Search Results - "VICKERY, K"

The microbiome of diabetic foot ulcers: a comparison of swab and tissue biopsy wound sampling techniques using 16S rRNA gene sequencing by Travis, J, Malone, M, Hu, H, Baten, A, Johani, K, Huygens, F, Vickery, K, Benkendorff, K

“…Abstract Background Health-care professionals need to collect wound samples to identify potential pathogens that contribute to wound infection. Obtaining…”
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Presence of biofilm containing viable multiresistant organisms despite terminal cleaning on clinical surfaces in an intensive care unit by Vickery, K, Deva, A, Jacombs, A, Allan, J, Valente, P, Gosbell, I.B

“…Summary Background Despite recent attention to surface cleaning and hand hygiene programmes, multiresistant organisms (MROs) continue to be isolated from the…”
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The effects of an integrative supply chain strategy on customer service and financial performance: an analysis of direct versus indirect relationships by Vickery, Shawnee K, Jayaram, Jayanth, Droge, Cornelia, Calantone, Roger

“…This study examines the performance implications of an integrated supply chain strategy, with customer service performance followed by financial performance as…”
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Assessing the Risk of Hypoglycemia Secondary to Propranolol Therapy for the Treatment of Supraventricular Tachycardia in Infants by Parker, N., Flowers, R., Vickery, K., Stolfi, A., Bugnitz, C.

“…Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is the most common arrhythmia among infants. Prevention of SVT is frequently managed through propranolol therapy…”
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Intensive care unit environmental surfaces are contaminated by multidrug-resistant bacteria in biofilms: combined results of conventional culture, pyrosequencing, scanning electron microscopy, and confocal laser microscopy by Hu, H, Johani, K, Gosbell, I.B, Jacombs, A.S.W, Almatroudi, A, Whiteley, G.S, Deva, A.K, Jensen, S, Vickery, K

“…Summary Background Hospital-associated infections cause considerable morbidity and mortality, and are expensive to treat. Organisms causing these infections…”
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Effect of cadexomer iodine on the microbial load and diversity of chronic non-healing diabetic foot ulcers complicated by biofilm in vivo by Malone, M, Johani, K, Jensen, S O, Gosbell, I B, Dickson, H G, McLennan, S, Hu, H, Vickery, K

“…The performance of cadexomer iodine was determined against microbial populations from chronic non-healing diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) complicated by biofilm in…”
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Understanding the microbiome of diabetic foot osteomyelitis: insights from molecular and microscopic approaches by Johani, K., Fritz, B.G., Bjarnsholt, T., Lipsky, B.A., Jensen, S.O., Yang, M., Dean, A., Hu, H., Vickery, K., Malone, M.

“…Rigorous visual evidence on whether or not biofilms are involved in diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO) is lacking. We employed a suite of molecular and…”
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Biofilm contamination of high‐touched surfaces in intensive care units: epidemiology and potential impacts by Costa, D.M., Johani, K., Melo, D.S., Lopes, L.K.O., Lopes Lima, L.K.O., Tipple, A.F.V., Hu, H., Vickery, K.

“…The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiology (location, microbial load, microbiome, presence/absence of biofilm and pathogens, including…”
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Evaluation of short exposure times of antimicrobial wound solutions against microbial biofilms: from in vitro to in vivo by Johani, K, Malone, M, Jensen, S O, Dickson, H G, Gosbell, I B, Hu, H, Yang, Q, Schultz, G, Vickery, K

“…Test the performance of topical antimicrobial wound solutions against microbial biofilms using in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo model systems at clinically…”
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Surface-attached cells, biofilms and biocide susceptibility: implications for hospital cleaning and disinfection by Otter, J.A, Vickery, K, Walker, J.T, deLancey Pulcini, E, Stoodley, P, Goldenberg, S.D, Salkeld, J.A.G, Chewins, J, Yezli, S, Edgeworth, J.D

“…Summary Microbes tend to attach to available surfaces and readily form biofilms, which is problematic in healthcare settings. Biofilms are traditionally…”
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Contribution of usage to endoscope working channel damage and bacterial contamination by Santos, L.C.S., Parvin, F., Huizer-Pajkos, A., Wang, J., Inglis, D.W., Andrade, D., Hu, H., Vickery, K.

