Infection Prevention Research
Below are details of a sample of research projects that Professor Mitchell is or has been involved with.
REACH: Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning in Hospitals
Summary
The REACH Project was a randomised controlled study of the effectiveness of a cleaning bundle intervention to reduce healthcare associated infection in 11 major Australian hospitals.
Further information
Link for more detail: https://researchdata.edu.au/reach-researching-effective-cleaning-hospitals/1361022
Key publications and media
- Mitchell, B. G., Hall, L., White, N., Barnett, A. G., Halton, K., Paterson, D. L., … & Graves, N. (2019). An environmental cleaning bundle and health-care-associated infections in hospitals (REACH): a multicentre, randomised trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19(4), 410-418.
- White, N. M., Barnett, A. G., Hall, L., Mitchell, B. G., Farrington, A., Halton, K., … & Graves, N. (2020). Cost-effectiveness of an environmental cleaning bundle for reducing healthcare-associated infections. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70(12), 2461-2468.
- Mitchell, B. G., Farrington, A., Allen, M., Gardner, A., Hall, L., Barnett, A. G., … & Graves, N. (2017). Variation in hospital cleaning practice and process in Australian hospitals: a structured mapping exercise. Infection, Disease & Health, 22(4), 195-202.
- Mitchell, B. G., White, N., Farrington, A., Allen, M., Page, K., Gardner, A., … & Hall, L. (2018). Changes in knowledge and attitudes of hospital environmental services staff: the researching effective approaches to cleaning in hospitals (REACH) study. American Journal of Infection Control, 46(9), 980-985.
Understanding the epidemiology and burden of healthcare associated infection in Australia
Summary
This series of work is focused on understanding the epidemiology and burden of healthcare associated infections in Australia.
Key select publications
- Lydeamore, M. J., Mitchell, B. G., Bucknall, T., Cheng, A. C., Russo, P. L., & Stewardson, A. J. (2022). Burden of five healthcare associated infections in Australia. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 11(1), 1-7.
- Shaban, R. Z., Mitchell, B., Russo, P., & Macbeth, D. (2021). Epidemiology of Healthcare-associated Infections in Australia. Elsevier Health Sciences.
- Russo, P. L., Stewardson, A. J., Cheng, A. C., Bucknall, T., & Mitchell, B. G. (2019). The prevalence of healthcare associated infections among adult inpatients at nineteen large Australian acute-care public hospitals: a point prevalence survey. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 8, 1-8.
- Mitchell, B. G., Fasugba, O., Beckingham, W., Bennett, N., & Gardner, A. (2016). A point prevalence study of healthcare associated urinary tract infections in Australian acute and aged care facilities. Infection, Disease & Health, 21(1), 26-31.
- Mitchell, B. G., Shaban, R. Z., MacBeth, D., Wood, C. J., & Russo, P. L. (2017). The burden of healthcare-associated infection in Australian hospitals: a systematic review of the literature. Infection, Disease & Health, 22(3), 117-128.
- Gardner, A., Mitchell, B., Beckingham, W., & Fasugba, O. (2014). A point prevalence cross-sectional study of healthcare-associated urinary tract infections in six Australian hospitals. BMJ open, 4(7), e005099.
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