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OutbreakFlow: Model-based Bayesian inference of disease outbreak dynamics with invertible neural networks and its application to the COVID-19 pandemics in Germany by Radev, Stefan T, Graw, Frederik, Chen, Simiao, Mutters, Nico T, Eichel, Vanessa M, Bärnighausen, Till, Köthe, Ullrich

“…Mathematical models in epidemiology are an indispensable tool to determine the dynamics and important characteristics of infectious diseases. Apart from their…”
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Air filtration as a tool for the reduction of viral aerosols by Zacharias, Nicole, Haag, Alexandra, Brang-Lamprecht, Regina, Gebel, Jürgen, Essert, Sarah M., Kistemann, Thomas, Exner, Martin, Mutters, Nico T., Engelhart, Steffen

“…For testing the effectiveness of air purification devices in regard to the reduction of virus-containing aerosols, a test method involving test viruses has…”
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Antimicrobials Are a Photodynamic Inactivation Adjuvant for the Eradication of Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii by Wozniak, Agata, Rapacka-Zdonczyk, Aleksandra, Mutters, Nico T, Grinholc, Mariusz

“…The worldwide emergence of extensively drug resistant (XDR) has reduced the number of antimicrobials that exert high bactericidal activity against this…”
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Tracing clinically-relevant antimicrobial resistances in Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex across diverse environments: A study spanning clinical, livestock, and wastewater treatment settings by Savin, Mykhailo, Sib, Esther, Heinemann, Celine, Eichel, Vanessa M., Nurjadi, Dennis, Klose, Marian, Andre Hammerl, Jens, Binsker, Ulrike, Mutters, Nico T.

“…[Display omitted] •High diversity of inherent blaOXA-51-like and blaADC genes detected.•Acquired carbapenemases and biocide resistances found only in clinical…”
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Measuring the in-hospital costs of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia: methodology and results from a German teaching hospital by Kaier, Klaus, Heister, Thomas, Götting, Tim, Wolkewitz, Martin, Mutters, Nico T

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa-related pneumonia is an ongoing healthcare challenge. Estimating its financial burden is complicated by the time-dependent nature of the…”
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Detection of a cfr(B) Variant in German Enterococcus faecium Clinical Isolates and the Impact on Linezolid Resistance in Enterococcus spp by Bender, Jennifer K, Fleige, Carola, Klare, Ingo, Fiedler, Stefan, Mischnik, Alexander, Mutters, Nico T, Dingle, Kate E, Werner, Guido

“…The National Reference Centre for Staphylococci and Enterococci in Germany has received an increasing number of clinical linezolid-resistant E. faecium…”
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Forecasting local hospital bed demand for COVID-19 using on-request simulations by Kociurzynski, Raisa, D’Ambrosio, Angelo, Papathanassopoulos, Alexis, Bürkin, Fabian, Hertweck, Stephan, Eichel, Vanessa M., Heininger, Alexandra, Liese, Jan, Mutters, Nico T., Peter, Silke, Wismath, Nina, Wolf, Sophia, Grundmann, Hajo, Donker, Tjibbe

“…Accurate forecasting of hospital bed demand is crucial during infectious disease epidemics to avoid overwhelming healthcare facilities. To address this, we…”
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In Search of Patient Zero: Visual Analytics of Pathogen Transmission Pathways in Hospitals by Baumgartl, T., Petzold, M., Wunderlich, M., Hohn, M., Archambault, D., Lieser, M., Dalpke, A., Scheithauer, S., Marschollek, M., Eichel, V. M., Mutters, N. T., Consortium, Highmed, Landesberger, T. Von

“…Pathogen outbreaks (i.e., outbreaks of bacteria and viruses) in hospitals can cause high mortality rates and increase costs for hospitals significantly. An…”
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Legionella in drinking water: the detection method matters by Zacharias, Nicole, Waßer, Felix, Freier, Lia, Spies, Kirsten, Koch, Christoph, Pleischl, Stefan, Mutters, Nico T, Kistemann, Thomas

“…Legionella concentrations in drinking water have been regulated for decades and are evaluated with regard to their concentrations in drinking water plumbing…”
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Differences in infection control and diagnostic measures for multidrug-resistant organisms in the tristate area of France, Germany and Switzerland in 2019 - survey results from the RH(E)IN-CARE network by Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah, Lavigne, Thierry, Grundmann, Hajo, Rauch, Julia, Eichel, Vanessa M, Deboscker, Stéphanie, Jaulhac, Benoit, Mutters, Nico T

