Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)

Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a threat to the quality and safety of care. Surveillance, outbreak investigations, and prevention are key elements of infection prevention and control programs. Knowledge acquired through these activities helps to adapt strategies to prevent HAIs. Our group works on lessons learned from nosocomial outbreaks and surveillance of HAIs.

Selected publications

COVID-19 isolation measures did not prevent vancomycin-resistant enterococci transmissions.

M Van Singer, L Senn, D S Blanc, I Koenig, C Simon, B Grandbastien. J Hosp Infect. 2023 Nov:141:129-131. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.09.014. Epub 2023 Sep 27.PMID: 37774928. View article

New genotyping method discovers sustained nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in an intensive care burn unit.

F Tissot, D S Blanc, P Basset, G Zanetti, M M Berger, Y-A Que, P Eggimann, L Senn. J Hosp Infect. 2016 Sep;94(1):2-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.05.011. Epub 2016 May 26. PMID: 27451039. View article

Colonization With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci After Discharge From an Epidemic Ward: Results of Outpatient Contact Screening by Visiting Nurses.

Cathy Voide, Christiane Petignat, Dominique S Blanc, Giorgio Zanetti, Patrick Genoud, Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen, Laurence Senn. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Jun;37(6):731-2. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.43.. PMID: 27198606. View article

Hand soap contamination by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a tertiary care hospital: no evidence of impact on patients.

D S Blanc, B Gomes Magalhaes, M Abdelbary, G Prod'hom, G Greub, J B Wasserfallen, P Genoud, G Zanetti, L Senn. J Hosp Infect. 2016 May;93(1):63-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.02.010. Epub 2016 Mar 3.PMID: 27021398. View article

The Stealthy Superbug: the Role of Asymptomatic Enteric Carriage in Maintaining a Long-Term Hospital Outbreak of ST228 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

L Senn, O Clerc, G Zanetti, P Basset, G Prod'hom, N C Gordon, A E Sheppard, D W Crook, R James, H A Thorpe, E J Feil, D S Blanc. mBio. 2016 Jan 19;7(1):e02039-15. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02039-15. PMID: 26787833. View article

Team

Dre Estelle Ben Salah Moulin, MD
Dr Bruno Grandbastien, MD
PD Dr Dominique S. Blanc, PhD
Masters students and MD thesis candidates

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No current position available

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Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)