term Care Facilities in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia: Implications for Outbreak Management and Infection Control Policies
        date: 2020-10-18
       words: 1511
      flesch: 23
     summary: key: cord-271187-rlevoj41 authors: Vijh, Rohit; Ghafari, Cher; Hayden, Althea; Schwandt, Michael; Sekirov, Inna; Morshed, Muhammad; Levett, Paul; Krajden, Mel; Boraston, Suni; Daly, Patricia; Lysyshyn, Mark; Harding, John; McLennan, Meghan; Chahil, Navdeep; Mak, Annie; McKee, Geoff title: Serological Survey following SARS-COV-2 Outbreaks at Long Term Care Facilities in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia: Implications for Outbreak Management and Infection Control Policies date: 2020-10-18 journal: Am J Infect Control DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.10.009 sha: doc_id: 271187 cord_uid: rlevoj41 A cross-sectional serological survey was carried out in two long term care facilities that experienced COVID-19 outbreaks in order to evaluate current clinical COVID-19 case definitions. A cross-sectional serological survey was carried out in two long term care facilities that experienced COVID-19 outbreaks in order to evaluate current clinical COVID-19 case definitions.
    keywords: case; covid-19; ltc; residents; symptoms
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          id: cord-273531-q9ah287w
      author: Li, Yang
       title: Characteristics of COVID-19 Near China's Epidemic Center
        date: 2020-06-26
       words: 2494
      flesch: 52
     summary: This study's analysis revealed that the main source of confirmed cases was Hubei exposure or confirmed case contact. Confirmed case contact refers to infected individuals who had not left their residential areas and they had been in close contact with individuals who were confirmed cases.
    keywords: cases; date; disease; returnees
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          id: cord-273604-0w5shxmf
      author: Psevdos, George
       title: Halting a SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak in a U.S. Veterans Affairs Nursing Home
        date: 2020-11-03
       words: 1242
      flesch: 43
     summary: Interim SARS-CoV-2 testing guidelines for nursing home residents and healthcare personnel Although nationally the virus spreads like wildfire in nursing homes (among residents and working staff), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reported lower COVID-19 rates in their affiliated nursing homes in a U.S. Congressional hearing.
    keywords: care; covid-19; nursing; outbreak; veterans
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          id: cord-273748-xy4f5kon
      author: Armijo, Priscila R.
       title: 3D Printing of Face Shields to Meet the Immediate Need for PPE in an Anesthesiology Department during the COVID-19 Pandemic
        date: 2020-08-04
       words: 4388
      flesch: 49
     summary: During the COVID-19 Pandemic, a series of supply chain issues, constant changes in PPE use policy, and higher demand for PPE led to shortages in PPE, specifically N95 masks and face shields. Face shields not only act as a barrier against the soiling of N95 face masks, they also serve as more effective eye protection from respiratory droplets over standard eye shields.
    keywords: covid-19; face; face shields; masks; ppe; printer; printing; protocol; shields; use
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          id: cord-275552-ijxxeo27
      author: Yen, Zui-Shen
       title: How much would you be willing to pay for preventing a new dangerous infectious disease: A willingness-to-pay study in medical personnel working in the emergency department
        date: 2007-10-10
       words: 2706
      flesch: 51
     summary: CONCLUSIONS: Medical personnel in the ED reported that they would be willing to pay substantial monetary amounts for preventing nosocomial SARS. In conclusion, medical personnel in the ED reported that they would be willing to pay substantial monetary amounts for preventing nosocomial SARS.
    keywords: pay; personnel; sars; study; vaccine; wtp
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          id: cord-275997-4ibeidyw
      author: Goldrick, Barbara A.
       title: The practice of infection control and applied epidemiology: A historical perspective
        date: 2005-10-31
       words: 5096
      flesch: 42
     summary: The majority (72%) of respondents had been in infection control practice between 2 and 10 years, and nearly all (96%) had attended educational programs in infection control. The majority of respondents had 9 years or more in infection control practice (56%), worked in hospitals with greater than 200 beds (64%) less than 40 hours a week (52%), and were certified in infection control (72%).
    keywords: care; control; control practice; health; icps; infection; infection control; practice
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          id: cord-276758-k2imddzr
      author: Siegel, Jane D.
       title: 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Health Care Settings
        date: 2007-12-07
       words: 46244
      flesch: 27
     summary: Infection transmission risks are present in all hospital settings. 480, 481 Opportunites exist to conduct research in home care related to infection transmission risks.
    keywords: acute; agents; air; aureus; blood; care facilities; care settings; care unit; care workers; contact; contact precautions; contamination; control practices; disease; environmental; epidemiology; equipment; exposure; facility; factors; gloves; hand; hcws; health care; home care; hospital; hygiene; infection control; infection transmission; infections; influenza; isolation; measures; methicillin; nursing; outbreak; pathogens; patient care; patient transmission; patients; person; person transmission; practices; precautions; prevention; procedures; protection; recommendations; risk; room; safety; sars; standard; staphylococcus; studies; study; surveillance; term care; transmission; tuberculosis; use; vancomycin; virus
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          id: cord-278592-67y4f9av
      author: Kurup, Asok
       title: Control of a hospital-wide vancomycin-resistant Enterococci outbreak
        date: 2008-03-24
       words: 3045
      flesch: 46
     summary: Despite such measures as screening patients sharing rooms with index cases and isolating VRE patients, 43 isolates from different wards were detected by the end of March 2005. Co-colonization and/or co-infection with MRSA was present in 52 of 151 (34%) VRE cases.
