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• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·APIC Masthead

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• • ·Information for Authors

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• Message from APIC

  • ·Launch of the APIC® Program of Distinction

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• Major Article

  • ·Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Prevention Initiative-2: Incidence of nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia in the United States

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    Dian Baker, Barbara Quinn

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  • ·Incidence and risk factors for infection in spine surgery: A prospective multicenter study of 1764 instrumented spinal procedures

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    Wenfei Gu, Laiyong Tu, Zhiquan Liang, Zhenbin Wang, Kahaer Aikenmu, Ge Chu, Enfeng Zhang, Jiang Zhao

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  • ·Noncompliance with surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines: A Jordanian experience in cesarean deliveries

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    Mariam Hantash Abdel Jalil, Khawla Abu Hammour, Mervat Alsous, Rand Hadadden, Wedad Awad, Faris Bakri, Kamil Fram

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  • ·Does surgical site infection after Caesarean section in Polish hospitals reflect high-quality patient care or poor postdischarge surveillance? Results from a 3-year multicenter study

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    Anna Ró?a?ska, Andrzej Jarynowski, Katarzyna Kope?-Godlewska, Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach, Agnieszka Misiewska-Kaczur, Marzena Lech, Ma?gorzata Rozwadowska, Marlena Karwacka, Joanna Liberda, Joanna Doma?ska, Polish Society of Hospital Infections Team

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  • ·Antibacterial effect and proposed mechanism of action of a topical surgical adhesive

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    Daniel Prince, Zankhna Solanki, Remy Varughese, Jozef Mastej, Derek Prince

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  • ·Evaluation of surgical glove integrity and factors associated with glove defect

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    Mohamed Ayoub Tlili, Amina Belgacem, Haifa Sridi, Maha Akouri, Wiem Aouicha, Sonia Soussi, Faten Dabbebi, Mohamed Ben Dhiab

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  • ·Evaluating the direct economic burden of health care–associated infections among patients with colorectal cancer surgery in China

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    Yunhong Liu, Wei Xiao, Shuhui Wang, Carmen W.H. Chan

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  • ·Tracking and controlling soft surface contamination in health care settings

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    Jonathan D. Sexton, Amanda M. Wilson, Hannah P. Sassi, Kelly A. Reynolds

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  • ·Efficacy testing of novel chemical disinfectants on clinically relevant microbial pathogens

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    Elaine Meade, Mary Garvey

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  • ·Long-term metabolic persistence of gram-positive bacteria on health care-relevant plastic

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    Loree C. Heller, Chelsea M. Edelblute

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  • ·Stalking a lethal superbug by whole-genome sequencing and phylogenetics: Influence on unraveling a major hospital outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

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    Thorsten Kaiser, Knut Finstermeier, Madlen Häntzsch, Sarah Faucheux, Martin Kaase, Tim Eckmanns, Sven Bercker, Udo X. Kaisers, Norman Lippmann, Arne C. Rodloff, Joachim Thiery, Christoph Lübbert

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  • ·Control of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Hong Kong: Role of environmental surveillance in communal areas after a hospital outbreak

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    Vincent C.C. Cheng, Shuk-Ching Wong, Jonathan H.K. Chen, Simon Y.C. So, Sally C.Y. Wong, Pak-Leung Ho, Kwok-Yung Yuen

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  • ·Urinary tract infection surveillance in residential aged care

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    Susan Ryan, Elizabeth Gillespie, Rhonda L. Stuart

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  • ·Improper positioning of the elevator lever of duodenoscopes may lead to sequestered bacteria that survive disinfection by automated endoscope reprocessors

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    Michelle J. Alfa, Harminder Singh, Donald R. Duerksen, Gale Schultz, Carol Reidy, Pat DeGagne, Nancy Olson

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  • ·Low prevalence of colonization with multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria in long-term care facilities in Graz, Austria

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    Eva Leitner, Elisabeth Zechner, Elisabeth Ullrich, Gernot Zarfel, Josefa Luxner, Christian Pux, Gerald Pichler, Walter Schippinger, Robert Krause, Ines Zollner-Schwetz

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• State of the Science Review

  • ·Clinical usefulness of catheter-drawn blood samples and catheter tip cultures for the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infections in neonatology: A systematic review

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    Janita Ferreira, Paulo Augusto Moreira Camargos, Wanessa Trindade Clemente, Roberta Maia de Castro Romanelli

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  • ·Risk factors for development of surgical site infections among liver transplantation recipients: An integrative literature review

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    Ramon Antônio Oliveira, Ruth Natália Teresa Turrini, Vanessa de Brito Poveda

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• Practice Forum

  • ·Infection prevention strategies for procedures performed outside operating rooms: A conceptual integrated model

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    Vincent Masse, Michael B. Edmond, Daniel J. Diekema

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• Brief Report

  • ·Patient-driven hand hygiene audit process at a regional cancer center

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    E.J. Bow, V. Bourrier, J. Trudel, N. Kostiuk, J.M. McLeod

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  • ·Underutilization of norovirus testing in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients at a large cancer center

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    Trenton J. MacAllister, Zach Stednick, Jonathan L. Golob, Meei-Li Huang, Steven A. Pergam

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  • ·Outcomes of Clostridium difficile–infected patients managed in a common isolation unit compared with isolation in their bed of diagnosis

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    Dante Alí García-Lecona, Elvira Garza-González, Magaly Padilla-Orozco, Lidia Mendoza-Flores, Samatha Flores-Treviño, Soraya Mendoza-Olazaran, Adrián Camacho-Ortiz

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  • ·Isolation and identification of human coronavirus 229E from frequently touched environmental surfaces of a university classroom that is cleaned daily

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    Tania S. Bonny, Saber Yezli, John A. Lednicky

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  • ·High mortality rate associated with KPC-producing Enterobacter cloacae in a Brazilian hospital

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    Kesia Esther da Silva, Tháigor Rezek Varella, Graciela Mendonça dos Santos Bet, Cecília Godoy Carvalhaes, Maisa Estopa Correa, Nathalie Gaebler Vasconcelos, Julio Croda, Ana Cristina Gales, Simone Simionatto

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  • ·Prognostic factors of health care–associated bloodstream infection in adult patients ?40 years of age

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    Hsuan-Yin Ma, I.-Chen Hung, Ya-Huei Huang, Ying-Ying Chang, Wang-Huei Sheng, Jann-Tay Wang, Wei-Chu Chie, Jen-pei Liu, Yee-Chun Chen

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  • ·What do visitors know and how do they feel about contact precautions?

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    Grace Seibert, Tola Ewers, Anna K. Barker, Adam Slavick, Marc-Oliver Wright, Linda Stevens, Nasia Safdar

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·The association between hand hygiene compliance and glove use: Still unknown?

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    Mostafa Mostafazadeh Bora, Amin Zarghami

    
  • ·Do donated linens put patients at risk for fungal infections during hospitalization? A pediatric case investigation and subsequently implemented process changes

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    Gwen Westerling, Mallory Davis, Daliya Khuon

    
  • ·Evaluation of novel chemical additive that colorizes chlorine-based disinfectants to improve visualization of surface coverage

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    Aishat Mustapha, Jennifer L. Cadnum, Heba Alhmidi, Curtis J. Donskey

     

• Online Only Articles

  • ·Incidence rate of breakthrough varicella observed in healthy children after 1 or 2 doses of varicella vaccine: Results from a meta-analysis

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    Sui Zhu, Fangfang Zeng, Lan Xia, Hong He, Juying Zhang

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  • ·Vaccination coverage in patients affected by chronic diseases: A 2014 cross-sectional study among subjects hospitalized at Bari Policlinico General Hospital

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    Maria Serena Gallone, Vittoria Infantino, Davide Ferorelli, Pasquale Stefanizzi, Sara De Nitto, Silvio Tafuri

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