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• • ·Educational Calendar

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• • ·MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR

    Página :75-76

    
• • ·Commentary on the “Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999”

    Página :96

    James T. Lee

    
• • ·Effective cost-reduction strategies in the management of regulated medical waste

    Página :165-175

    Robert Garcia

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• • ·Index to advisers

    Página :36A

    

• Guest editorial

  • ·Outcomes management: Trendy phrase or mandate for survival?

    Página :77-78

    Ona G. Baker

     

• Article

  • ·APACHE II and ISS scores as predictors of nosocomial infections in trauma patients

    Página :79-83

    Huda Hurr, H.Bradford Hawley, John S. Czachor, Ronald J. Markert, Mary C. McCarthy

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  • ·Improving the appropriateness of vancomycin use by sequential interventions

    Página :84-90

    Benjamin A. Lipsky, Catherine A. Baker, Linda L. McDonald, Norman T. Suzuki

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  • ·Reducing the rate of nosocomially transmitted respiratory syncytial virus

    Página :91-96

    Lynne V. Karanfil, Martha Conlon, Kelly Lykens, Carolyn F. Masters, Michael Forman, Mary Elizabeth Griffith, Timothy R. Townsend, Trish M. Perl

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• Special article

  • ·Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999

    Página :97-134

    Alicia J. Mangram, Teresa C. Horan, Michele L. Pearson, Leah Christine Silver, William R. Jarvis, The Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

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  • ·Role of surveillance in emerging health systems: Measurement is essential but not sufficient

    Página :135-140

    Laurie L. Lovett, R.Michael Massanari

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  • ·APIC guidelines committee: Using science to guide practice

    Página :141-144

    Marjorie A. Underwood, Sandy Pirwitz

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  • ·Job analysis 1996: Infection control professional

    Página :145-157

    Joan G. Turner, Koleen M. Kolenc, Lisa Docken

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• Practice forum

  • ·Outcomes of a postdischarge surveillance system for surgical site infections at a Midwestern regional referral center hospital

    Página :158-164

    Cynthia L. Fields

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• Letter to the editor

  • ·RNA virus of hepatitis G (GB virus) prevalence in health care personnel

    Página :176-177

    E. Quirós, M.C. Maroto

    
  • ·Additional cost savings of an effective employee influenza program on prevention of nosocomial influenza

    Página :177-178

    Beth Boersma, Tamara Rhames, James Michael Keegan

    
  • ·Evaluating the protective value of hospital gowns

    Página :178-179

    Nathan L. Belkin

    
  • ·Reply

    Página :179

    Ronald Lee Nichols, Jeffrey W. Smith, Ruth Waterman, Anita C. Muzik

    
  • ·Pseudomeningitis caused by Acinetobacter baumannii

    Página :179-181

    Burke A. Cunha, Bhanu Visvalingam, Barbara Yannelli

    

• Papers accepted for presentation at the APIC 26th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting Baltimore, Maryland June 20–24, 1999 Oral presentation Tuesday, June 22, 1999 Alternative setting

  • ·Further development of a long-term care regional database for standardizing nosocomial infections surveillance: a trial of risk stratification methods

    Página :182

    L. Steele, M. Therriault, L. Valentine

    
  • ·Home care infection surveillance: Definitions and data

    Página :183

    C. Stamilio, S. Koskey, G. Laughman, K. Scofield, S. Keeler, N. Gantz

    
  • ·Infection control in correctional healthcare

    Página :183

    N. Gemeinhart, K. Briscoe

    
  • ·Expanding infection control into the community

    Página :183

    V. Smith

    
  • ·A quality improvement project using national nosocomial infection surveillance data to reduce line-associated bacteremia in an adult medical intensive care unit

    Página :184

    L. Greene, M. Donahue, M. Rodgers, D. Brescia, M. Whiting, D. Lee

    
  • ·An epidemic of necrotizing enterocolitis in a neonatal ICU caused by norwalk virus

    Página :184

    K.St. John, E. Axelrod, J. Taulane, S. Monroe, H. Friss, E. Bullitt, R. Vitagliano, N. Robinson

    
  • ·Use of molecular epidemiology to investigate an outbreak of Serratia marcescens in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

    Página :184-185

    J. Hebden, L. Fuss, R.S. Schwalbe, S. Qaiyumi, J.G. Morris, I.H. Gewolb

    
  • ·Rain damage to the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (BMTU)—Lessons learned

    Página :185

    M.A. Bordner, C.J. Whitener

    
  • ·Resource analysis for an Infection Control (IC) program—A managment tool

    Página :185

    T. Barrett

    
  • ·Inovative utilization of resources during re-engineering

    Página :185-186

    A. Potts

    
  • ·The clinical and economic effects of silver alloy urinary catheters to prevent urinary tract infection

    Página :186

    S. Saint, D. Veenstra, S. Sullivan, C. Chenoweth, A.M. Fendrick

    
  • ·Implementation of a cost-effective unit dose dispensing system for expressed breast milk (EBM) demonstrates frequent EBM errors occur

    Página :186

    C. Barry, M. Vearncombe

    
  • ·Vancomycin use in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery patients

    Página :186-187

    R. Sinkowitz-Cochran, S. Shah, H. Keyserling, W. Jarvis

    
  • ·A cooperative investigation by a pediatric hospital and state health department of two concurrent cases of suspected infant botulism

    Página :187

    C. McGlone, A. Drake, S. Karam

    
  • ·Pediatric neurosurgical ventricular shunt practices (NVSP) and infection rates (VSI): Experience from thirteen pediatric healthcare facilities (PHF)

    Página :187

    P. Metcalf, P. Newsome, J. Siegel

    
  • ·Study of infection control practices in children's hospitals

    Página :188

    S. Girouard, E. Williams, K. Goodrich, G. Levine, C. Rubens, M. Rathore, W. Jarvis

    
  • ·Prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance: An innovative education program

    Página :188

    R. Sinkowitz-Cochran, W. Jarvis

    
  • ·Isolating patients on revisit to the hospital & clinics—“The VRE flag”—Lessons learned

    Página :188-189

    L. Karanfil, R. Demski, J. Mezick, T. Perl

    
  • ·A multifaceted approach to control endemic vancomycin-resistant enterococci in critical care units

    Página :189

    J. Ober, M. Wong, M. Hodson, L. Reynolds, D. Franchi, G. Hall, M. Richard, M. Edmond

    
  • ·National antimicrobial information network (NAIN)

    Página :189

    W. Trevathan, J. Vanderkolk, T. Miller

    
  • ·Monitoring sterilization practices in ambulatory settings

    Página :189-190

    J. Kramer, P. Shafer

    
  • ·Assessment of re-sterilized femoral dialysis catheters

    Página :190

    L. Jones, S. Hudson, A. Sturgill, S. Daugherty

    
  • ·Contamination of intravenous radioopaque material with tap water

    Página :190-191

    B. Wittrock, R. Wurtz

    
  • ·Selection and use of disinfectants for transvaginal ultrasound probes

    Página :191

    J.F. English, J.L. Malone, C.L. Waters, N.F. Brock, E.S. Vasquez

    
  • ·Influenza vaccine program: A drive-thru immunization process

    Página :191

    R. Carrico

    
  • ·Prevalence of bloodborne pathogens in occupational exposure source patients: A six year experience

    Página :191-192

    S. Slavish, C. Sanders, S. McCourt, C. Char, R. Takahashi, J. Yamada, A. Gima, L. Kwong, M. Flynn

    
  • ·A standardized training and response program to manage healthcare workers after bloodborne pathogen exposures

    Página :192

    B. Clements, D. Murphy, L. Sterling, V. Fraser

    
  • ·Characteristics of hospital exposures to varicella-zoster virus (VZV)

    Página :192

    E. Bolyard, S. Wainwright, D. Cardo, R. Strikas, W. Williams, Nash Surveillance Group

    
  • ·Prevention of gastrostomy tube site infections among mentally retarded and developmentally disabled clients: A performance improvement project

    Página :192-193

    C.J. Stout, C.Y. Hudson, R. Gavini

    
  • ·M tuberculosis cluster likely linked to an atomizer

    Página :193

    K. Southwick, K. Hoffmann, J. Maillard, K. Ferree, D. Weber, W. Rutala

    
  • ·Implementation of a computerized PPD database for residents in long term care

    Página :193

    R. Smith, R. Garcia, E. Dooley, L. Jendresky

    
  • ·Vaerosolization of microorganisms during pulsaltile lavage

    Página :194

    S. Streed, H. Loehne, B. Gaither, R. Sherertz

    

• Abstract Poster presentation Monday, June 21, 1999 Bloodstream infection

  • ·Bloodstream infections in patients undergoing hemodialysis procedures

    Página :195

    G. Allen, M. Augenbraun, R. Elysee

    
  • ·Temporal trends in bloodstream infection in a neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at a University Hospital

