Nosocomial transmission of multi-drug-resistant organisms in Ukrainian hospitals: results of a multi-centre study (2019-2021).

Background: The increasing emergence and spread of multi-drug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in hospitals is a public health problem and continues to challenge infection control and hospital epidemiology practice worldwide.

Aim: The aim of this study was to characterize the epidemiology of transmission of MDROs via healthcare workers (HCWs) and the environment in the hospital wards/patient rooms.

Methods: A multi-centre prospective observational study was conducted in 17 hospitals in Ukraine.

Epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections and mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance of responsible pathogens in Ukraine: a multicentre study.

Background: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) have a high impact in terms of morbidity, mortality, and costs.

Aim: To estimate the prevalence and incidence of HAIs, and to describe phenotypic and genotypic features of antimicrobial resistance in responsible pathogens in Ukraine.

Methods: Prospective multicentre surveillance was conducted from January 2019 to December 2021 in 17 regional hospitals of Ukraine.

MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF THE TRANSMISSION OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN KYIV ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS, UKRAINE.

Objective: The aim: To evaluate the potential of transmission of methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Ukrainian acute care hospitals.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: We performed a multicenter cross-sectional study. Definitions of HAI were used from the CDC/ NHSN.

Simultaneous bilateral angioplasty and stenting for carotid stenosis - a single center experience.

Carotid artery stenosis is responsible for up to 12% of all ischemic strokes. The prevalence of bilateral carotid artery stenosis is nearly 8-39% among patients with stroke, and its management is still controversial. This study aimed to report the treatment results of bilateral carotid artery stenosis with simultaneous bilateral angioplasty and stenting (sbCAS) in a single institution during the last 10 years.

EVALUATION OF BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION IN THE INANIMATE ENVIRONMENT SURFACES IN ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS IN KYIV, UKRAINE.

Objective: The aim: To evaluate the quality of cleaning and disinfection of surfaces scheduled for daily cleaning and degree of bacterial contamination of hospital rooms and the patients' inanimate environment in Kyiv acute care hospitals, Ukraine.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: We performed a multicenter prospectively study of the quality of cleaning and disinfection of surfaces scheduled for daily cleaning in 9 acute care hospitals by use of an ultraviolet fluorescence targeting method and microbial methods.

Results: Results: A total 9,104 environmental samples from were collected and tested.