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ArticleAmerican journal of infection control2022

Keeping health care linens clean: Underrecognized hazards and critical control points to avoid contamination of laundered health care textiles.

Janet Glowicz, Isaac Benowitz, Matthew J Arduino, Ruoran Li, Karen Wu, Alexander Jordan, Mitsuru Toda, Kelley Garner, Jeremy A W Gold

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Article in American journal of infection control, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Active Surveillance for Invasive Mold Disease - Four Hospitals, Atlanta, Georgia, 2020-2024.Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries (Washington, D.C. : 2002) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Janet GlowiczPrevention and Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: jglowicz@cdc.gov.
Isaac BenowitzPrevention and Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Matthew J ArduinoPrevention and Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Ruoran LiPrevention and Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Karen WuEpidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Alexander JordanMycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Mitsuru TodaMycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Kelley GarnerArkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, AR.
Jeremy A W GoldMycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Outbreaks of health care-associated infections, particularly invasive mold infections, have been linked to environmental contamination of laundered health care textiles. Contamination may occur at the laundry or health care facility. This report highlights underrecognized hazards, control points, and actions that infection preventionists can take to help decrease the potential for patient exposure to contaminated health care textiles. Infection preventionists can use the checklists included in this report to assess laundry and health care facility management of laundered health care textiles.

Indexed as

Cross InfectionLaundry Service, HospitalBedding and LinensDelivery of Health CareHumansTextilesHealth care associated infectionsHealth care linensHealth care textilesHospital laundryMucormycosis

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PMID35868458
PMCPMC9628009

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