    Página :195

    G. Allen, M. Augenbraun, R. Elysee

    
  • ·Monitoring of bacteremia rates associated with central venous access devices (CVAD)

    Página :195

    M.E. Rafferty, A. Baltch, R.P. Smith, M. Hart

    
  • ·Nosocomial central line BSIS in the MICU: Infection control is a team effort

    Página :196

    M. Ninivaggi, J. Selva, L. Newman, F. Daley, G. Feleke

    
  • ·Hospital and community acquired sepsis in A niversity Hospital: NNIS criteria X local criteria

    Página :196

    H. Hoefel, L. Konkewicz, N. Kuplich, M. Torriani, A. Machado

    

• Abstract Poster presentation Monday, June 21, 1999 Outbreak investigation

  • ·An outbreak of influenza—A in a well-vaccinated nursing home population

    Página :196-197

    M. Tsivitis, E. Cervo

    
  • ·Investigating a pseudo outbreak of mycobacteria fortuitum

    Página :197

    R. Curchoe, A. Scott

    
  • ·Nosocomial acinetobacter outbreak in a surgical/trauma and a medical Intensive Care Unit

    Página :197-198

    J. Selva, M. Ninivaggi, F. Daley, G. Feleke

    
  • ·Pseudo-outbreak of acid-fast bacilli

    Página :198

    K. Strelczyk

    
  • ·Outbreak of mortal infections by Scedosporium prolificans in haematological patients

    Página :198

    M. Rosales, A. Guerrero, P. Torres, T. Duran, E. Miguez, J. Paz, E. Llinares, M. Abalde, G. Luis, V. Dominguez

    

• Abstract Poster presentation Monday, June 21, 1999 Resistant organisms

  • ·Reducing nosocomial vancomycin resistant enterococci through a multidisciplinary performance improvement plan

    Página :198-199

    C. Sanders, S. Slavish, K. Schanzenbach, S. Yamamoto

    
  • ·Investigation of an outbreak of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus involving multiple units and multiple strains at a Tertiary Care Academic Medical Center

    Página :199

    C. Scott, E. Hanley, E. Currie, D. Weatherwax, C. Killian, J. Pressel-Haas, A. Evans, R.A. Venezia

    
  • ·Managing multiple drug-resistant microorganisms in a rehabilitation facility

    Página :199

    S. Vyhlidal, R. Killeen, R. Penn

    
  • ·Regional incidence of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates: One APIC Chapter's experience

    Página :199-200

    L. Boody, E. Bistolas

    
  • ·Utilization of a hospital information system to identify patients who require contact precautions

    Página :200

    C. Gross, C. Stamilio, H. Nelson, R. Kantor

    
  • ·Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) surgical site infection (SSI) following coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery

    Página :200

    V. Fisher, M. Mendoza, J.H. Rex

    
  • ·Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-ABAU) infection in a surgical intensive care unit (SICU): Epidemiology, dna-typing, and risk factors for NOS000MIAL spread

    Página :200-201

    M. Mendoza, V. Fisher, L. Allen, A. Wanger, C. Cocanour, J.H. Rex

    
  • ·Impact of infection control measures on the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ventilator-associated pneumonia

    Página :201

    K.L. Brooks, S.A. Dauenhauer, J. Mayer, E.M. Taylor

    
  • ·Epidemiology and reporting of needlestick injuries at a tertiary cancer center

    Página :201-202

    S. Abdel Malak, J. Eagan, M. Rogers, K.A. Sepkowitz

    
  • ·Management of therapeutic activities for patients colonizedanfected with VRE in acute rehabilitation setting

    Página :202

    S. Vyhlidal, R. Killeen, R. Penn

    
  • ·Hospital acquired vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a neonatal intensive care unit

    Página :202

    R. Burke, G. Garvin, C. Korn, K. Perryman, C. Sulis

    

• Abstract Poster presentation Monday, June 21, 1999 Employee health

  • ·Tuberculosis respiratory protection practices in acute medical facilities in the state of Wyoming

    Página :202-203

    K. Olson

    
  • ·Checklist improves employee exposure management process

    Página :203

    K. Morrisey

    
  • ·Use of focus groups to explore home healthcare nurses' concerns regarding bloodborne exposure and safety products

    Página :203

    D. Haiduven, E. Askari, R. Gross, J. Fisher

    
  • ·Innovative teaching method for complying with OSHA's bloodborne pathogen and tuberculosis exposure control plans

