ReviewClinical epidemiology2017
Transmission of health care-associated infections from roommates and prior room occupants: a systematic review.
Review in Clinical epidemiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- How long do bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses retain their replication capacity on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review examining environmental resilience versus healthcare-associated infection risk by "fomite-borne risk assessment".Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Evidence Map and Systematic Review of Disinfection Efficacy on Environmental Surfaces in Healthcare Facilities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Investigating the impact of poverty on colonization and infection with drug-resistant organisms in humans: a systematic review.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2018Pooled it
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- A novel method of simulated-use surface disinfection efficacy testing as Phase 3 Step 1 approach.Infection prevention in practice · 2026Article
- S2k Guideline: Hygienic requirements for patient beds, bed linen, bed accessories and personal protection when handling beds.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2026Article
- Clean to Prevent, Monitor to Protect: A Scoping Review on Strategies for Monitoring Cleaning in Hospitals to Prevent HAIs.Infectious disease reports · 2025Review
- Integrating Nonindividual Patient Features in Machine Learning Models of Hospital-Onset Bacteremia.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- AI modeling for outbreak prediction: A graph-neural-network approach for identifying vancomycin-resistant enterococcus carriers.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- S2k Guideline: Hygienic requirements for patient beds, bed linen, bed accessories and personal protection when handling beds.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2025Article
- Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Current Understandings of Resistance in Relation to Transmission and Preventive Strategies.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Hygiene requirements for cleaning and disinfection of surfaces: recommendation of the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) at the Robert Koch Institute.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2024Article
- Phenotypic Variation in ClinicalMicroorganisms · 2023Article
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- Not too close! impact of roommate status on MRSA and VRE colonization and contamination in Nursing Homes.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2021Article
- Factors Associated With Candida auris Colonization and Transmission in Skilled Nursing Facilities With Ventilator Units, New York, 2016-2018.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
- The effect of temporary closure and enhanced terminal disinfection using aerosolized hydrogen peroxide of an open-bay intensive care unit on the acquisition of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2020Article
- Infection Prevention for the Emergency Department: Out of Reach or Standard of Care?Emergency medicine clinics of North America · 2018Review
- Association Between Healthcare-Associated Infection and Exposure to Hospital Roommates and Previous Bed Occupants with the Same Organism.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2018Article
- One-year molecular surveillance of carbapenem-susceptibleAntimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2018Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
Pathogens that cause health care-associated infections (HAIs) are known to survive on surfaces and equipment in health care environments despite routine cleaning. As a result, the infection status of prior room occupants and roommates may play a role in HAI transmission. We performed a systematic review of the literature evaluating the association between patients' exposure to infected/colonized hospital roommates or prior room occupants and their risk of infection/colonization with the same organism. A PubMed search for English articles published in 1990-2014 yielded 330 studies, which were screened by three reviewers. Eighteen articles met our inclusion criteria. Multiple studies reported positive associations between infection and exposure to roommates with influenza and group A streptococcus, but no associations were found for
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