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Journal article
Usability Inspection Methods
Published: 06/02/2011 | Source: Telemedicine and e-Health
Level of Evidence:
Web directory
Antimicrobial Resistance
Published: 01/02/2011 | Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Research study
Effect of Routine Sterile Gloving on Contamination Rates in Blood Culture
Published: 01/02/2011 | Source: Annals of Internal Medicine
Level of Evidence: RCT
Journal article
Enhancing Patient Safety by Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections: The Role of Discovery and Dissemination
Published: 01/02/2011 | Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice
HPA Guidelines for the Public Health Management of Pertussis
Published: 01/02/2011 | Source: Health Protection Agency (HPA)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Other
Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length of stay: retrospective comparative analysis
Published: 28/01/2011 | Source: British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Policy, Surveillance data
Annual HPV vaccine coverage in England in 2009/2010
Published: 27/01/2011 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Surveillance data
Second annual meeting of the invasive bacterial diseases surveillance network in Europe
Published: 24/01/2011 | Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Surveillance data
Gonococcal antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance in Europe 2009
Published: 17/01/2011 | Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Journal article, Research study
Effectiveness of pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccine in preventing pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 infection in England and Scotland 2009-2010
Published: 13/01/2011 | Source: Euro Surveillance
Level of Evidence: Case control studies
Journal article
Effectiveness of the 2009 seasonal influenza vaccine against pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 in healthcare workers in New Zealand, June-August 2009
Published: 13/01/2011 | Source: Euro Surveillance
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Journal article
Sensitivity and specificity of the user-seal-check in determining the fit of N95 respirators
Published: 13/01/2011 | Source: Journal of Hospital Infection.
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice
Guidelines for the prevention and control of group A streptococcal infection in acute healthcare and maternity settings in the UK (external link - abstract only))
Published: 10/01/2011 | Source: Journal of Infection
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Review
Review of the support available to individuals infected with Hepatitis C and/or HIV by NHS supplied blood transfusions or blood products and their dependants
Published: 10/01/2011 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Policy
Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake and vaccine supply
Published: 07/01/2011 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence:
Policy, Surveillance data
Extension of mandatory surveillance to Meticillin Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus (MSSA) and updated healthcare associated infections clinical guidance (HCAI Compendium)
Published: 06/01/2011 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence:
Journal article
Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant StaphylococcusAureus Infections in Adults and Children
Published: 04/01/2011 | Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Journal article
Estimates of Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe, 2009–2010: Results of Influenza Monitoring Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe (I-MOVE) Multicentre Case-Control Study
Published: 01/01/2011 | Source: PLoS one
Level of Evidence: Case control studies
Journal article
The impact of specially designed digital games-based learning in undergraduate pathology and medical education
Published: 01/01/2011 | Source: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Level of Evidence:
Other
Seasonal Flu 2010/11 in prisons and other closed institutions within the criminal justice system in England
Published: 22/12/2010 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited