Declaration of Competing Interest or funding statements were not included in the published version of the following articles that appeared in previous issues of Infection Prevention in Practice.
The appropriate Declaration of Competing Interest and funding statements, provided by the Authors, are included below.
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“A unique approach to the development of infection prevention and control resources for front-line health care workers” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2019; 1 (1): 100004) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2019.100004
Declaration of interest and funding: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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“Outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii associated with extrinsic contamination of ultrasound gel in a tertiary centre burn unit” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2019; 1 (2): 100009) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2019.100009
Funding: None. The investigation was initiated by the Hospital Epidemiologist and the Infection Control Department in response to the outbreak.
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“Participatory approach to quality development in infection prevention and control (IPC) in Nigerian health facilities” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2019; 1 (2): 100012) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2019.100012
Funding: The article describes a pilot project, MAURICE, which is a cooperation between Robert Koch-Institute/RKI, Germany and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control/NCDC, Nigeria (June 2017–April 2019, project funded by ESTHER Alliance). Within the framework of the pilot project, an IPC Manual was developed by a Technical Working Group (TWG) established by the NCDC. In addition, MAURICE, in cooperation with the GIZ, supported the development of a pedagogical training approach for participatory quality development in the IPC, on which a scale up project in Nigeria is based (funded by the Ministry of Health, Germany).
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“Nosocomial outbreak of measles amongst a highly vaccinated population in an English hospital setting” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2019; 1 (2): 100018) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2019.100018
Declaration of competing interest and funding: We wish to confirm that there are no known conflicts of interest associated with this publication and there has been no significant financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome.
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“Guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection: an update from NICE” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2019; 1 (3/4): 100026) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2019.100026
Declaration of competing interest and funding: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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“Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs - Qualitative analysis of numerous hospitals in a developing country” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2019; 1 (3/4): 100025) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2019.100025
Declaration of competing interest and funding: The authors have no conflicts to declare. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
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“The 2018/19 Ebola epidemic the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): epidemiology, outbreak control, and conflict” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2020; 2 (1): 100038) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2020.100038
Declaration of competing interest and funding: The authors have no conflicts to declare. No funding was received for this work.
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“Potential role of inanimate surfaces for the spread of coronaviruses and their inactivation with disinfectant agents” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2020; 2 (2): 100044) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2020.100044
Funding: No funding was received for this work.
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“Who decides what's relevant? Factors driving publication on clinically significant organisms” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2020; 2 (2): 100053) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2020.100053
Declaration of competing interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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“A successful cost effective Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) eradication protocol implemented at a Tertiary Care Unit” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2020; 2 (2): 100052) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2020.100052
Declaration of competing interest: There are no potential conflicts of interest to declare.
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“Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales: a challenge for healthcare now and for the next decade” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2020; 2 (3): 100089) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2020.100089
Funding: No funding was received for this work.
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“Epidemiology and control measures of an OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae hospital outbreak” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2020; 2 (3): 100021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2019.100021
Declaration of competing interest and funding: We wish to confirm that there are no known conflicts of interest associated with this publication and there has been no significant financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome.
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“An outbreak of two strains of OXA-48 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a teaching hospital” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2020; 2 (3): 100033) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2019.100033
Declaration of competing interest and funding: The authors have no conflicts to declare. No external funding has been received for this outbreak report.
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“Recommendations for detection and rapid management of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales outbreaks” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2020; 2 (3): 100086) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2020.100086
Funding: The work was internally funded by Public Health England.
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“The diagnosis and management of UTI in >65s: To dipstick or not? The argument for dipsticks” (Infection Prevention in Practice 2020; 2 (3): 100064) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2020.100064
Declaration of competing interest and funding: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare. No funding was received for this manuscript.