Publications by authors named "Marisol Medina-Pelcastre"
Article Synopsis
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are significant healthcare-related infections, and the aseptic non-touch technique (ANTT) is used to prevent them.
- After training nurses in ANTT and completing 6 PDSA cycles, adherence to the technique reached 95%, while hand hygiene and cleaning standards were perfect, although port disinfection and material collection had lower adherence rates.
- The CLABSI rate significantly decreased from 5.7 to 1.26 per 1000 catheter days, highlighting that proper training and ongoing monitoring are essential for sustaining ANTT adherence.
Introduction: Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) in neonates are frequent and highly lethal, in particular those caused by extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing bacteria. We evaluated the beneficial effects of ultraviolet C (UV-C) disinfection and copper adhesive plating on HCAIs in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a third level paediatric hospital in Mexico City, both in combination of hand-hygiene (HH) and prevention bundles.
Methods: All NICU patients were included.
Molecular Epidemiology, Antibiotic Resistance, and Virulence Traits of Strains Associated With an Outbreak in a Mexican Tertiary Care Hospital.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
June 2021
, an emerging opportunistic pathogen, is widely distributed in the environment the resistance mechanisms, and virulence factors of this bacterium facilitate its dissemination in hospitals. This study aimed to characterize the molecular epidemiology of strains associated with an outbreak in the Children's Hospital of México Federico Gómez (HIMFG). Twenty-one clinical strains were recovered from cultures of blood and urine samples from 10 pediatric patients at the emergency department, and nine environmental strains recovered from faucets in the same area were also included.
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