Feedback of ATP measurement as a tool for reducing environmental contamination in hospitals in the Dutch/Belgian border area.

Design: A two-phase prospective intervention study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if feedback of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) measurements decreases environmental contamination within hospitals in the Dutch/Belgian border area.

Methods: Standardized ATP measurements were conducted in nine hospitals on pre-defined fomites.

Aspergillus Test Profiles and Mortality in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients.

The literature regarding COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) has shown conflicting observations, including survival of CAPA patients not receiving antifungal therapy and discrepancy between CAPA diagnosis and autopsy findings. To gain insight into the pathophysiology of CAPA, we performed a case-control study in which we compared Aspergillus test profiles in CAPA patients and controls in relation to intensive care unit (ICU) mortality. This was a multinational case-control study in which Aspergillus test results, use of antifungal therapy, and mortality were collected from critically ill COVID-19 patients.

The correlation between ATP measurement and microbial contamination of inanimate surfaces.

Background: The objective of this study was to determine the correlation between adenosine triphosphate (ATP) measurements and microbial contamination using a standardized method. Secondarily, analyzing reproducibility of ATP measurements and aerobic colony counts (ACC's) on the same surface.

Methods: ATP measurements and ACC's were conducted on 10 pre-defined fomites in a hospital and nursing home setting.

ATP measurement as an objective method to measure environmental contamination in 9 hospitals in the Dutch/Belgian border area.

Background: The objective of this study was to determine the level of environmental contamination in hospitals in the Dutch/Belgian border area, using ATP measurements.

Design: A cross-sectional observational survey.

Methods: Standardized ATP measurements were conducted in 9 hospitals on 32 hospital wards.

Reducing transmission of methicillin-resistant in a surgical ward of a resource-limited hospital in Indonesia: an intervention study.

Background: Methicillin-resistant (MRSA) is endemic in healthcare settings in Indonesia.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of a bundle of preventive measures on the transmission and acquisition of MRSA in a surgical ward of a resource-limited hospital in Indonesia.

Methods: The study consisted of a pre-intervention (7 months), intervention (2 months), and post-intervention phase (5 months) and included screening for MRSA among eligible patients, healthcare workers (HCWs), and the hospital environment.

[Meningitis due to infection with Borrelia hispanica].

BACKGROUND Tick-borne relapsing fever is a disease that is caused by infection with a Borrelia bacterium, and is transmitted by ticks. This infectious disease is characterised by relapsing episodes of high fever, often accompanied by aspecific symptoms. CASE DESCRIPTION We describe the history of a 20-year-old woman who developed recurrent episodes of fever with headache and vomiting after a holiday in Morocco.