2021年12月20日 · The healthcare-associated links in transmission of NTM among pwCF (HALT NTM) study is a parallel multi-site study of pwCF within a single CF Center who have respiratory NTM isolates identified in clusters. This study facilitates standardizing epidemiologic investigation of healthcare-associated NTM outbreaks in U.S. CF Care Centers.

The HALT NTM toolkit standardizes outbreak investigation with genetic analysis, epidemiologic investigation, healthcare environmental sampling, and home of residence watershed identification to test the frequency and nature of healthcare-associated NTM transmission among pwCF.

The HALT NTM study (Healthcare-associated Links in Transmission of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Cystic Fibrosis) provides a systematic, evidence-based approach to investigating potential episodes of healthcare-associated NTM transmission within a single CF care center.

2023年12月20日 · The HALT NTM Toolkit will be used to assess if opportunities for healthcare-associated NTM transmission between patients identified with clustered NTM infections occurred between two or more pwCF within the CF healthcare setting (clinic, hospital, research facility, and common access areas) .

2022年5月5日 · Since 1990, there have been increasing reports of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF), raising questions of whether there is person-to-person transmission or environmental acquisition in …

2021年12月20日 · This study will systematically characterize clinically-relevant NTM isolates of CF healthcare environmental dust and water biofilms and set the stage to describe the most common environmental sources within the healthcare setting …

As a first step towards understanding NTM outbreaks among pwCF, the Healthcare-associated links in transmission of NTM (HALT NTM, NCT04024423) study developed an evidence-based epidemiologic investigation toolkit, linked with environmental sampling, watershed analysis, and integrated pan genomic analysis, to standardize investigations of potenti...

The HALT NTM toolkit standardizes outbreak investigation with genetic analysis, epidemiologic investigation, healthcare environmental sampling, and home of residence watershed identification to determine the frequency and nature of healthcare-associated NTM …

The HALT NTM toolkit standardizes outbreak investigation with genetic analysis, epidemiologic investigation, healthcare environmental sampling, and home of residence watershed identification to...

The HALT NTM study (Healthcare-associated Links in Transmission of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Cystic Fibrosis) provides a systematic, evidence-based approach to investigating potential episodes of healthcare-associated NTM transmission within a single CF care center.