“…Biofilm formation has been shown to be associated with damaged areas of endoscope channels. It was hypothesized that the passage of instruments and brushes…”
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Next Generation DNA Sequencing of Tissues from Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers by Malone, M., Johani, K., Jensen, S.O., Gosbell, I.B., Dickson, H.G., Hu, H., Vickery, K.

“…We used next generation DNA sequencing to profile the microbiome of infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs). The microbiota was correlated to clinical parameters…”
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The efficacy of topical agents used in wounds for managing chronic biofilm infections: A systematic review by Schwarzer, S., James, G.A., Goeres, D., Bjarnsholt, T., Vickery, K., Percival, S.L., Stoodley, P., Schultz, G., Jensen, S.O., Malone, M.

“…•In vitro testing accounts for 90% of chronic wound biofilm evidence.•In vitro demonstrates iodine as the highest mean log10 reduction (4.81,…”
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Effect of disinfectant formulation and organic soil on the efficacy of oxidizing disinfectants against biofilms by Chowdhury, D., Rahman, A., Hu, H., Jensen, S.O., Deva, A.K., Vickery, K.

“…Biofilms that develop on dry surfaces in the healthcare environment have increased tolerance to disinfectants. This study compared the activity of formulated…”
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Difficulty in removing biofilm from dry surfaces by Parvin, F., Hu, H., Whiteley, G.S., Glasbey, T., Vickery, K.

“…Cleaning is fundamental to infection control. This report demonstrates that a Staphylococcus aureus biofilm is significantly more difficult to remove than…”
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Staphylococcus aureus dry-surface biofilms are more resistant to heat treatment than traditional hydrated biofilms by Almatroudi, A., Tahir, S., Hu, H., Chowdhury, D., Gosbell, I.B., Jensen, S.O., Whiteley, G.S., Deva, A.K., Glasbey, T., Vickery, K.

“…The importance of biofilms to clinical practice is being increasingly realized. Biofilm tolerance to antibiotics is well described but limited work has been…”
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Transfer of dry surface biofilm in the healthcare environment: the role of healthcare workers' hands as vehicles by Chowdhury, D., Tahir, S., Legge, M., Hu, H., Prvan, T., Johani, K., Whiteley, G.S., Glasbey, T.O., Deva, A.K., Vickery, K.

“…Dry surface biofilms (DSBs) persist for extended periods in hospital, and may play a significant role in transmission of healthcare-associated infections. To…”
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Dry surface biofilms: what you need to know by Ledwoch, K, Vickery, K, Maillard, J-Y

“…Environmental dry surface biofilms are a new type of biofilm found on dry surfaces, that are not visible to the human eye. Dry surface biofilms harbour…”
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Comparison of two endoscope channel cleaning approaches to remove cyclic build-up biofilm by Moshkanbaryans, L., Shah, V., Tan, L.Y., Jones, M.P., Vickery, K., Alfa, M., Burdach, J.

“…Biofilm contributes significantly to bacterial persistence in endoscope channels. Enhanced cleaning methods capable of removing biofilm from all endoscope…”
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Staphylococcus aureus dry-surface biofilms are not killed by sodium hypochlorite: implications for infection control by Almatroudi, A, Gosbell, I.B, Hu, H, Jensen, S.O, Espedido, B.A, Tahir, S, Glasbey, T.O, Legge, P, Whiteley, G, Deva, A, Vickery, K

“…Summary Background Dry hospital environments are contaminated with pathogenic bacteria in biofilms, which suggests that current cleaning practices and…”
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