Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33194331›Full record

ArticlePeerJ2020

Viable bacterial communities on hospital window components in patient rooms.

Patrick F Horve, Leslie G Dietz, Suzanne L Ishaq, Jeff Kline, Mark Fretz, Kevin G Van Den Wymelenberg

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Article in PeerJ, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Patrick F HorveBiology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States of America.
Leslie G DietzBiology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States of America.
Suzanne L IshaqBiology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States of America.
Jeff KlineBiology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States of America.
Mark FretzInstitute for Health in the Built Environment, University of Oregon, Portland, OR, United States of America.
Kevin G Van Den WymelenbergBiology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States of America.
University of Oregon · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies demonstrate an exchange of bacteria between hospital room surfaces and patients, and a reduction in survival of microorganisms in dust inside buildings from sunlight exposure. While the transmission of microorganisms between humans and their local environment is a continuous exchange which generally does not raise cause for alarm, in a hospital setting with immunocompromised patients, these building-source microbial reservoirs may pose a risk. Window glass is often neglected during hospital disinfection protocols, and the microbial communities found there have not previously been examined. This pilot study examined whether living bacterial communities, and specifically the pathogens Methicillin-resistant

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16S rRNA geneEnvironmental microbiologyHospital-associated infectionsHospital microbiomeIndoor microbial community

Identifiers

PMID33194331
PMCPMC7391968
OpenAlexW3043975771

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