    keywords: cases; control; hospital; outbreak; patients; screening; vancomycin; vre
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          id: cord-279640-n391v32y
      author: Atreja, Ashish
       title: Opportunities and challenges in utilizing electronic health records for infection surveillance, prevention, and control
        date: 2008-03-26
       words: 5037
      flesch: 29
     summary: Health IT, Health Information Technology: The application of information processing involving both computer hardware and software that deals with the storage; retrieval; sharing; and use of health care information, data, and knowledge for communication and decision making. By providing access to data from hospitals and health care systems in major metropolitan cities across the nation, BioSense is connecting existing health information to public health in a way not previously possible (http:// www.cdc.gov/biosense).
    keywords: care; control; data; ehrs; hai; health; infection; information; management; national; patient; support; surveillance
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        item: #27 of 72
          id: cord-282272-wy8do2z6
      author: Nelson, Atiba
       title: Environmental Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from Medical Equipment in Long-Term Care Facilities undergoing COVID-19 Outbreaks
        date: 2020-07-06
       words: 953
      flesch: 36
     summary: Future studies focusing on environmental contamination with SARS-CoV-2 are required to confirm these results and explore other mechanisms of environmental transmission in the long-term care environment. 1 Environmental contamination with SARS-CoV-2 virus has been hypothesized to propagate spread; however, the extent to which environmental contamination occurs in long-term care settings has yet to be fully understood.
    keywords: cov-2; environmental; sars
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        item: #28 of 72
          id: cord-285849-jg43tcfh
      author: Chan, Ben Chong Pun
       title: Universal SARS preventive measures in an obstetrics unit: Experience of health care staff
        date: 2004-10-30
       words: 1293
      flesch: 50
     summary: Four weeks after implementation of universal precautionary measures at a teaching hospital in Hong Kong, a survey of the health care staff was conducted to identify their feelings and opinions. In spite of general knowledge about SARS epidemics and related mortality, most respondents stated that universal precautionary measures were not very necessary, especially in the obstetrics ward.
    keywords: measures; sars; staff
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        item: #29 of 72
          id: cord-288589-bt9429bh
      author: Habibzadeh, Farrokh
       title: Hadj ritual and risk of a pandemic
        date: 2013-12-31
       words: 536
      flesch: 50
     summary: Emergence of medicine for mass gatherings: lessons from the Hajj Isolation of a novel coronavirus from a man with pneumonia in Saudi Arabia Clinical features and viral diagnosis of two cases of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: a report of nosocomial transmission Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), update Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: the unseen menace The first known occurrence of MERS-CoV in human was reported in a patient with severe acute respiratory infection in April 2012, in Jordan.
    keywords: cov; mers
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        item: #30 of 72
          id: cord-290257-2u228xe9
      author: Hsu, Chih-Cheng
       title: Confidence in controlling a SARS outbreak: Experiences of public health nurses in managing home quarantine measures in Taiwan
        date: 2006-05-05
       words: 3085
      flesch: 45
     summary: On May 26, 2003, 1 questionnaire was mailed to each of the 361 health centers to be completed by the head nurse or the nurse in charge of SARS epidemic control. One section of the questionnaire was designed to collect baseline information, including (1) demographics, (2) number of quarantined cases managed and responsibilities within the previous week (itemizing quarantine-related extra workload), and (3) the date the nurses predicted SARS epidemic would end.
    keywords: control; epidemic; health; nurses; public; sars; taiwan
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        item: #31 of 72
          id: cord-290441-r4tzodkj
      author: Iversen, Anne-Mette
       title: Light-guided nudging and data-driven performance feedback improve hand hygiene compliance among nurses and doctors
        date: 2020-11-10
       words: 3770
      flesch: 49
     summary: The preventable proportion of nosocomial infections: an overview of published reports Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections by Exceeding High Compliance with Hand Hygiene Practices Systematic review of studies on compliance with hand hygiene guidelines in hospital care Improving compliance with hand hygiene in hospitals Enhanced performance feedback and patient participation to improve hand hygiene compliance of health-care workers in the setting of established multimodal promotion: a single-centre, cluster randomised controlled trial Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care Instead we learned that the hand hygiene system should be used as a prioritization tool for the hygiene organization to identify wards, professions and hygiene moments (e.g. before and after patient contact) where hand hygiene performance is good and where there is room for improvement.
    keywords: data; feedback; hand; hygiene; patient; performance; rooms
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        item: #32 of 72
          id: cord-290961-wbdfcaup
      author: Khan, Dr Shahrukh
       title: Comparative accuracy testing of non-contact infrared thermometers and temporal artery thermometers in an adult hospital setting
        date: 2020-10-02
       words: 3463
      flesch: 44
     summary: Box plots were constructed to determine the differences in NCIT body temperature amongst TAT fever and non-fever groups. Characteristics of the patients' age, gender, skin colour, anti-pyretic medication use and highest temperature in the last 24 hours are assessed to determine their influence on body temperature measurement.
    keywords: accuracy; body; mean; ncit; study; tat; temperature
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        item: #33 of 72
          id: cord-291650-1qy6y7f0
      author: Butt, Taimur S.
       title: Infection control and prevention practices implemented to reduce transmission risk of Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus in a tertiary care institution in Saudi Arabia
        date: 2016-05-01
       words: 2879
      flesch: 39
     summary: We propose advanced infection control measures (A-IC) used in conjunction with basic infection control measures (B-IC) help reduce pathogen transmission. Basic infection control measures (B-IC), defined as standard and transmissionbased precautions, play a major role in preventing and controlling pathogen spread, including adherence to hand hygiene, environment and equipment cleanliness, use of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as high-efficiency particulate respirators (eg, N-95 or R-95), and adhering to respiratory/cough etiquette.
