Publications by authors named "Giovanni-Battista Fucini"
Introduction: Sinks have been introduced near patients to improve hand hygiene as part of infection prevention and control measures. However, sinks are a known reservoir for gram-negative bacterial pathogens in particular and their removal to prevent bacterial infections in intensive care patients is currently recommended by several international guidelines.
Methods: Healthcare workers (HCWs) in 15 intensive care units (ICUs) in Germany were given the opportunity to complete an anonymous survey on the use of sinks between August 2022 and January 2023.
Article Synopsis
- - During the COVID-19 pandemic, a study in Berlin identified three outbreaks of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) across five intensive care units, highlighting an increase in multidrug-resistant infections in hospitals.
- - The study employed a case-control design to determine risk factors for acquiring CRAB, analyzing data from August 2020 to March 2021, where cases were patients with hospital-acquired CRAB, and controls were matched patients without CRAB.
- - Two significant risk factors were found: sharing a room with a CRAB patient increased infection risk over tenfold, and bronchoscopy procedures raised the risk by more than six times, emphasizing the need for stringent infection control measures. *
Introduction: Intensive care unit (ICU) structural and spatial design may play a role in infection prevention and control.
Methods: Between 09/2021 and 11/2021 we performed an online survey among ICUs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Results: A total of 597 (40%) of the invited ICUs answered the survey; 20% of the ICUs were built before 1990.
Risk factors for nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infections in patients: results from a retrospective matched case-control study in a tertiary care university center.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
January 2022
Background: Factors contributing to the spread of SARS-CoV-2 outside the acute care hospital setting have been described in detail. However, data concerning risk factors for nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infections in hospitalized patients remain scarce. To close this research gap and inform targeted measures for the prevention of nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infections, we analyzed nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 cases in our hospital during a defined time period.
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