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Torni Myrbakk er spesialist i medisinsk mikrobiologi og smittevernoverlege ved Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge, Tromsø.
Articles by Torni Myrbakk
Sustainable infection control – gloves off
- Christian Borgen Lindstad,
- Torni Myrbakk,
- Mette Fagernes,
- Hanne-Merete Eriksen-Volle,
- Erlend Tuseth Aasheim
10.09.2024:
The health and care services can prevent infections just as effectively with a lower climate- and environmental footprint. The consumption of disposable gloves is an important place to start. The healthcare sector has a significant impact on nature and the environment, and accounts for around 5 % of...
MRSA throat carriage in two healthcare workers
- Berit Evenstad,
- Dag S. Halvorsen,
- Torni Myrbakk
14.02.2024:
Healthcare workers with confirmed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage often experience negative consequences, such as work restrictions, long-term sick leave, repeated failed attempts at eradication, stigmatisation and psychosocial stress. We describe two students who, after...
From local to national outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Anne Mette Asfeldt,
- Torni Myrbakk,
- Gro Grimnes,
- Anders Benjamin Kildal,
- Torunn Annie Pedersen,
- Pia Littauer,
- Tina Bogetvedt,
- Bjørn Anders Kroken,
- Birgith Jørgensen Nerskogen,
- June Utnes Høgli,
- Sandra Åsheim
29.05.2023:
Outbreaks affecting several hospitals require good coordination. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health's role in this work should be strengthened, and we need better systems for monitoring outbreaks, rapid access to genetic engineering tools and techniques for microbiological examinations of...
MRSA prevalence among healthcare personnel in contact tracings in hospitals
- Silje B. Jørgensen,
- Nina Handal,
- Kaja Linn Fjeldsæter,
- Lars Kåre Kleppe,
- Torni Myrbakk,
- Dorthea Hagen Oma,
- Yngvar Tveten,
- Mette Walberg,
- Grethe Ørnevik
19.03.2018:
For many years, Norwegian health services have enacted strict measures to prevent the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). In 2015, a total of 2 233 cases of MRSA (43 per 100 000 person-years) were reported to the Norwegian Surveillance System for Communicable Diseases (MSIS...