Hyeon-Jeong Kim

Assessment of the appropriateness of hand surface coverage for health care workers according to World Health Organization hand hygiene guidelines

We monitored hand surface coverage technique in health care workers in a tertiary care hospital using a 5-item hand hygiene assessment tool based on World Health Organization guidelines. Overall hand hygiene compliance was 86.7% (4,300/4,960). Appropriate hand surface coverage was observed in only 7.9% (182/2,297) of hand hygiene procedures.

Clearance Rate of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Carriage Among Hospitalized Patients

During the past decade, carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) has emerged and spread across the world. 1 The major carbapenemase enzymes currently being reported are KPC, NDM-1, VIM, IMP, and OXA. 2 Because carbapenemase can be effectively transmitted via mobile genetic elements, and current therapeutic options for CPE infections are extremely limited, CPE may be one of the most serious contemporary threats to public health. However, very little is known about the characteristics of CPE carriage during hospitalization. The aims of this study were to investigate the clearance rate of CPE carriage and determine the number of consecutive negative cultures required to confirm CPE clearance. We also examined CPE transmission among hospitalized patients.

Laboratory-based surveillance of hospital-acquired respiratory virus infection in a tertiary care hospital

&NA; Of 7,772 laboratory‐confirmed cases of respiratory viral infection among hospitalized patients, 22.8% were categorized as having hospital‐acquired infection. The overall incidence of hospital‐acquired respiratory viral infection was 3.9 (95% confidence interval, 3.7‐4.1) cases per 1,000 admitted patients. Rhinovirus was the most common virus (30.3%), followed by influenza virus (17.6%) and parainfluenza virus (15.6%).

Development of Perioperative Hypothermia Management Protocol for Surgical Patients

Methodology: This study was a methodological study for the development of a perioperative hypothermia management protocol. As a first step, key factors to perioperative hypothermia management were derived by a literature review. And the preliminary protocol was created by selecting some of the recommendations that might be relevant to key factors from previous well-designed body temperature guidelines and studies of perioperative hypothermia management. Then content validity with twenty-eight experts and user validity with PACU twenty-eight nurses were examined.