Browsing by Author "Dancer, Stephanie"

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2022-07-06Zeitschriftenartikel

Ethanol is indispensable for virucidal hand antisepsis: memorandum from the alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) Task Force, WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, and the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Kramer, Axel; Arvand, Mardjan; Christiansen, Bärbel; Dancer, Stephanie; Eggers, Maren; Exner, Martin; Müller, Dieter; Mutters, Nico T.; Schwebke, Ingeborg; Pittet, Didier

Background The approval of ethanol by the Biocidal Products Regulation has been under evaluation since 2007. This follows concern over alcohol uptake from ethanol-based hand rubs (EBHR). If ethanol is classified as ...
2024-09-27Zeitschriftenartikel

Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus

Gon, Giorgia; Dramowski, Angela; Hornsey, Emilio; Graham, Wendy; Fardousi, Nasser; Aiken, Alexander; Allegranzi, Benedetta; Anderson, Darcy; Bartram, James; Bhattacharya, Sanjay; Brogan, John; Caluwaerts, An; Padoveze, Maria Clara; Damani, Nizam; Dancer, Stephanie; Deeves, Miranda; Denny, Lindsay; Feasey, Nicholas; Hall, Lisa; Hopman, Joost; Chettry, Laxman Kharal; Kiernan, Martin; Kilpatrick, Claire; Mehtar, Shaheen; Moe, Christine; Nurse-FIndlay, Stephen; Ogunsola, Folasade; Okwor, Tochi; Pascual, Bruno; Patrick, Molly; Pearse, Oliver; Peters, Alexandra; Pittet, Didier; Storr, Julie; Tomczyk, Sara; Weiser, Thomas G.; Yakubu, Habib

Environmental cleaning is essential to patient and health worker safety, yet it is a substantially neglected area in terms of knowledge, practice, and capacity-building, especially in resource-limited settings. Public ...
2021-07-17Zeitschriftenartikel

Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among dental health care workers in Northern Germany (StaphDent study)

Lerche, Nadine; Holtfreter, Silva; Walther, Birgit; Semmler, Torsten; Al'Sholui, Fawaz; Dancer, Stephanie J.; Daeschlein, Georg; Hübner, Nils-Olaf; Bröker, Barbara M.; Papke, Roald; Kohlmann, Thomas; Baghul, Romy; Seifert, Ulrike; Kramer, Axel

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can colonize dental patients and students, however, studies on the prevalence of MRSA and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) among dental health care workers ...