Antimicrobial Resistance, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Environmental Microbial Contamination: Second Edition
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Factors and Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 2060
Special Issue Editors
Interests: public health; environmental health; urban health; indoor air quality; water quality
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Interests: public health; environmental health; healthcare-associated infections; indoor air quality; infectious diseases; nosocomial infections
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are organizing a Special Issue entitled “Antimicrobial Resistance, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Environmental Microbial Contamination” in Healthcare, which is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal in the area of healthcare systems, industry, technology, policy, and regulation, published monthly online by MDPI. More information about the journal can be found at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/healthcare.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nosocomial infections are the most frequent adverse event in healthcare delivery worldwide. In particular, hundreds of millions of patients are affected by healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) worldwide each year, leading to significant mortality and financial losses for health systems.
Among the main solutions to contrast nosocomial infection, beyond implementing standard precautions (e.g., best hand hygiene practices), improving staff education and accountability, correctly applying basic precautions during invasive procedures, environmental monitoring, and the appropriate use of antimicrobials play an important role. In this regard, on the one hand, environmental monitoring is a useful tool for assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of the measures adopted to control the risk of infection; on the other, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is considered one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity, which is strongly related to drug misuse and overuse both in nosocomial and community environments.
We welcome the submission of reviews, original research articles, short communications, editorial letters, systematic reviews, case studies, and other kinds of articles targeting any of these core research questions and beyond.
Dr. Marco Dettori
Dr. Maria Dolores Masia
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- nosocomial infections
- healthcare-associated infections
- antimicrobial resistance
- environmental microbial contamination
- indoor air quality
- air monitoring
- surface monitoring
- surgical site infections
- hand hygiene
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