    keywords: cases; control; cov; hcws; infection; measures; mers
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        item: #34 of 72
          id: cord-291679-jfxqipt8
      author: Yang, Seongwoo
       title: Middle East respiratory syndrome risk perception among students at a university in South Korea, 2015
        date: 2017-06-01
       words: 5629
      flesch: 43
     summary: Older age was negatively associated with risk perception 2 (concern over contracting MERS through indirect contact) (β = −0.07; P = .004) and positively associated with risk perceptions 4 (considering MERS to be more severe than other respiratory diseases) (β = 0.09; P < .001), 6 (concern over damage to the community because of MERS) Women showed higher risk perception than men, and trust in the media was positively associated with risk perception (P < .001).
    keywords: knowledge; media; mers; perception; public; risk; risk perception; trust
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        item: #35 of 72
          id: cord-291742-donflx7w
      author: Khan, Raymond M.
       title: Implementing the comprehensive unit-based safety program model to improve the management of mechanically ventilated patients in Saudi Arabia
        date: 2018-09-05
       words: 4443
      flesch: 38
     summary: The impact of a ventilator bundle on preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: a multicenter study Guidelines for severe infections: are they useful? Liberation and animation for ventilated ICU patients: the ABCDE bundle for the back-end of critical care The preventability of ventilator-associated events. We needed to implement other strategies to optimize patient care to improve outcomes.
    keywords: care; days; icu; patients; rates; safety; sedation; vap; ventilator
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        item: #36 of 72
          id: cord-292981-7qbi7wqr
      author: Memarzadeh, Farhad
       title: Applications of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation disinfection in health care facilities: Effective adjunct, but not stand-alone technology
        date: 2010-06-07
       words: 8494
      flesch: 40
     summary: Until recently, most of the experimental data that led to the development of UVGI systems were decades old. 4 That study served as the basis for the 2009 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) technical guidance document on the use of UVGI systems to protect health care providers from occupational TB infection.
    keywords: ach; air; bacteria; care; control; droplet; exposure; health; infection; irradiation; room; systems; transmission; ultraviolet; use; uvgi; ventilation
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        item: #37 of 72
          id: cord-295469-5an7836u
      author: Ijaz, M. Khalid
       title: Generic aspects of the airborne spread of human pathogens indoors and emerging air decontamination technologies
        date: 2016-09-02
       words: 5752
      flesch: 30
     summary: An overview of methods for experimentally generating and recovering airborne human pathogens is included, along with a discussion of factors that influence microbial survival in indoor air. An overview of methods for experimentally generating and recovering airborne human pathogens is included, along with a discussion of factors that influence microbial survival in indoor air.
    keywords: air; bacteria; chamber; contamination; environmental; pathogens; spread; surfaces; survival; transmission; virus; viruses
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        item: #38 of 72
          id: cord-295733-f3rt1fyk
      author: Ge, Tianxiang
       title: Evaluation of disinfection procedures in a designated hospital for COVID-19
        date: 2020-08-22
       words: 2493
      flesch: 43
     summary: WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 -11 Hospitalized Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia in Wuhan Does SARS-CoV-2 has a longer incubation period than SARS and MERS Temporal dynamics in viral shedding and transmissibility of COVID-19 Presumed Asymptomatic Carrier Transmission of COVID-19 Experimental aerosol survival of SARS-CoV-2 in artificial saliva and tissue culture media at medium and high humidity Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1 Aerosol transmission of infectious disease Coughs and Sneezes: Their Role in Transmission of Respiratory Viral Infections, Including SARS-CoV-2 Laboratory management for SARS-CoV-2 detection: a user-friendly combination of the heat treatment approach and rt-Real-time PCR testing Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore Detection of air and surface contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in hospital rooms of infected patients Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patients Can Contaminate Their Surroundings: an Environment Sampling Study Environmental contamination of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare premises Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA contamination of inanimate surfaces and virus viability in a health care emergency unit Avoiding hospital-related infections during the COVID-19 epidemic SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection of hospital isolation wards hygiene monitoring during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 outbreak in a Chinese hospital Analysis of the infection status of the health care workers in Wuhan during the COVID-19 outbreak: A cross-sectional study The presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the feces of COVID-19 patients Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 RNA shedding in clinical specimens and clinical characteristics of 10 patients with COVID-19 in Macau Clinical and virological data of the first cases of COVID-19 in Europe: a case series SARS-CoV-2 titers in wastewater are higher than expected from clinically confirmed cases Evaluation of lockdown impact on SARS-CoV-2 dynamics through viral genome quantification in Paris wastewaters First detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewaters in Italy Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19 Coronaviruses in wastewater processes: Source, fate and potential risks Aerodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in two Wuhan hospitals The common symptoms of COVID-19 patients include fever, fatigue, dry cough, and the computed tomography scans showed bilateral patchy shadows or ground glass opacity in the lungs, while headache, dizziness, and gastrointestinal symptoms including abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting are less common symptoms
    keywords: cov-2; covid-19; disinfection; patients; samples; sars
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          id: cord-297462-c5hafan8
      author: Tang, Lu
       title: Tweeting about measles during stages of an outbreak: A semantic network approach to the framing of an emerging infectious disease
        date: 2018-06-19
       words: 4272
      flesch: 52
     summary: This study adds to the research on crisis and emergency risk communication by demonstrating that social media users applied different frames to understand the public health crisis associated with a measles outbreak: news update frame, public health frame, vaccination frame, and political frame. Four distinct frames were identified inductively based on the reading of the semantic networks and tweets containing the key words included in these semantic networks: news update frame, public health frame, vaccine frame, and political frame.