    Página :203-204

    D. Haiduven, E. Phillips, C. Hench, S. Simpkins, V. Reyes

    
  • ·A systematic procedure for varicella exposure work-ups

    Página :204

    D. Haiduven, C. Hench, S. Simpkins, V. Reyes, D.A. Stevens

    
  • ·Employee exposure hotline: Experiences and cost reduction strategy

    Página :204

    D. Miller, L. Jacquemin, J. Tasset, C. Hollerman, M. Barnett, S. Rimer, K. Puthoff, B. Zimmerman, R. Rouvier, S. Alatorre

    
  • ·The challenges faced when establishing an HIV post exposure program in the correctional healthcare arena

    Página :204

    N. Gemeinhart

    
  • ·Post exposure prophylaxis treatment bags: Decentralizing a complex service

    Página :205

    Marcia Trapé

    
  • ·Program to enhance employee compliance with the periodic tuberculin skin test

    Página :205

    Celeste Hlgart, Salah S. Outaishat

    
  • ·Use of process indicators in evaluating an intervention to reduce needle-stick injuries

    Página :205-206

    H. Schoen, S. Abdel Malak, J. Eagan, K.A. Sepkowitz

    
  • ·Novel approaches to improving employee influenza vaccination compliance

    Página :206

    J. Eagan, S. Lim, A. Odishoo, H. Wallace, A. Langtry, K. Sepkowitz

    
  • ·Reducing bloodborne exposures in perioperative personnel

    Página :206

    K. Boland, A. MacCallum, K. Luppino, D. Park

    

• Abstract Poster presentation Monday, June 21, 1999 Pediatrics

  • ·Emergence and prevention of cross-transmission of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium (VRE) in a level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patient population

    Página :206

    D. Ortega, M. Burroughs, W. Eisner, B. Kreiswirth, L. Finkelstein, M. Mendelson

    
  • ·A quality improvement approach to reduce ventricular shunt infections in a pediatric neurosurgery department

    Página :207

    J. Monka, B. Koll, B. Raucher, C. Muszynski, E. Conway, J. Cutrone

    
  • ·An outbreak of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa infections in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Possible association with a new ventilator

    Página :207

    P. Brattin, D. Davenport, R. Saca, A. Might, L. Jonsson, F. Esparza

    
  • ·Institution of an environmental (ENV) affairs sub-committee (COMM) in a pediatric healthcare facility (PHF)

    Página :207-208

    P. Metcalf, J. Francis, S. Holdcraft, J. Siegel

    
  • ·Central venous catheter infection rates in a pediatric cancer population

    Página :208

    S. Stone, S. Abdel Malak, M. LaQuaglia, L. San Miguel, J. Eagan, K.A. Sepkowitz

    

• Abstract Poster presentation Monday, June 21, 1999 Handwashing

  • ·Interventions for improving handwashing compliance

    Página :208

    P. Kiely, L. Bacalis, W.C. Hellinger

    
  • ·Long lasting moisturization: A paradigm shift for a new alcohol hand gel

    Página :208-209

    J. Newman, H. Jampani, T. Newman

    
  • ·Alcohol: Novel antimicrobial technology for persistent activity

    Página :209

    H. Jampani, A. Lee, J. Newman

    
  • ·Assessment of the activity of an ethanol-containing hand gel against non-enveloped viruses using the fingerpad method

    Página :209-210

    S. Sattar, M. Abebe

    
  • ·Comparison of a novel triclosan hand protectant versus handwashing alone for reducing transient hand bacterial colonization and nosocomial infectons

    Página :210

    K. Hoffmann, K. Winstead, M. Edmundson, D. Weber, W. Rutala

    
  • ·Handwashing: Back to basics

    Página :210-211

    A. Pope, C. Crain, P. McDermott

    
  • ·Multidisciplinary team approach in developing tools to evaluate compliance of handwashing and glove usage in hemodialysis unit

    Página :211

    G. Hébert, C. Bertrand, E. Rose, R. Beauchemin, M. Gatto, F. Esquerra

    

• Abstract Poster presentation Monday, June 21, 1999 Alternative settings

  • ·Bacteria susceptibility patterns in Central Arizona skilled nursing facilities

    Página :211

    M. Reich, J. Marx

    
  • ·Infection control nurse liaison: Our link to the 1990s expanding “hospital” environment

