Active clinical trials for "Cross Infection"

The purpose of the study is to determine the best ways to prevent infections after heart surgery. Participation in the study will last at most 3 months after heart surgery. The study will only collect information about the care patients receive during the planned surgery. No new testing or procedures will be done. Patients will receive only the tests or procedures the doctor already has planned. This kind of study is an observational study, because all that is planned to do is observe the care patients receive and how well they do during treatment. The information collected should help to improve the quality of surgical care in the future.

The purpose of this study is to assess the ability of lactulose, a prebiotic agent, to prevent hospital acquired infection in children

This research aims to study the properties of metallic nanoparticles"MNPs" (silver nanoparticles "AgNps" and copper nanoparticles "CuNps") on the 2 most common nosocomial bacteria which are highly resistant to antibiotics including Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, to evaluate the growth inhibiting properties of MNPs on all bacterial isolates, to evaluate the biofilm inhibitory effect on biofilm forming bacterial isolates and the synergistic effect of these MNPs in combination with antibiotics on the antibiotic resistant isolates.

The study will estimate the effect of peer-counseling for exclusive breast feeding (EBF) in the first 6 months of life on cognition and other determinants of human capital formation including behavioral and emotional status; school readiness and attainment; health status; fine and gross motor skills; physical growth; and household economic status.

COVID-19 has been a challenge for hospitals; there was an obvious need to reconvert many spaces in specific areas to attend this pathology, without forgetting the attention to other pathologies and surgery. The objective of the investigators is to evaluate the impact of this pandemic in the patients who underwent surgery in Bellvitge University Hospital, analyzing 2 periods of time: the months before the COVID-19 peak and the COVID-19 peak months.

In this current study the researchers aim to identify the total number of infections and deaths due to COVID-19 and distinguish which are the risk factors most related to COVID-19 infections and deaths in medical personnel in Mexico.

The COVID-19 pandemic of SARS CoV2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, COVID-19) infection, which is currently evolving in France, raises many questions about the clinical and biological profile of infected hospitalized patients. If certain biological factors like troponin, BNP (Brain Natriuretic Peptid), or clinical factors like cardiovascular history or oncological history are associated with a worse prognosis, available data comes from studies in Asia for the majority, or including a limited number of patients. Patient stratification remains a major issue for patient sorting and early referral of patients.

In patients who develop ARDS due to SARS-CoV-2 (CARDS), a longer duration of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) and ICU stay has been reported compared to ARDS not associated with SARS-CoV-2. Consequently, the days of stay in ICU increase Identifying the risk factors associated with the development of this complication and developing measures aimed at its prevention could have a favorable impact on the clinical course of seriously ill patients.

Nosocomial infection (NIs) is a major challenge in healthcare facilities and has been associated with prolonged hospital stay as well as increased morbidity and mortality. This research aimed to estimate the impact of acute decompensation (AD) consequences on the successive risk of nosocomial infections (NIs) and the go after outcome.

This study aims to evaluate new dosage of inflammatory markers or new inflammatory markers for the diagnosis of nosocomial bacterial infection. We made the hypothesis that these new dosages or new inflammatory markers could be more useful than dosage of inflammatory markers already used in clinical practice (especially the use of a combination of interleukins (6 or 8) and C-reactive protein for the management of newborns with a clinical suspicion of nosocomial bacterial infection and especially could allow to avoid excessive treatment with antibiotics