    keywords: frame; measles; media; news; outbreak; public; stage; tweets
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        item: #40 of 72
          id: cord-299475-p6cc98xa
      author: To, Kin-Wang
       title: Exploring determinants of acceptance of the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccination in nurses
        date: 2010-06-20
       words: 3308
      flesch: 42
     summary: Interestingly, acceptance of seasonal influenza vaccination was a very strong predictor for acceptance of H1N1 vaccination. Admittedly, the coverage of seasonal influenza vaccination has remained suboptimal, even though the percentage of nurses accepting the vaccination is much higher than that for H1N1 vaccination.
    keywords: h1n1; infection; influenza; nurses; vaccination; vaccine
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        item: #41 of 72
          id: cord-300754-q356npb7
      author: Choi, Hye-Suk
       title: Laboratory-based surveillance of hospital-acquired respiratory virus infection in a tertiary care hospital
        date: 2017-05-01
       words: 1542
      flesch: 34
     summary: Surprisingly, the incidence of respiratory virus infections was highest in ICUs. Although respiratory viruses are mainly recognized as causes of community-acquired infections, they can also cause serious hospital-acquired respiratory infections 1 and may be responsible for hospital outbreaks.
    keywords: hospital; infections; virus; viruses
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        item: #42 of 72
          id: cord-301988-cevv81h3
      author: Hassoun, Ali
       title: Seasonal variation of respiratory pathogen colonization in asymptomatic health care professionals: A single-center, cross-sectional, 2-season observational study
        date: 2015-08-01
       words: 3072
      flesch: 35
     summary: key: cord-301988-cevv81h3 authors: Hassoun, Ali; Huff, Matthew D.; Weisman, David; Chahal, Khushdeep; Asis, Esmeralda; Stalons, Don; Grigorenko, Elena; Green, Jessica; Malone, Leslie L.; Clemmons, Scott; Lu, Stanley title: Seasonal variation of respiratory pathogen colonization in asymptomatic health care professionals: A single-center, cross-sectional, 2-season observational study date: 2015-08-01 journal: Am J Infect Control DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.04.195 sha: doc_id: 301988 cord_uid: cevv81h3 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the seasonal variance of potentially pathogenic bacterial and viral organisms in nasopharyngeal specimens obtained from asymptomatic health care professionals (HCPs) during the 2014 winter and summer months. Microbial interactions during upper respiratory tract infections Bacterial interference in upper respiratory tract infections: a systematic review Respiratory microbiota: addressing clinical questions, informing clinical practice Seasonal infectious disease epidemiology Hospital epidemiology and infection control in acute-care settings Colonization of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus among health-care workers screened by nasopharyngeal swab Fighting the SARS epidemic in Taiwan: a nursing perspective Branamella catarrhalis in children and adults.
    keywords: asymptomatic; colonization; hcps; infection; study; summer; winter
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          id: cord-302103-mwlgvuag
      author: Higgins, Wayne
       title: Assessing hospital preparedness using an instrument based on the Mass Casualty Disaster Plan Checklist: Results of a statewide survey
        date: 2004-09-27
       words: 3147
      flesch: 36
     summary: As preparedness efforts continue, these or similar instruments could be administered periodically to assess the progress of hospital preparedness planning. Results from the KHA surveys were used to develop regional hospital preparedness plans in Kentucky.
    keywords: hospitals; mass; planning; plans; preparedness; response; survey
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          id: cord-302761-yila2wht
      author: McQuerry, Meredith
       title: Disposable versus Reusable Medical Gowns: A Performance Comparison
        date: 2020-10-20
       words: 5371
      flesch: 45
     summary: The adoption of reusable gowns may result in increased protection and significant cost savings due to their superior durability and sustainability when compared to disposable gowns. A major challenge of the CDC's recommendation to adopt reusable gowns during surge capacity is that cloth gowns have a much lower market share than disposable gowns in US healthcare.
    keywords: brand; disposable; fabric; gowns; performance; protection; resistance; reusable
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          id: cord-303685-sxsrz60h
      author: Guthery, Eugene
       title: Zinc pyrithione in alcohol-based products for skin antisepsis: Persistence of antimicrobial effects
        date: 2005-01-29
       words: 4523
      flesch: 38
     summary: 2-Mercaptopyridine-N-oxide, and some general observations on metal binding agents Updated in vivo methods for evaluating topical antimicrobial agents on human skin The use of autoradiography to study the localization of germicides in skin Dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis, and psoriasis drug products for over-thecounter human use: tentative final monograph Anti-seborrhoeic qualities of zinc pyrithione in a cream vehicle An open trial of the effect of a zinc pyrithione shampoo in tinea versicolor The highly effective use of topical zinc pyrithione in the treatment of psoriasis Olin Chemicals product data: Omadine antimicrobials for cosmetic preservation: combine broad spectrum antimicrobial activity and wide compatibility with cosmetic ingredients Percutaneous absorption of zinc pyridinethione in monkeys Deposition on the skin of particles of antimicrobial agents from detergent bases Percutaneous penetration of dipyrithione in man: effect of skin color (race) Toxicity of pyrithiones Topical antimicrobial testing and evaluation.
