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[FG] Tschudin Sutter Sarah

Research Group Sarah Tschudin Sutter

Research Focus

Immunology & Infectious Diseases


Area of Research

Board-certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases with the main research interest in hospital acquired infections, multi drug-resistant pathogens, C. difficile and infection prevention and control interventions.


Approved Research Projects

  • Transmission of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03465683)
  • Epidemiology of Carbapenemase-producing Bacteria in a Swiss Tertiary Care Hospital (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04098133)
  • Comparison of Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis and Whole Genome Sequencing to Determine Transmission Rate of ESBL-producing E.Coli (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04323553)
  • Simplifying the World Health Organization (WHO) Protocol for Hand Hygiene (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03588221)
  • SIMPLIFY the Hand Hygiene Procedure - Three Steps Versus Six Steps for Performing Hand Hygiene (SIMPLIFY Study) (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04187040)
  • Clinical comparison of treatment strategiesin AmpC beta-laxtamase producing Enterobacterales in a Swiss tertiary hospital (ClinicalTrials.gov identifyer NCT04577989)
  • Scientific Advisory Panel Covid-19 (SciAP), Bern


Collaborations

National Collaborations

  • Advisory Board ANRESIS, Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance, Bern
  • Abteilung Klinische Bakteriologie und Mykologie, Universitätsspital Basel
  • Cantonal Laboratory of the City of Basel
  • Department of Biosystems and Engineering Sciences at ETH Zurich
  • National Centre for Infection Prevention (swissnoso)

International Collaborations

  • European Working Group for C. difficile (ESCMID Study Group for C. difficile)
  • Guideline Subcommittee European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)


Ongoing Research Projects

  • Simplifying the World Health Organization (WHO) Protocol for Hand Hygiene (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03588221)
  • Transmission of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03465683)
  • Epidemiology of Carbapenemase-producing Bacteria in a Swiss Tertiary Care Hospital (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04098133)
  • Comparison of Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis and Whole Genome Sequencing to Determine Transmission Rate of ESBL-producing E.Coli (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04323553)
  • Wastewater monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 shows high correlation with COVID-19 case numbers and allowed early detection of the first confirmed B1.1.529 infection in Switzerland: results of an observational surveillance study.