Publications by authors named "A SCHERRER"
Purpose: Prospective, multicentric observational cohort study in Switzerland investigating measures to prevent mother-to-child transmission in pregnant women with HIV (WWH) and assessing health and development of their exposed children as well as of children with HIV (CWH) in general.
Participants: Between January 1986 and December 2022, a total of 1446 mother-child pairs were enrolled. During the same period, the study also registered 187 CWH and 521 HIV-exposed but uninfected children (HEU), for whom detailed maternal information was not available.
Aims: This study evaluated an approach to establishing a comprehensive nationwide surveillance system for Clostridioides difficile infection in Switzerland. We report the results of patient-related surveillance and calculate the incidence rate of C. difficile infection in Switzerland in 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAutomated surveillance of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia (nvHAP): a systematic literature review.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
March 2024
Background: Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and its specific subset, non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (nvHAP) are significant contributors to patient morbidity and mortality. Automated surveillance systems for these healthcare-associated infections have emerged as a potentially beneficial replacement for manual surveillance. This systematic review aims to synthesise the existing literature on the characteristics and performance of automated nvHAP and HAP surveillance systems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSystematic scoping review of automated systems for the surveillance of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections related to intravascular catheters.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
February 2024
Article Synopsis
- Intravascular catheters are vital in medicine but increase the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), prompting a review of automated algorithms for detecting catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) and central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI).
- A systematic literature search from 2000 to 2021 led to 9 studies being included that evaluated the performance of these algorithms, focusing mainly on CLABSI detection and utilizing various types of data.
- The findings highlighted a lack of uniformity among the automated systems, with diverse definitions and methodologies, suggesting the need for more standardized approaches to improve infection surveillance in healthcare settings.
Predictive performance of automated surveillance algorithms for intravascular catheter bloodstream infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
August 2023
Background: Intravascular catheter infections are associated with adverse clinical outcomes. However, a significant proportion of these infections are preventable. Evaluations of the performance of automated surveillance systems for adequate monitoring of central-line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) or catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) are limited.
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