    Página :211

    J. Ober, M. Wong, M. Hodson, L. Reynolds, M. Richard, M. Edmond

    
  • ·A collaborative model for home intravenous antibiotic therapy: Expanding infection control activities to the outpatient arena

    Página :212

    M. McCormick, K. Zink, G. Fuller, K. Brewer, P. Morris

    
  • ·Standardizing ambulatory dental clinics

    Página :212

    J. Ahmed, M. Brady, V. Cardo, A.E. Glatt

    
  • ·The continuum of care: Patient transfer between acute and long-term care facilities: A collaborative approach

    Página :212-213

    E. Bolding, N. Kirschner

    

• Abstract Poster presentation Monday, June 21, 1999 Urinary tract infection

  • ·Determining a cost-effective break point in the use of silver-coated urinary catheters

    Página :213

    R. Garcia

    
  • ·Effect of introducing a hydrogel and silver coated indwelling catheter on the house-wide nosocomial urinary tract infection rate

    Página :213

    T. Newton, L. Bradford

    
  • ·Evaluation of genitourinary (GU) practice standards and silver-coated catheter effect on urinary tract infections in a chronic care population

    Página :213-214

    M. Collins, B. Nurse, R. Bonczek, R. Wurzel

    
  • ·Long term efficacy of silver hydrogel-coated urinary catheters on patient care outcome and cost in a community hospital

    Página :214

    J. Hernandez

    
  • ·Impact of a hydrogel/silver-coated in-dwelling urinary cathter on catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CUTI) rates in high-risk patients

    Página :214

    T. Accuntius, J. Corron

    

• Abstract Poster presentation Tuesday, June 22, 1999 Surgical site infection

  • ·Endoscopic vein harvesting decreases leg infections

    Página :214-215

    V. VanDeventer, S. McGary

    
  • ·Surgical site infections following median sternotomy among international patients undergoing open heart surgery

    Página :215

    J. Serkey, M. Bertin, M. Tshipayagee, C. Simpfendorfer, S. Gordon

    
  • ·Determining the risks of infection in the morbidly obese patient undergoing gastric bypass surgery (GBS)

    Página :215-216

    E.L. Currie, M. Hannan, R.A. Venezia

    
  • ·Improving appropriate time-delivery of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis

    Página :216

    E.A. May, I.E. Luten, A.Y Darden, G. Ajose, I.N. Hernandez, M. Kramer

    
  • ·An investigation of surgical infections reveals a fluid warmer as a reservoir for bacteria

    Página :216

    S. Burns

    
  • ·Incorporating surgical prophylactic antibiotic monitoring into routine nnis surveillance: A three year experience

    Página :216-217

    A. Adams, C. Francis, B. Huvane, K. Mullaney, B. Currie

    
  • ·Improving clinical patient outcome in a high risk patient population undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery

    Página :217

    V.R. Gonzalez, S. Houston, P.W. Hougland

    
  • ·Recent advances in cardiac catherization may increase infection risk

    Página :217

    M. Jones, F. Hixson, P. Apprill, M. Gardner

    

• Abstract Poster presentation Tuesday, June 22, 1999 Devices

  • ·Infections in adult patients undergoing intracranial pressure monitoring (ICPM) and/or external cerebrospinal fluid drainage (ECFD)

    Página :217-218

    M.O. Brien, O. Obasanjo, R. Chotani, M. Williams, T. Perl

    
  • ·Open or closed: How do you store your endoscopes?

    Página :218

    R. Karon, D. Jacobson, B. Wittrock, M.A. Lavin, R. Wurtz

    
  • ·A descriptive study to identify indications for and complications of picc and midline intravenous catheters: RNS versus radiologists

    Página :218

    W. Janssen, D. McCann, D. Ehn, S. Gansemer, J. Heinemann, T. Kramer, D. Letzer, M. Schmid, W. Janssen

    
  • ·HIV response team: An innovative approach to meeting the counseling needs of patients and employees

    Página :218-219

    K.L. Brooks, J. W Brooks, S.A. Dauenhauer

    
  • ·Development of a program to identify complications among outpatients with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs)

    Página :219

    L.J. Walshe, S. Abdel Malak, I. Velazquez, J. Eagan, K.A. Sepkowitz

    
  • ·Central venous catheter infection rates among bone marrow transplant recipients

    Página :219-220

    M. Rogers, J. Eagan, H. Wallace, M. Cowan, M. Montefusco, A. Shedeck, K. Sepkowitz

    
  • ·Mycobacterium tuberculosis contamination of a bronchoscope

    Página :220

    M. Bond, B. Kluver, D. Alexander

    

