Updates and future directions regarding hand hygiene in the healthcare setting: insights from the 3rd ICPIC alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) task force

Authors: Ermira Tartari, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Daniela Pires, Carolina Fankhauser, Nasim Lotfinejad, Hiroki Saito, Miranda Suchomel, Axel Kramer, Benedetta Allegranzi, John Boyce, Hugo Sax, Andrew J. Stewardson, Didier Pittet, the ICPIC Alcohol-Based Handrub Task Force

Source: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024)

Subject Terms: Infection prevention and control, Hand hygiene, Alcohol-based handrub, Healthcare-associated infections, Antimicrobial resistance, Technique, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2047-2994

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Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene facilitate the implementation of the WHO hand hygiene multimodal improvement strategy in Japan: evidence for the role of local trainers, adaptation, and sustainability

Authors: Hiroki Saito, Koh Okamoto, Carolina Fankhauser, Ermira Tartari, Didier Pittet

Source: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2023)

Subject Terms: Hand hygiene, Infection prevention and control, Train-the-Trainers, Training, Implementation science, Multimodal strategy, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2047-2994

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Are emojis ready to promote the WHO 5 moments for hand hygiene in healthcare?

Authors: Nasim Lotfinejad, Ermira Tartari, Julien Sauser, Carolina Fankhauser-Rodriguez, Daniela Pires, Didier Pittet

Source: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)

Subject Terms: Emoji, Hand hygiene, Infection prevention and control, Questionnaire, WHO 5 moments, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2047-2994

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An interventional quasi-experimental study to evaluate the impact of a rapid screening strategy in improving control of nosocomial extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales and carbapenemase-producing organisms in critically ill patients

Authors: Romain Martischang, Patrice François, Abdessalam Cherkaoui, Gesuele Renzi, Carolina Fankhauser, Jacques Schrenzel, Jérôme Pugin, Stephan Harbarth

Source: Critical Care, Vol 26, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)

Subject Terms: Screening, Surveillance, Infection control, Contact precautions, Multiresistant Gram-negative bacteria, ICU, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1364-8535

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Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene: a standardized approach to guide education in infection prevention and control

Authors: Ermira Tartari, Carolina Fankhauser, Sarah Masson-Roy, Hilda Márquez-Villarreal, Inmaculada Fernández Moreno, Ma Luisa Rodriguez Navas, Odet Sarabia, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Marcela Hernández-de Mezerville, Yew Fong Lee, Mohammad Hassan Aelami, Shaheen Mehtar, Américo Agostinho, Liberato Camilleri, Benedetta Allegranzi, Daniela Pires, Didier Pittet

Source: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)

Subject Terms: Hand hygiene, Infection prevention and control, Simulation training, Education, Healthcare-associated infection, Train-the-Trainers, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2047-2994

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Scenario-based simulation training for the WHO hand hygiene self-assessment framework

Authors: Ermira Tartari, Carolina Fankhauser, Alexandra Peters, Buyiswa Lizzie Sithole, Funda Timurkaynak, Sarah Masson-Roy, Benedetta Allegranzi, Daniela Pires, Didier Pittet

Source: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2019)

Subject Terms: Simulation, Education, Infection prevention and control, Hand hygiene, Healthcare-associated infection, Antimicrobial resistance, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-019-0511-9; https://doaj.org/toc/2047-2994

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Low frequency of asymptomatic carriage of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in an acute care geriatric hospital: prospective cohort study in Switzerland

Authors: Daniela Pires, Virginie Prendki, Gesuele Renzi, Carolina Fankhauser, Valerie Sauvan, Benedikt Huttner, Jacques Schrenzel, Stephan Harbarth

Source: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2016)

Subject Terms: Clostridium difficile, Asymptomatic, Colonization, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-016-0123-6; https://doaj.org/toc/2047-2994

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Correction to: Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene: a standardized approach to guide education in infection prevention and control

Authors: Ermira Tartari, Carolina Fankhauser, Sarah Masson-Roy, Hilda Márquez-Villarreal, Inmaculada Fernández Moreno, Ma Luisa Rodriguez Navas, Odet Sarabia, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Marcela Hernández-de Mezerville, Yew Fong Lee, Mohammad Hassan Aelami, Shaheen Mehtar, Américo Agostinho, Liberato Camilleri, Benedetta Allegranzi, Daniela Pires, Didier Pittet

Source: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-1 (2020)

Subject Terms: Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2047-2994

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Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Switzerland

Authors: Stephan Harbarth, Patrice François, Jacques Schrenzel, Carolina Fankhauser-Rodriguez, Stephane Hugonnet, Thibaud Koessler, Antoine Huyghe, Didier Pittet

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 6, Pp 962-965 (2005)

Subject Terms: Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin resistance, prevalence, Switzerland, community, risk factor, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/6/04-1308_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059

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