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

2021/07/16 by Jeremy A. W. Gold, Jeremy A.W. Gold, Brendan R. Jackson +3
Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · #Antibiotic Use and Resistance #Antifungal resistance and susceptibility #Infection Control in Healthcare

paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/ice.2021.285

openalex publication_date 2021/07/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

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.

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