• Abstract Poster presentation Tuesday, June 22, 1999 Surveillance

  • ·Use of electronic surveillance for C. Difficile infections

    Página :220

    K. Agnes, A. Tan, A. Chacko, M. Roghmann

    
  • ·Evolutionary trends in nosocomial infections: A twenty-year study

    Página :220-221

    S.L. Green, L. Saunders, R. Coste, V. Harper

    
  • ·Respiratory syncytial virus surveillance in an acute tertiary care facility

    Página :221

    T. Kirkland, G. Taylor

    
  • ·Improving nosocomial infection rates: Institutional interventions needed for success

    Página :221

    C. Richards, R. Gaynes

    

• Abstract Poster presentation Tuesday, June 22, 1999 Management and programs

  • ·Using simple employee health and infection control data to influence product choice despite contracting pressures

    Página :221-222

    J. Wrobel, P. Stoll, Roundtree W., B. Wixson

    
  • ·Medical records contaminated with dried blood: A quality issue

    Página :222

    M. Fishman, D.J. Mikolich, G.G. Fort, D.T. Cataldo

    
  • ·Effects of two interventions on universal precautions compliance by critical care nurses

    Página :222

    B. Roup, J. LeClair

    
  • ·Computerized infection control manual

    Página :222

    J. Lawhorne, R. Loudermilk

    

• Abstract Poster presentation Tuesday, June 22, 1999 Surveillance

  • ·Implementation of a patient immunization program

    Página :223

    A. Schlimm, M. Lourdes-Brundige

    
  • ·Assessment tool to promote implementation of infection control standards for joint commission accreditation

    Página :223

    S. Atherton, R. Tjoelker, L. Strausbaugh

    
  • ·Infection control process committee: A model for an integrated health system

    Página :223

    V. Bren, S. Hansen, J. Hargreaves, T. Watne

    
  • ·Use of an algorithm to isolate suspect TB patients in a tertiary care facility

    Página :223-224

    J. Pressel-Haas, D. Fish, J. Whitney, J. Miller, M. Kosier, E. Hanley, R.A. Venezia

    
  • ·Infection control education: A creative approach

    Página :224

    R. Tjoelker, S. Atherton, L. Strausbaugh

    
  • ·Infection control in the nineties: Spreading our tentacles

    Página :224

    M. Jones, M. Conlon, M. Griffith, S. Hess, S. McAvinue, M. Hansen, J. Bartlett, T. Perl

    
  • ·Teaming infection control environmental rounds with environment of care and nursing performance improvement

    Página :224-225

    M. Jones, C. Stamilio, P. Hnatuck, K. Boyer, R. Kantor

    
  • ·Development of an electronic infection control manual

    Página :225

    M. Thomas, M. Post, T. Fritchle

    
  • ·Utilizing PDCA for dust control in health-care maintenance, renovation and construction activities

    Página :225

    J. Wideman

    
  • ·Infection control response for a terrorism threat with chemical and biological weapons

    Página :225-226

    E.S. Vasquez, J.F. English, A.L. Maher, J.D. Malone

    
  • ·Infection control drills: Are they needed?

    Página :226

    J. Ober, M. Wong, M. Richard, M. Hodson, L. Reynolds, M. Edmond

    
  • ·Meeting the challenge: Providing a high-quality annual mass education event

    Página :226

    L. Reynolds, J. Ober, H.L. Craven, M. Richard, M. Wong, M. Edmond

    
  • ·Critical care bug team: A multidisciplinary team approach to reducing nosocomial infections

    Página :227

    J. Kaye, V. Ashline, D. Erickson, K. Zeiler, D. Gavigan, W. Sierra, L. Gannon, T. Wynne, J. Cooper, W. Kittle, K. Sharma

    
  • ·“Yours, mine, and ours”: Establishing a coalition to reduce the problems of sharing patients across the continuum of care

    Página :227

    D. Smith

    
  • ·Perceptions of administrators, infection control officers, and infection control professionals of acute care infection control programs

    Página :227

    V. Kennedy, B. Barnard

    
  • ·Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination program: Recognition of high risk population for in-hospital immunization

    Página :228

    D. Haney

    
  • ·Development of a competency based model for advanced practice in infection control

    Página :228

    K. Ross, J. Keane, B. Goldrick

    
  • ·Developing a statewide infection control network

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