Surveillance practices and air-sampling strategies to address healthcare-associated invasive mold infections in Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Network hospitals-United States, 2020

Jeremy A W Gold; Brendan R Jackson; Janet Glowicz; Kenneth R Mead; Karlyn D Beer

doi:10.1017/ice.2021.285

Surveillance practices and air-sampling strategies to address healthcare-associated invasive mold infections in Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Network hospitals-United States, 2020

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Nov;43(11):1708-1711. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.285. Epub 2021 Jul 16.

Authors

Jeremy A W Gold^{1

2}, Brendan R Jackson¹, Janet Glowicz³, Kenneth R Mead⁴, Karlyn D Beer¹

Affiliations

¹ Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁴ Division of Field Studies and Engineering, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Abstract

With this survey, we investigated healthcare-associated invasive mold infection (HA-IMI) surveillance and air sampling practices in US acute-care hospitals. More than half of surveyed facilities performed HA-IMI surveillance and air sampling. HA-IMI surveillance was more commonly performed in academic versus nonacademic facilities. HA-IMI case definitions and sampling strategies varied widely among respondents.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Cross Infection* / epidemiology
Cross Infection* / prevention & control
Delivery of Health Care
Hospitals
Humans
Infection Control*
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States / epidemiology

Grants and funding

CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States