“#Nosocomial transmissions and clusters of cases of #influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (#RSV), human #metapneumovirus, #parainfluenza virus, and other respiratory viruses occur surprisingly frequently.”

“Members of these groups constitute a large portion of hospitalized patients at any given time; many of them also make frequent visits to outpatient health care facilities.

Second, #nosocomial infections caused by respiratory viruses other than #SARSCoV2 are common and underappreciated, as are the possible adverse health effects associated with these viruses in vulnerable patients.”

#MaskMandates Have Kept One Cancer Center Free From #COVID19. Others Have Lifted Masking Requirements Despite Patient Concerns - Cancer Therapy Advisor https://www.cancertherapyadvisor.com/home/cancer-topics/general-oncology/mask-mandates-have-kept-one-cancer-center-free-from-covid-19-others-have-lifted-masking-requirements-despite-patient-concerns/ “City of Hope in Duarte, California, has maintained #masking requirements, and this has prevented #HospitalAcquired #COVID19 there entirely

“Our policies enabled us to achieve zero #nosocomial infections, zero #outbreaks,” Dr Trisal said. “In a #cancer hospital, that is critically important.

It makes some sense to me why medical facilities are hesitant to upgrade indoor air quality - though the direct costs of upgrade are quite low, acknowledgment of the problem could lead to spiraling costs, and even liability. This is obviously not OK, but it makes sense.

Could someone explain to me why health insurers, who are presumably way LESS ambivalent about the health costs side of the equation, are not pressuring facilities to improve and reduce the insane levels of nosocomial infection we have due to foot-dragging?

This is actually a serious question - there has to be a reason, or we would already be hearing of this approach for IAQ advocates, etc., right?

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #HVAC #Nosocomial #MedMastodon

@Billius27 @harriettmb Grateful for comprehensive manifesto by #healthcare workers. I liked the part about “multi-layered protections. That’s a useful phrase. People take #ventilation and #vaccination for granted, ignoring #testing and #tracing. I was unfamiliar with the term #nosocomial, but not the concept. Members of my circle of friends, family working in healthcare note patients’ vulnerability to #airborne disease. Elder friends awaiting care in ERs contracted Covid-19.

Found another option to view the #HICPACmeeting in full! #CDC #HICPAC #InfectionPreventionAndControl #PublicHealth #HICPACcommittee #COVID19 #COVIDconscious #COVIDsafety #HealthcareSafety #SafeHealthcare #BringMasksBackInHealthcare #Nosocomial #HAI #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsAirborne #CleanAirForAll #HealthcareIsAHumanRight #recording #YouTube
cc: @GeorgiaOnMyMind @toba

https://youtu.be/IQTQc7Lu4Vk

"#Biofilm-forming microorganisms causing hospital-acquired infections from intravenous catheter: A systematic review" 🤢

#OpenAccess #nosocomial #biofilms

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517422000724

Health care personnel wearing scrubs on their morning commute carry the current Top 40 disease causing organisms playing on public transportation in to the hospital. Wearing the same back home gives the general populace a chance of being exposed to suitcase pathogens and uber-mutated microorganisms having gained virulence and/or transmissibility in the health care setting a la mode Paul Ewald.

#Nosocomial #infectiousdiseases #publichealth #medicine #infectiousdisease

A hospital stay was a death sentence for a local centenarian. I'm told that a 100 year old woman who lived a few doors down from Jersey City Free Books suffered a fall at home.  This mishap was serious enough to require hospitalization.  There, she was infected with SARS CoV 2 and quickly died.

#Nosocomial #SARSCoV2 #CoViD19 #publichealth #medicine

typical outpatient setting, the required indoor #CO2 concentration at which R0 does not exceed 1 is below 620 ppm w no mask, 1000 ppm w a surgical mask and 16000 ppm w an N95 mask. In a typical inpatient setting, otoh the required indoor CO2 concentration is below 540 ppm with no mask, 770 ppm with a surgical mask, and 8200 ppm with an N95 mask. These findings facilitate the establishment of a strategy for preventing #airborne transmission in hospitals. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37286835/ #nosocomial

Trends in Severe Outcomes Among Adult and Pediatric Patients Hospitalized With #COVID19 in the #Canadian #Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, March 2020 to May 2022

"surveillance data show that during waves 5 and 6 ... hospitals experienced a surge in patients hospitalized, an increase in nosocomial transmission, and a decrease in severe outcomes.

...despite a reduction in severe outcomes in waves 5 and 6, the burden on Canadian hospitals was substantial."

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2803959

Note that early-pandemic (March to August 2020) data was used to isolate the effect of measures on #nosocomial infections.

Also to note: wearing goggles during interactions with patients also carried a strong protective effect.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36865900/

The data is from mid-2020, so a general "hospital-manifested COVID-19" classification was used. It's not known if the infections are #nosocomial. Even if they are not, suffice it to say that no infection is good for patient outcomes.

@Gemma

#Hospital-acquired infections.

#nosocomial #iatrogenic infections

Because #hospitals are #superspreader locations now, especially for #Covid and other #airborne #aerosol diseases.

They need #HEPA filters (the Cambridge UK hospital study is pinned to my profile).

They need #P100 masks (the TB hospital proved that these work https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/03/health/covid-ppe-masks-health-care.html )

They have neither. It is safer to stay home if you break your leg than it is to go to the #doctor in most places now.

A one-year #genomic investigation of #Escherichia coli #epidemiology and #nosocomial spread at a large US healthcare network

https://genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13073-022-01150-7

Oh, I'm supposed to pin an intro post.

I'm here for the #Covid safety.

My partner was infected with #Covid19 by doctor's offices which weren't practicing proper airborne infection control. Twice.

#CovidIsAirborne by #aerosol .

#CovidIsNotOver .

Stop #Nosocomial #Infection .

#WearAMask #P100 #elastomeric #P3 #N99 #FFP3 #N95 #KN95 #FFP2 #KF94

#CleanTheAir #HEPA #MERV13 #CorsiRosenthalBox

@mostaurelius

Thank you. Testing now...

#Covid #CovidIsNotOver #Nosocomial #CovidIsAirborne #HEPA #N95 #P100

@themushroom Because doctors are not following proper AIRBORNE infection control protocols. They are infecting people.

(To answer the rhetorical question)

#CovidIsAirborne #Nosocomial #BadMedicine #Covid #Covid19

Doctors SHOULD have portable #HEPA filters in their offices and #N95 or #P100 masks on their faces. They don't.

"Franciscan Children’s hospital is restricting the use of tap #water after discovering another occurrence of a potentially harmful #bacteria that it first detected in 2019." #contamination #nosocomial https://www.boston.com/news/the-boston-globe/2022/12/09/after-dozens-of-children-at-local-hospital-test-positive-for-bacteria-tap-water-found-to-be-the-source/

Hello #sciencemastodon!

I'm a #postdoc doing #Bioinformatics / #DataScience things at the Institute of Molecular Bacteriology at Twincore in Hannover, Germany. We're working mainly with #Pseudomonas aeruginosa, looking into #AntibioicResistance and #Biofilm, but we're branching out a bit to other #nosocomial #bacteria.

My main account is @LilithElina@chaos.social, but I thought I'd check this instance out as well. Thanks for creating it! #introduction