Publications
Recommendations for Hygiene Management
A helpful and informative guide for the surveillance of nosocomial infections. In the guide on hospital hygiene, leading experts provide competent answers to all hygiene-related questions from practice for practical application.
Manual for Module VI of the Structured Curricular Training "Hospital Hygiene"
ISBN 978-3-89606-262-8
The publications listed below originate from the institutes of the NRZ. The list is updated periodically but does not claim to be complete.
B. Weikert, T.S. Kramer, F. Schwab, C. Graf-Allgeier, S.I. Wolke, P. Gastmeier, C. Geffers
Effect of a multimodal prevention strategy on dialysis-associated infection events in outpatients receiving haemodialysis: The DIPS stepped wedge, cluster-randomized trial
Clin Microbiol Infect, 2024 Feb 3:S1198-743X(24)00042-9
Fucini G.B., Geffers C., Schwab F., Behnke M., Moellmann J., Sunder W. & Gastmeier P.
The structural and spatial design of German intensive care units from the point of view of infection control measures: Survey among ICU-KISS participants
Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2024;119(1):27-38.
Aghdassi S.J.S., Saydan S., Behnke M., Clausmeyer J., Gastmeier P. & Geffers C.
Surveillance of infections of surgical sites and lower respiratory tracts should be combined: experiences from the German surveillance module for operated patients (OP-KISS), 2018 to 2022.
Euro Surveill. 2024;29(11)
Fucini G.B., Hackmann C. & Gastmeier P.
Sink interventions in the ICU to reduce risk of infection or colonization with Gram-negative pathogens: a systematic review of the literature.
J Hosp Infect. 2024;143:82-90.
Schlosser B., Weikert B., Fucini G.B., Kohlmorgen B., Kola A., Weber A., Thoma N., Behnke M., Schwab F., Gastmeier P., Geffers C. & Aghdassi S.J.S.
Risk factors for transmission of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in outbreak situations: results of a case-control study.
BMC Infect Dis. 2024;24(1):120.
Eckmann C., Aghdassi S.J.S., Brinkmann A., Pletz M. & Rademacher J.
Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis.
Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2024;121(7):233-242.
Rademacher J., Ewig S., Grabein B., Nachtigall I., Abele-Horn M., Deja M., Gaßner M., Gatermann S., Geffers C., Gerlach H., Hagel S., Heußel C.P., Kluge S., Kolditz M., Kramme E., Kühl H., Panning M., Rath P.M., Rohde G., Schaaf B., Salzer H.J.F., Schreiter D., Schweisfurth H., Unverzagt S., Weigand M.A., Welte T. & Pletz M.W.
Key summary of German national guideline for adult patients with nosocomial pneumonia- Update 2024 Funding number at the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA): 01VSF22007.
Infection
Aghdassi S.J.S., Hansen S., Peña Diaz L.A., Gropmann A., Saydan S., Geffers C., Gastmeier P., Piening B. & Behnke M.
Healthcare-Associated Infections and the Use of Antibiotics in German Hospitals.
Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2024;121(9):277-283.
van Rooden S.M., van der Werff S.D., van Mourik M.S.M., Lomholt F., Møller K.L., Valk S., Dos Santos Ribeiro C., Wong A., Haitjema S., Behnke M. & Rinaldi E.
Federated systems for automated infection surveillance: a perspective.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2024;13(1):113.
Gastmeier P., Kola A., Schwab F., Behnke M. & Geffers C.
Etiology of nosocomial infections in intensive care patients in German hospitals: An analysis of trends between 2008 and 2022.
Int J Med Microbiol. 2024;314:151594
Kramer T.S., Scheithauer S., Bunte K., Walter J., Geffers C. & Brodzinski A.
Einfluss von medizinischen Einmalhandschuhen auf die hygienische Händedesinfektion
Epidemiologisches Bulletin. 2024;2024(19):3-9.
Marschollek M., Marquet M., Reinoso Schiller N., Naim J., Aghdassi S.J.S., Behnke M., Ehrenberg S., von Landesberger T., Misailovski M., Prasser F., Scherag A., Schlueter D., Wulff A., RISK PRINCIPE Study Group, Pletz M. & Scheithauer S.
Automated surveillance and risk prediction with the aim of risk-stratified infection control and prevention (RISK PRINCIPE)
Bundesgesundheitsblatt. 2024;67(6):685-692.
Rüther F.D., Gropmann A., Hansen S., Behnke M., Geffers C. & Aghdassi S.J.S.
Assessing infection prevention and control structures in German hospitals after the COVID-19 pandemic using the WHO infection prevention and control assessment framework (IPCAF): results from 660 hospitals and comparison with a pre-pandemic survey.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2024;13(1):103.
Kramer T.S., Brodzinski A., Paul M., Drexler H., Scheithauer S. & Geffers C.
The Use of Single-Use Medical Gloves in Doctors' Practices and Hospitals.
Dtsch Arztebl Int.