    keywords: action; activity; alcohol; antimicrobial; antisepsis; efficacy; persistence; products; pyrithione; skin; zinc; zpt
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          id: cord-304124-ym9mf5wz
      author: Li, Jia
       title: Meta-analysis investigating the relationship between clinical features, outcomes, and severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia
        date: 2020-06-12
       words: 2739
      flesch: 43
     summary: Compared with non-severe patients, those with severe illness or admission to the ICU were more likely to have one or more comorbidities (OR=3.07, 95% CI: 1.56-6.05, P<0.001, I 2 =79.0%), including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (OR=5.08, 95% CI: 2.68-9.63, P<0.001, Figure 1A -1G) . Severely ill patients or those cared for in the ICU had a higher mortality rate and lower discharge rate than non-severe patients or patients without ICU admission.
    keywords: clinical; covid-19; disease; icu; patients; studies
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          id: cord-305048-y42o6exe
      author: Sugimoto, Hiroshi
       title: Chest tube with air leaks is a potential “super spreader” of COVID-19
        date: 2020-06-05
       words: 329
      flesch: 56
     summary: key: cord-305048-y42o6exe authors: Sugimoto, Hiroshi; Kohama, Takuya title: Chest tube with air leaks is a potential “super spreader” of COVID-19 date: 2020-06-05 journal: Am J Infect Control DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.06.001 sha: doc_id: Further research is required to determine whether chest tubes with air leaks are a source of infectious aerosols.
    keywords: chest
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        item: #48 of 72
          id: cord-306646-6c7n0xir
      author: Crimi, Claudia
       title: Resumption of Respiratory Outpatient Services in the COVID-19 era: experience from Southern Italy
        date: 2020-07-02
       words: 1249
      flesch: 41
     summary: The Sars-CoV-2 infection is mainly transmitted by respiratory droplets 3 and close contact, and both respiratory clinicians and patients are at increased risk for transmission during the outpatient visit and the pulmonary function testing procedures. Patients scheduled for an outpatient visit may also suffer from common respiratory symptoms that can mimic or represent undiagnosed cases of COVID-19.
    keywords: covid-19; date; function; outpatient; patients
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        item: #49 of 72
          id: cord-306930-tuositq1
      author: Kwok, Yen Lee Angela
       title: Face touching: A frequent habit that has implications for hand hygiene
        date: 2015-02-01
       words: 2013
      flesch: 36
     summary: My five moments for hand hygiene': a user-centered design approach to understand, train, monitor and report hand hygiene A dictionary of epidemiology Evidenceebased model for hand transmission during patient care and the role of improved particles Nasal and hand carriage rate of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among healthcare workers in Mekelle hospital, North Ethiopia Clinical signs and symptoms of influenza: influenza prevention & control recommendations Rhinovirus transmission within families with children: incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic infections Clinical effects of rhinovirus infections Survival of influenza virus on human fingers Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: carriage rates and characterization of students in a Texas University Studies of the community and family: acute respiratory illness and infection The staphylococci in human disease Tackling contamination of the hospital environment by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): a comparison between conventional terminal cleaning and hydrogen peroxide vapor decontamination The public hand hygiene practices of New Zealanders: a national survey Hand hygiene and face touching in family medicine offices: a Cincinnati Area Research and Improvement Group (CARInG) network study Contamination of stethoscopes and physicians' hands after a physical examination We thank Professor Gary Velan for providing us access to the UNSW medical students prior to his lecture and to Professor William Rawlinson for providing recording equipment. A self-inoculation event may occur if a health care worker (HCW) fails to comply with hand hygiene after patient contact (moment 4) 12 or after contact with the contaminated environment of the patient's zone (moment 5)
    keywords: face; hand; hygiene; touching; transmission
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        item: #50 of 72
          id: cord-307263-znuqdzdp
      author: Sun, Niuniu
       title: A Qualitative Study on the Psychological Experience of Caregivers of COVID-19 Patients
        date: 2020-04-08
       words: 4483
      flesch: 47
     summary: Psychological research as the phenomenologist views it Working experiences of nurses during the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak Facing SARS: psychological impacts on SARS team nurses and psychiatric services in a Taiwan general hospital Nat ional Healt h Commission of the People's Republic o f China. Situation Report -39 Update on pneumonia of new coronavirus infect ion as of 24:00 on China Disease Control Report: more than 3,000 medical staff infected with new crown virus Ethical and legal challenges associated wit h disaster nursing Nurses' beliefs about public healt h emergencies: fear of abandonment SARS: caring for patients in Hong Kong Nurses' experiences of care for patients wit h Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus in South Korea Healt hcare worker semotions, perceived stressors and coping strategies during MERS-CoV outbreak Sources and symptoms of stress among nurses in the first Chinese ant i-Ebola medical team during the Sierra Leone aid mission: A qualitat ive study New Zealand nurses percept ions of caringfor patients with influenza A (H1N1) Prevalence of psychiatric morbidit y and psychological adaptat ion of the nurses in a structured SARS caring unit during outbreak: A prospect ive and periodic assessment study in Taiwan
    keywords: covid-19; emotions; epidemic; experience; health; nurses; patients; stress; study
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          id: cord-308546-wlnbpgz7
      author: Meyer, Julien
       title: An Evaluation of Cleaning Practices at a Teaching Hospital
        date: 2020-06-26
       words: 2882
      flesch: 44
     summary: The objectives are firstly to determine the extent to which surface cleaning meets cleaning standards and secondly to assess how UV markers can improve cleaning audits and CDP. UV marker cleaning audits conducted at a major teaching hospital in 2018 after implementing a new cleaning protocol.
