Issue 1/2026
Content (18 Articles)
The role of infection prevention and control in the mitigation of human-to-human transmission of Nipah virus: a systematic review
- Open Access
- Review
Samuel Pritchard, Emilio Hornsey
Is UV-C light disinfection suitable as a disinfection method for medical devices: a scoping review
- Open Access
- Review
Yana Halmans, David Wellenstein, Joost Hopman, Robert Takes, Guido van den Broek
Implementation and impact of a business intelligence system on catheter-related bloodstream infections: a multicenter experience
- Open Access
- Research
Po-Yen Huang, Chien-long Shih, Yun-Ting Chung, Ming-Wei Lin, Shian-Sen Shie, Ching-Tai Huang
Risk factors for healthcare-associated infection and colonization of Serratia marcescens in neonates: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research
Ya-Qian Hu, Sheng-Fan Xue, Rui-zhe Yang, Yu-Wen Bao, Heng Zhang, Jing Hu, Xu Wang, Yan-Qun Sun
Implementation of a multimodal strategy via a mobile application to reduce catheter failure in patients with vascular access devices in Spain (CUIDAVEN Study): a pre-post intervention study
- Open Access
- Research
Jesús Bujalance-Hoyos, Margarita Enríquez de Luna-Rodríguez, Ana Carmen González-Escobosa, Ana María Oña-González, Silvia Sánchez-Gómez, Antonio Zamudio-Sánchez, Ian Blanco-Mavillard
Mapping antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections indicators for actionable benchmarking: a cross-network overview in a data-driven era
- Open Access
- Review
Rishma Amarsy, Caroline Thomas, Sandra Fournier, Vincent Jarlier, Jérôme Robert
Doffing procedures of personal protective equipment evaluated with lipid nanoparticles as viral surrogates: uncovering potential blind spots
- Open Access
- Research
Lara Pfuderer, Andrée Friedl, Benedikt Wiggli, Robert Grass
Throat carriage with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a cohort study on the effectiveness of topical eradication treatment
- Open Access
- Research
Kristoffer Koch, Anne Kathrine Schultz Christensen, Niels Henrik Bruun, Pernille Ripadal
Risk factors associated with mortality in patients with catheter-related and catheter-associated bloodstream infections: a retrospective observational study focused on CVADs and midlines
- Open Access
- Research
Rebecca Fattore, Claudia Conflitti, Giovanni Scaglione, Giovanni De Capitani, Fabio Borgonovo, Daniele Zizzo, Monica Schiavini, Federico Fassio, Antonio Gidaro, Maria Calloni, Francesco Casella, Alba Taino, Arianna Bartoli, Chiara Cogliati, Andrea Gori, Spinello Antinori, Nicola Busatto, Antonella Foschi, Marta Colaneri
A systematic review and meta-analysis to identify behavioural content and active ingredients of antimicrobial stewardship education and training interventions in hospital-based care settings
- Open Access
- Review
Rebecca R. Turner, Nia Coupe, Sophie Griffiths, Kate Cheng, Lucie Byrne-Davis, Laura Shallcross, Jo Hart, Stephen Rice, Hosein Shabaninejad, Nick Meader, Nawaraj Bhattarai, Fabiana Lorencatto
Cultivating global antimicrobial stewardship: prescribing quality and implementability insights from Portugal’s First Hospital National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey
- Open Access
- Research
Carlos Palos, Courtney Ierano, Rodney James, José-Artur Paiva, Karin Thursky, Paulo Sousa, Alcina Vicente, Dulce Pascoalinho, Inês Leitão, Isabel Neves, Leonor Pássaro, Marta Duarte, Nuno Rocha-Pereira, Pedro Raimundo, Ana Fernandes, Catarina Quinaz, Clara Batista, David Duran, Diana Fernandes, Eduarda Pena, Flávia Cunha, Francisco Almeida, Jesus Luque, Josiana Duarte, Maria José Rei, Natacha Silveira, Paulo Andrade
The influence of social relationships on clinician interpretation of performance data in an outpatient antibiotic stewardship intervention
- Open Access
- Research
Julia E. Szymczak, Lindsay W. Glassman, Brandi M. Muller, Ebbing Lautenbach, Keith W. Hamilton, Lauren Dutcher
Proportion and antibiogram of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research
Ahmed Azzam, Heba Khaled, Ahmed Salem, Muhamad Sayed, Abdelmarouf Mohieldein, Mohamed S. Elsayed, Enas Mohamed Lotfy, Hend H. A. M. Abdullah, Fatma E. Hassan, Hassan Marei, Nouran Hassan, Elham Abdulnaby, Gellan Alaa Mohamed Kamel, Ismael Osman, Mohamed Ahmed Reda, Dina Ismail, Mahmoud Nazih, Haitham Salem, Amar Basil, Dina Rady
Evaluating the efficacy of reprocessing contaminated single use devices for re-use in intensive care unit in Ethiopia
- Open Access
- Research
Yamirot Merga Duffa, Zerihun Shimelis Kasa, Kibrewossen Kiflu Aklilu, Feyissa Regassa Senbato, Zelalem Tazu Bonger, Eyasu Tigabu Seyoum, Eden Dagnachew Zeleke, Leulseged Takele Chekol, Zelalem Mekuria, Samuel Muluye Welelaw, Joan-Miquel Balada-Llasat, Shu-Hua Wang, Tadesse Eguale
Reducing the overall use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in NICU is associated with less prevalence of multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolation in premature infants
- Open Access
- Research
Meiyan Chu, Jing Lin, Mingjie Wang, Zhengchang Liao, Chuanding Cao, Ying Ding, Yang Liu, Shaojie Yue
Does a multimodal educational intervention involving pre-intern ‘hand hygiene covert observers’ improve hand hygiene compliance among medical interns?
- Open Access
- Research
Shuk-Ching Wong, Edwin Kwan-Yeung Chiu, Kelvin Hei-Yeung Chiu, Pui-Hing Chau, Benny Yu Chau, Wing Yan Ng, Monica Oi-Tung Kwok, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng
Intestinal colonisation with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales and the impact of selected factors on intestinal colonisation duration: a prospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Research
Dragana Drinković, David Holland, Lifeng Zhou, Susan Taylor, Hasan Bhally, Arlo Upton, Scott Beatson, Simon Briggs
Practices and perspectives on antimicrobial drug misuse in Southern Ethiopia: a mixed-method study, 2024
- Open Access
- Research
Getachew Nigussie Bolado, Eshetu Elfios Endrias, Bizuayehu Atinafu Ataro, Agumas Shibabaw Ayana, Habtamu Hurisa, Habtamu Bekele, Worku Mimani Minuta
