Disinfection

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A granular activated carbon/electrochemical hybrid system for onsite treatment and reuse of blackwater. 
  • A prospective study of transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs) between environmental sites and hospitalized patients-the TransFER study. 
  • Acquisition of Clostridium difficile from the hospital environment. 
  • An Enhanced Strategy for Daily Disinfection in Acute Care Hospital Rooms: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Antimicrobial activity of a continuous visible light disinfection system. 
  • Bird-mite infestation in a university hospital. 
  • Blood culture contamination in Tanzania, Malawi, and the United States: a microbiological tale of three cities. 
  • Comparison of iodophor and alcohol pledgets with the Medi-Flex blood culture prep kit II for preventing contamination of blood cultures. 
  • Contamination reduction during central venous catheterization. 
  • Continuous room decontamination technologies. 
  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 Return to Work Guidance and Recommendations for Vestibular Clinicians. 
  • Critical developments of 2018: A review of the literature from selected topics in transfusion. A committee report from the AABB's Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee. 
  • Detection of bacterial contamination in apheresis platelets: is apheresis technology a factor? 
  • Disinfection Byproducts in Rajasthan, India: Are Trihalomethanes a Sufficient Indicator of Disinfection Byproduct Exposure in Low-Income Countries? 
  • Does preoperative topical antimicrobial scrub reduce positive surgical site culture rates in men undergoing artificial urinary sphincter placement? 
  • Effect of point-of-use disinfection, flocculation and combined flocculation-disinfection on drinking water quality in western Kenya. 
  • Effectiveness of targeted enhanced terminal room disinfection on hospital-wide acquisition and infection with multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile: a secondary analysis of a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial with crossover design (BETR Disinfection). 
  • Efficacy of UV-C disinfection in hyperbaric chambers. 
  • Enhanced disinfection leads to reduction of microbial contamination and a decrease in patient colonization and infection. 
  • Enhanced formation of disinfection byproducts in shale gas wastewater-impacted drinking water supplies. 
  • Enhanced terminal room disinfection and acquisition and infection caused by multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile (the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room Disinfection study): a cluster-randomised, multicentre, crossover study. 
  • Epidemiology and risk factors for recurrent Staphylococcus aureus colonization following active surveillance and decolonization in the NICU. 
  • GI endoscope reprocessing: a comparative review of organizational guidelines and guide for endoscopy units and regulatory agencies. 
  • How Clean Is the Linen at My Hospital? The Mucorales on Unclean Linen Discovery Study of Large United States Transplant and Cancer Centers. 
  • Implementation Lessons Learned From the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room (BETR) Disinfection Study: Process and Perceptions of Enhanced Disinfection with Ultraviolet Disinfection Devices. 
  • Improved blackwater disinfection using potentiodynamic methods with oxidized boron-doped diamond electrodes. 
  • Infection control: past, present, and future issues. 
  • Intensive care unit environmental cleaning: an evaluation in sixteen hospitals using a novel assessment tool. 
  • Microbial inactivation of Pseudomonas putida and Pichia pastoris using gene silencing. 
  • Modeling phage induced bacterial disinfection rates and the resulting design implications. 
  • Mycobacterium avium pseudo-outbreak associated with an outpatient bronchoscopy clinic: Lessons for reprocessing. 
  • Optimal design of an electrochemical reactor for blackwater treatment. 
  • Patient-care practices associated with an increased prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among chronic hemodialysis patients. 
  • Prevention and control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in public places. 
  • Pyrogenic reactions in hemodialysis patients, Hanoi, Vietnam. 
  • Reduction of invasive bacteria in ethanol fermentations using bacteriophages. 
  • Regulated and unregulated halogenated disinfection byproduct formation from chlorination of saline groundwater. 
  • Risk factors for contact lens-related fusarium keratitis: a case-control study in Singapore. 
  • SARS-CoV-2 RNA persists on surfaces following terminal disinfection of COVID-19 hospital isolation rooms. 
  • Selective decontamination of digestive tract in intensive care. 
  • Self-monitoring by Environmental Services May Not Accurately Measure Thoroughness of Hospital Room Cleaning. 
  • Shedding light on new methods to improve hospital cleanliness: the use of ultraviolet monitors as surrogate markers for bacterial contamination. 
  • Silver nanoparticle-alginate composite beads for point-of-use drinking water disinfection. 
  • The healthy men study: an evaluation of exposure to disinfection by-products in tap water and sperm quality. 
  • The role of the surface environment in healthcare-associated infections. 
  • UV disinfection of adenoviruses: molecular indications of DNA damage efficiency. 
  • Water disinfection processes change the cytotoxicity of C₆₀ fullerene: Reactions at the nano-bio interface.