    keywords: auditing; cleaning; hospital; marker; surfaces
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          id: cord-313409-3n4vyszl
      author: Hines, Stella E.
       title: Self-reported Impact of Respirator Use on Healthcare Worker Ability to Perform Patient Care
        date: 2020-06-11
       words: 1259
      flesch: 39
     summary: 313409 cord_uid: 3n4vyszl In a study of 1152 healthcare workers surveyed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, most disagreed that respiratory protective equipment use interferes with patient care but reported that it would affect respirator use compliance if it did. In a study of 1152 healthcare workers surveyed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, most disagreed that respiratory protective equipment use interferes with patient care but reported that it would affect respirator use compliance if it did.
    keywords: care; patient; respirator; use
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        item: #53 of 72
          id: cord-314206-caxz025z
      author: Roberge, Raymond J.
       title: Reusable elastomeric air-purifying respirators: Physiologic impact on health care workers
        date: 2010-03-01
       words: 3007
      flesch: 37
     summary: Furthermore, at the 2 work rates, the mean mixed inhalation/exhalation respirator dead space oxygen concentrations (17.85%, 17.81%, respectively) and respirator dead space carbon dioxide concentrations (2.50%, 2.47%, respectively) did not meet Occupational Health and Safety Administration ambient workplace standards (ie, ,19.5% is considered oxygen deficient; maximum 0.5% carbon dioxide as an 8-hour time weighted average), 22 although these standards apply to the workplace, not to respirators. Compared with controls (no respirator), significant decreases in the breathing rate at both work rates (P < .05) and increases in tidal volume at the lower work rate (P < .01) were noted with respirator use.
    keywords: carbon; dioxide; eapr; health; mph; rate; respirator; use; work
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          id: cord-316442-xwopn97m
      author: Lam, Simon Ching
       title: Global risk to the community and clinical setting: Flocking of fake masks and protective gears during the COVID-19 pandemic
        date: 2020-05-13
       words: 977
      flesch: 47
     summary: The latest evidence indicates that face mask helps prevent the transmission of human coronaviruses and influenza viruses from symptomatic individuals [1] and thus, an increasing number of healthcare authorities have recommended the use of face mask in public spheres for self-protection and others [1] [2] [3] . In accordance with ASTM F2299-03 international standard [6], our Squina International Centre for Infection Control established a system to estimate the Particle Filtration Efficiency (PFE) of face mask.
    keywords: covid-19; face; masks; pfe
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          id: cord-317138-6nonzjbq
      author: Takagi, Hisato
       title: The higher temperature and ultraviolet, the lower COVID-19 prevalence – Meta-regression of data from large U.S. cities
        date: 2020-06-20
       words: 593
      flesch: 32
     summary: As the meteorological conditions, 1) mean temperature (F), total precipitation (inch), mean wind speed (mph), mean sky cover, and mean relative humidity (%) were available from National Weather Service; 2) mean pressure (mb), mean UV index, and total sun hours were obtainable from World Weather Online; and 3) total solar direct normal irradiation (DNI) (kWh/m 2 ) in the average year was procurable from Global Solar Atlas. The present meta-regression suggests that temperature, UV index, sun hours, and solar DNI may be negatively, and wind speed and sky cover may be positively associated with COVID-19 prevalence.
    keywords: covid-19
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          id: cord-319833-u9uuuu38
      author: Rodriguez-Martinez, Carlos E.
       title: Decontamination and reuse of N95 filtering facemask respirators: a systematic review of the literature
        date: 2020-07-08
       words: 7304
      flesch: 38
     summary: 15 UVGI efficiency hampered by shadowing produced by the multiple layers of the N95 FFRs/ (all FFR models) 17 UVGI performance can vary among different models of N95 FFRs, different parts of the respirators, distinct types of UVGI, and number of cycles of decontamination Considerable impact on the strap tension of some N95 FFR models (with 20 cycles of decontamination)/ (3M 1860, 3M 1870, Kimberly-Clark PFR) 10 Better reduction in B. subtilis recovery with UV-C than with UV-A/ (3M 8210) Future studies are required in order to establish the efficacy and security of these decontamination methods on different N95 FFR models and the maximum allowed number of cycles of decontamination under different conditions.
    keywords: cycles; decontamination; ffrs; filter; filtration; fit; methods; models; n95; n95 ffrs; performance; respirators; sars; uvgi
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          id: cord-322923-zxraxgl1
      author: Bayersdorfer, Jennifer
       title: Novel Manufacturing of Simple Masks in Response to International Shortages: Bacterial and Particulate Filtration Efficiency Testing
        date: 2020-07-16
       words: 1298
      flesch: 44
     summary: Based on mask configuration, specific surgical wrap selected, and ply, the recommended filtration efficiency for isolation and surgical masks of 95% and 98%, respectively can be achieved. Based on mask configuration, specific surgical wrap selected, and ply, the recommended filtration efficiency for isolation and surgical masks of 95% and 98%, respectively can be achieved.
