» Authors » Sara Tomczyk

Sara Tomczyk

Explore the profile of Sara Tomczyk including associated specialties, affiliations and a list of published articles. Areas
Snapshot
Articles 43
Citations 1159
Followers 0
Related Specialties
Top 10 Co-Authors
Published In
Affiliations
Soon will be listed here.
Recent Articles
1.
Gon G, Dramowski A, Hornsey E, Graham W, Fardousi N, Aiken A, et al.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control . 2024 Sep; 13(1):112. PMID: 39334226
Environmental cleaning is essential to patient and health worker safety, yet it is a substantially neglected area in terms of knowledge, practice, and capacity-building, especially in resource-limited settings. Public health...
2.
Tartari E, Tomczyk S, Twyman A, Rehse A, Gomaa M, Talaat M, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2024 Sep; 12(10):e1620-e1628. PMID: 39304235
Background: WHO infection prevention and control (IPC) minimum requirements provide standards to reduce the risk of infection during health-care delivery. We aimed to investigate the global implementation of these requirements...
3.
Muller S, Elimian K, Rafamatanantsoa J, Reichert F, Mosala F, Boff L, et al.
Front Public Health . 2024 May; 12:1375221. PMID: 38803813
Introduction: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the leading cause of death globally, are estimated to overtake communicable diseases in sub-Sahara Africa, where healthcare workers (HCWs) play a crucial role in prevention and...
4.
Honning A, Tomczyk S, Hermes J, Grossegesse M, Hofmann N, Michel J, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2024 Apr; 24(1):436. PMID: 38658874
Background: Studies have shown that Omicron breakthrough infections can occur at higher SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels compared to previous variants. Estimating the magnitude of immunological protection induced from COVID-19 vaccination and...
5.
Wieters I, Johnstone S, Makiala-Mandanda S, Poda A, Akoua-Koffi C, Abu Sin M, et al.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control . 2024 Jan; 13(1):9. PMID: 38273333
Background: Exposure to antibiotics has been shown to be one of the drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and is critical to address when planning and implementing strategies for combatting AMR....
6.
Chasinga T, Cikwanine J, Kribi S, Yoyu J, Hofmann N, Grossegesse M, et al.
BMJ Open . 2024 Jan; 14(1):e072212. PMID: 38176860
Objectives: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are on the frontline of combating COVID-19, hence are at elevated risk of contracting an infection with SARS-CoV-2. The present study aims to measure the impact...
7.
Meinen A, Tomczyk S, Wiegand F, Abu Sin M, Eckmanns T, Haller S
J Health Monit . 2023 Jun; 8(Suppl 3):93-108. PMID: 37342428
Background: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is one of the top ten global public health threats facing humanity, alongside climate change. Here, we aim to summarise the effects of climate change (i.e....
8.
Kribi S, Toure F, Mendes A, Sanou S, Some A, Aminou A, et al.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg . 2022 Sep; 117(3):179-188. PMID: 36153637
Background: Reports on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spread across Africa have varied, including among healthcare workers (HCWs). This study assessed the comparative SARS-CoV-2 burden and associated risk...
9.
Egwuenu A, Ejikeme A, Tomczyk S, von Laer A, Ayobami O, Odebajo O, et al.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control . 2022 May; 11(1):65. PMID: 35505391
Background: Blood culture diagnostics are critical tools for sepsis management and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance. A baseline study was conducted to assess reported sepsis case finding, blood culture diagnostics, antimicrobial...
10.
de Kraker M, Tartari E, Tomczyk S, Twyman A, Francioli L, Cassini A, et al.
Lancet Infect Dis . 2022 Feb; 22(6):835-844. PMID: 35202600
Background: Hand hygiene is at the core of effective infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes. 10 years after the development of the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy, we aimed...