by VisionFriendly.com | Feb 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Surgical site infections (SSI) affect 2-3% of patients who undergo surgery. SSIs usually occur due to bacteria and/or other microbes infecting the site of surgery due to improper preparation for the surgery and/or poor care of wounds post-surgery. Healthcare workers...
by VisionFriendly.com | Feb 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Adhesive tape in the health care setting: another high-risk fomite? TO THE EDITOR: We read with interest the article by Pinto and colleagu.es regarding colonisation of reusable tourniquets by multiresistant organisms (MROs). l We highlight that surgical adhesive tape...
by VisionFriendly.com | Feb 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
DAVID M. BERKOWITZ, WIE-SHING LEE,I GEORGE J. PAZIN, ROBERT B. YEE, AND MONTO HO Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh,...
by VisionFriendly.com | Jan 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
1Harris, P.N., Ashhurst-Smith, C., Berenger, S.J., Shoobert, A., Ferguson, J.K. Adhesive tape in the health care setting:another high-risk fomite?. Med J Aust. 2012;196:34. Growth of Bacteria Under Adhesive Tapes Richard R. Marples, BM, MSc; Albert M. Kligman, MD, PhD...