    keywords: efficiency; filtration; masks; ply
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          id: cord-325598-gy809ee0
      author: Lyne, Cloutier
       title: Asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 in a confined adult community population in Quebec: a cross-sectional study
        date: 2020-08-21
       words: 1486
      flesch: 46
     summary: Since public health focuses on symptomatic cases, it is urgent to determine if asymptomatic cases contribute to transmission and to elucidate the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in distinct populations. key: cord-325598-gy809ee0 authors: Lyne, Cloutier; Natacha, Merindol; Geneviève, Pépin; Caroline, Marcoux-Huard; Pier-Alexandre, Vasil; Claudia, Houle; Shweta, Todkar; Marie-Claude, Lehoux; Nathalie, Houle; Hugo, Germain; Alexis, Danylo title: Asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 in a confined adult community population in Quebec: a cross-sectional study date: 2020-08-21 journal: Am J Infect Control DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.08.015 sha: doc_id: 325598 cord_uid: gy809ee0 Several countries have undertaken social distancing measures to stop SARS-CoV-2’ spread.
    keywords: asymptomatic; carriers; sars; study
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          id: cord-326887-lyewg2c9
      author: Bloomfield, Sally F.
       title: The effectiveness of hand hygiene procedures in reducing the risks of infections in home and community settings including handwashing and alcohol-based hand sanitizers
        date: 2007-12-10
       words: 23434
      flesch: 42
     summary: This report reviews the evidence base related to the impact of hand hygiene in reducing transmission of ID in the home and community. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) Hand hygiene is a key component of good hygiene practice in the home and community and can produce significant benefits in terms of reducing the incidence of infection, most particularly gastrointestinal infections but also respiratory tract and skin infections.
    keywords: abhs; care; community; contact; contamination; data; food; hand hygiene; hands; handwashing; health; home; hygiene; illness; infection; intervention; log; mrsa; pathogens; reduction; risk; studies; study; surfaces; transmission; viruses
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          id: cord-328116-jnll9g6g
      author: Malhotra, Sanchi
       title: Shining a Light on the Pathogenicity of Health Care Providers' Mobile Phones: Use of a Novel Ultraviolet-C Wave Disinfection Device
        date: 2020-06-05
       words: 3334
      flesch: 46
     summary: We utilize an Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) device to provide an effective method for mobile phone disinfection and survey HCPs about infection risk. We utilize an Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) device to provide an effective method for mobile phone disinfection and survey HCPs about infection risk.
    keywords: bacterial; device; disinfection; hcps; mobile; phones
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          id: cord-330463-j4cf7vzs
      author: Sattar, Syed A.
       title: Indoor air as a vehicle for human pathogens: Introduction, objectives, and expectation of outcome
        date: 2016-09-02
       words: 2721
      flesch: 33
     summary: key: cord-330463-j4cf7vzs authors: Sattar, Syed A. title: Indoor air as a vehicle for human pathogens: Introduction, objectives, and expectation of outcome date: 2016-09-02 journal: Am J Infect Control DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.06.010 sha: doc_id: 330463 cord_uid: j4cf7vzs Airborne spread of pathogens can be rapid, widespread, and difficult to prevent. In this international workshop, a panel of 6 experts will expound on the following: (1) the potential for indoor air to spread a wide range of human pathogens, plus engineering controls to reduce the risk for exposure to airborne infectious agents; (2) the behavior of aerosolized infectious agents indoors and the use of emerging air decontamination technologies; (3) a survey of quantitative methods to recover infectious agents and their surrogates from indoor air with regard to survival and inactivation of airborne pathogens; (4) mathematical models to predict the movement of pathogens indoors and the use of such information to optimize the benefits of air decontamination technologies; and (5) synergy between different infectious agents, such as legionellae and fungi, in the built environment predisposing to possible transmission-related health impacts of aerosolized biofilm-based opportunistic pathogens.
    keywords: agents; air; airborne; microbes; particles; pathogens; workshop
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          id: cord-330666-puhijixa
      author: Carrico, Ruth M.
       title: Changing health care worker behavior in relation to respiratory disease transmission with a novel training approach that uses biosimulation
        date: 2007-02-02
       words: 3397
      flesch: 42
     summary: We used pre-/posttest knowledge assessments and observations of HCW-patient interactions to evaluate the impact of the visual demonstration of respiratory disease transmission on PPE use by HCWs. If the patient-subject interaction was appropriate, the observers evaluated the subject's behavior with regard to PPE use.
    keywords: care; group; patient; ppe; respiratory; study; training; use
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          id: cord-331848-tysxrc4o
      author: Lammers, Daniel T
       title: Safety Code Blue! Assessing the use of blue surgical sterilization wrap for homemade respirator masks during the COVID-19 crisis.
        date: 2020-07-15
       words: 1144
      flesch: 42
     summary: Surgical sterilization wrap has become an increasingly popular material for respirator mask use based on claims that these masks pass N95 fit testing, a qualitative test to detect leakage of irritants around the mask-skin interface, and are easily made from readily available materials ( Figure 1 ). Halyard H600 failed to meet NIOSH N95 standards.
    keywords: halyard; n95; standards; wrap
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          id: cord-332243-6uc4ricy
      author: Lai, Joanna Y.F.
       title: Comparison of hand contamination rates and environmental contamination levels between two different glove removal methods and distances
        date: 2010-09-25
       words: 3991
      flesch: 45
     summary: These findings might imply the following potential mechanisms for transmission of diseases spread by glove removal: (1) Glove removal mainly induces environmental contamination, especially on the front of removed gloves and the cover of rubbish bin, rather than hand contamination. Bacteria and viruses can be passed to HCWs' hands through gloves or by contamination of hands during glove removal.
