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SARAYA - 2023 Vol. 1

Challenges and Expriences of Handling COVID-19 in Penang Hospital, Malaysia

  • Magazine Volume: 2023 Vol. 1
  • Article number: 1
  • Content Type: World Information
  • Category: HAI
  • Facility: Acute Care Hospital
  • Field to link to full PDF field: HosCom_International_2023_web.pdf
  • Authors :

    Dr. Chuan Huan Chuah, Dr. Kar Nim Leong, Dr. Ting Soo Chow, Dr. Peng Shyan Wong
    Hospital Pulau Penang
Introduction Since the first reported COVID-19 case in Malaysia on 25th January 2020, all public hospitals, including Penang General Hospital, have been prepared for the outbreak. Confirmed COVID-19 cases were initially concentrated in Kuala Lumpur...

Living with the Covid-19 Pandemic in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) Countries and Countries Opening Up

Countries across Europe have almost completely eased up on preventive, control, and restrictive measures put in place to check the spread of Covid-19 since the inception of the catastrophic pandemic in late 2019 and inflicting over 100 million cases...

The Development of a Long-term Care Infection Prevention Compendium During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Magazine Volume: 2023 Vol. 1
  • Article number: 2
  • Content Type: World Information
  • Category: IPC
  • Facility: Long Term Care Facility
  • Field to link to full PDF field: HosCom_International_2023_web.pdf
  • Authors :

    Elana Kieffer, MBA; Elaine Larson, RN, PhD, FAAN, FIDSA, FSHEA, FAPIC; Carmen Portillo, PhD, RN, FAAN; Mario Rubano, MPH.
  • References:
    1. Soucheray, S. Coroner: First US COVID-19 death occurred in early February. Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. April 22, 2020. Accessed July 22, 2022.
    2. Chidambaram P. Over 200,000 residents and staff in long-term care facilities have died from COVID-19. KFF. February 3, 2022. Accessed July 22, 2022. https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/over-200000-residents-and-staff-in-long-term-care-facilities-have-died-from-covid-19/
Introduction The first recorded COVID-19 death in the United States occurred in a nursing home (NH) in February 20201 – a harbinger of the challenges the long-term care (LTC) sector would face. Since then, over 200,000 residents and staff of long-term...

The Main Risk Factors for Patient Infection Associated with Endoscopic Examinations in Russia

  • Magazine Volume: 2023 Vol. 1
  • Article number: 3
  • Content Type: World Information
  • Category: MDR
  • Facility: Acute Care Hospital
  • Field to link to full PDF field: HosCom_International_2023_web.pdf
  • Authors :

    T.A. Grenkova, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Leading Researcher
    E.P. Selkova, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Chief Researcher
    Department of Education, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, G.N. Gabrichevsky Moscow Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russia
  • References:
    1. Hygiene guidelines: Sanitary rules and norms (SanPiN) 3.3686-21 "Sanitary and epidemiological guidelines for the prevention of infectious diseases", approved by the Resolution of the Chief Public Health Officer of the Russian Federation No. 4 dated 01.28.2021 (https://www.rospotrebnadzor.ru/about/info/news/news_details.php?ELEMENT_ID=18781)
Introduction About 14 million endoscopic interventions are carried out in Russia annually, and a few scores of related healthcare-associated infection (HAI) cases are officially registered. The Epidemiological Safety System (ESS) for endoscopic interventions...