“…Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are a public health threat. Single-centre interventions, however, are likely to fail in the long term, as patients are…”
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Personalized infection prevention and control: a concept whose time has arrived by Savoldi, Alessia, Mutters, Nico T., Tacconelli, Evelina

“…Abstract Personalized medicine has been progressively implemented in several diagnostic and therapeutic patients’ algorithms, based on the common assumption…”
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In-hospital costs of community-acquired colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms at a German teaching hospital by Engler-Hüsch, Sabine, Heister, Thomas, Mutters, Nico T, Wolff, Jan, Kaier, Klaus

“…Antibiotic resistance is a challenge in the management of infectious diseases and can cause substantial cost. Even without the onset of infection, measures…”
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The role of routine SARS-CoV-2 screening of healthcare-workers in acute care hospitals in 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jabs, J M, Schwabe, A, Wollkopf, A D, Gebel, B, Stadelmaier, J, Erdmann, S, Radicke, F, Grundmann, H, Kramer, A, Monsef, I, Rücker, G, Rupp, J, Scheithauer, S, Schmucker, C, Simon, A, Mutters, Nico T

“…Healthcare workers (HCW) are at increased risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2. Vulnerable patient populations in particular must be protected, and clinics should…”
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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 by Kramer, Axel, Arvand, Mardjan, Christiansen, Bärbel, Dancer, Stephanie, Eggers, Maren, Exner, Martin, Müller, Dieter, Mutters, Nico T., Schwebke, Ingeborg, Pittet, Didier

“…Abstract Background The approval of ethanol by the Biocidal Products Regulation has been under evaluation since 2007. This follows concern over alcohol uptake…”
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COVID-19 vaccination strategy for hospital staff in Germany: a cross-sectional study in March–April 2021 by Mardiko, A.A., Heinemann, S., Bludau, A., Kaba, H.E.J., Leha, A., von Maltzahn, N., Mutters, N.T., Leistner, R., Mattner, F., Scheithauer, S.

“…SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for healthcare workers (HCWs) started in Germany in December 2020. Hospitals had little time to prepare a vaccination strategy. To…”
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Genetic Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella spp. from Municipal and Slaughterhouse Wastewater by Savin, Mykhailo, Bierbaum, Gabriele, Mutters, Nico T, Schmithausen, Ricarda Maria, Kreyenschmidt, Judith, García-Meniño, Isidro, Schmoger, Silvia, Käsbohrer, Annemarie, Hammerl, Jens Andre

“…Currently, human and veterinary medicine are threatened worldwide by an increasing resistance to carbapenems, particularly present in opportunistic pathogens…”
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Is virtual reality suitable for hand hygiene training in health care workers? Evaluating an application for acceptability and effectiveness by Eichel, Vanessa M, Brandt, Christian, Brandt, Juliane, Jabs, Jonas M, Mutters, Nico T

“…Abstract Background For effective prevention of nosocomial transmissions continuous training and motivation of health care workers (HCW) are essential to…”
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Genomic Investigation and Successful Containment of an Intermittent Common Source Outbreak of OXA-48-Producing Enterobacter cloacae Related to Hospital Shower Drains by Nurjadi, Dennis, Scherrer, Martin, Frank, Uwe, Mutters, Nico T, Heininger, Alexandra, Späth, Isabel, Eichel, Vanessa M, Jabs, Jonas, Probst, Katja, Müller-Tidow, Carsten, Brandt, Juliane, Heeg, Klaus, Boutin, Sébastien

“…The hospital environment has been reported as a source of transmission events and outbreaks of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales. Interconnected…”
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Education and training programmes for infection prevention and control professionals: mapping the current opportunities and local needs in European countries by Tsioutis, Constantinos, Birgand, Gabriel, Bathoorn, Erik, Deptula, Aleksander, Ten Horn, Lenny, Castro-Sánchez, Enrique, Săndulescu, Oana, Widmer, Andreas F, Tsakris, Athanasios, Pieve, Giulio, Tacconelli, Evelina, Mutters, Nico T

“…Studies have repeatedly highlighted the need for homogenisation of training content and opportunities in infection prevention and control (IPC) across European…”
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Considerations for de-escalating universal masking in healthcare centers by Landelle, Caroline, Birgand, Gabriel, Price, James R, Mutters, Nico T, Morgan, Daniel J, Lucet, Jean-Christophe, Kerneis, Solen, Zingg, Walter

“…Three years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, better knowledge on the transmission of respiratory viral infections (RVI) including the contribution…”
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