    keywords: cdc; contamination; feet; glove; glove removal; hcws; posttest; removal; study
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          id: cord-332815-1w1ikj7q
      author: Zhan, Mingkun
       title: Lesson Learned from China Regarding Use of Personal Protective Equipment
        date: 2020-08-11
       words: 2484
      flesch: 55
     summary: The aim is to provide more detail regarding level-3 protection protocols used at designated COVID-19 hospitals in Hubei Province to prevent the spread of the virus to HCWs. The experience in designated COVID-19 hospitals demonstrates the evolution of how HCWs reacted to COVID-19 in Wuhan and Hubei Province.
    keywords: china; covid-19; hcws; health; patients; ppe
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          id: cord-333950-e0hd3iuu
      author: Maillard, Jean-Yves
       title: Reducing antibiotic prescribing and addressing the global problem of antibiotic resistance by targeted hygiene in the home and everyday life settings: A Position Paper
        date: 2020-04-18
       words: 5540
      flesch: 33
     summary: It presents evidence that home and community settings are important for infection transmission and also the acquisition and spread of AMR. Although care of increasing numbers of patients in the community, including at home can help alleviate over-burdened health systems, it can be undermined by inadequate infection control in the home and urgent focus is now needed on infection transmission in homes and community settings in addition to healthcare settings.
    keywords: amr; bacteria; care; community; hand; home; hygiene; infection; life; resistance; risk; settings; surfaces; use
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          id: cord-339245-02gr4mfy
      author: Ehni, Jordan
       title: Utilizing Technology to Enhance Screening for Highly Infectious Diseases
        date: 2020-07-09
       words: 1186
      flesch: 41
     summary: key: cord-339245-02gr4mfy authors: Ehni, Jordan; Moss, Marie; Herbison, Ilka; Anderson, Trevisia; Siju, Jemilat; Dugan, Kevin; Resnick, Garrison; Weisburd, Shari; Brown, Sean; Alexander, Kinta; Camins, Bernard; Javaid, Waleed title: Utilizing Technology to Enhance Screening for Highly Infectious Diseases date: 2020-07-09 journal: Am J Infect Control DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.07.008 sha: doc_id: 339245 cord_uid: 02gr4mfy • Digital survey applications can be used to create highly infectious disease screening tools; • Digital screening tools simplify patient screening for non-clinical staff at facility entrances; • Digital screening tools can be monitored remotely to assist with compliance.  Digital survey applications can be used to create highly infectious disease screening tools  Digital screening tools simplify patient screening for non-clinical staff at facility entrances 
    keywords: digital; patients; screening
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          id: cord-339362-crtlkju1
      author: Pryor, Rachel
       title: The electronic medical record and COVID-19: is it up to the challenge?
        date: 2020-05-12
       words: 1301
      flesch: 34
     summary: Rapid stakeholder notification of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients is a significant COVID-19 EMR barrier. Increased COVID-19 testing highlights EMR barriers to effective infection prevention practices.
    keywords: covid-19; emr; pandemic; patient
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          id: cord-340051-r9kn34wd
      author: MEI, Xue
       title: Observations about Symptomatic and Asymptomatic infections of 494 patients with COVID-19 in Shanghai,China
        date: 2020-07-06
       words: 3228
      flesch: 46
     summary: METHODS: To retrospectively analyze the clinical data of 494 confirmed COVID-19 patients admitted to a designated hospital in Shanghai from January 20, 2020, to March 31, 2020, we compared the clinical manifestations in different populations and their influencing factors in COVID-19 patients. The majority of COVID-19 patients (91.7%) had early symptoms.
    keywords: acid; days; nucleic; patients; symptoms; test
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          id: cord-342523-52t7dh4n
      author: Dibner, Julia J.
       title: Direct COVID-19 Infection of Enterocytes: The Role of Hypochlorhydria
        date: 2020-08-11
       words: 1303
      flesch: 41
     summary: Acquired H. pylori infection and the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) are also associated with low stomach acid (7), as is stress (8). COVID-19 virus may not survive normal gastric acid If COVID-19 virus can resist the pH levels of 3-5 typical of hypochlorhydria, it would have a route from mouth to intestine, where the virus could directly infect ACE2-bearing enterocytes there (1).
    keywords: covid-19; fecal; transmission
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          id: cord-345210-6f8niif5
      author: Tadavarthy, Silpa N.
       title: Developing and Implementing an Infection Prevention and Control Program for a COVID-19 Alternative Care Site in Philadelphia, PA
        date: 2020-07-19
       words: 4230
      flesch: 47
     summary: A similar approach was used to standardize IPC staff orientation and PPE donning and doffing competency check-offs. Having an IP or IP designee present 24 hours a day, seven days a week in the -red zone‖ was invaluable in managing staff IPC expectations.
    keywords: care; covid-19; csf; facility; hand; ipc; patient; ppe; staff; team; use
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          id: cord-351031-e8suoeim
      author: Liang En Ian, Wee
       title: Containing COVID-19 outside the isolation ward: the impact of an infection control bundle on environmental contamination and transmission in a cohorted general ward
        date: 2020-06-26
       words: 4139
      flesch: 38
     summary: The details of COVID-19 patients detected in the RSW, as well as the numbers of patient and staff closecontacts, are provided in Table 1 Uniquely, our study provided the opportunity to investigate the extent of environmental contamination in COVID-19 patients housed in a general ward setting, early on at the point of initial admission; although this was modified by the effects of our infection control bundle.
    keywords: cases; close; contacts; covid-19; general; patients; transmission
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