Sommario

• • ·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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• Major Articles

  • ·Quantifying exposure risk: Surgical masks and respirators

    Pagina :501-508

    Keith T. Diaz, Gerald C. Smaldone

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  • ·Electronic surveillance systems in infection prevention: Organizational support, program characteristics, and user satisfaction

    Pagina :509-514

    Patti G. Grota, Patricia W. Stone, Sarah Jordan, Monika Pogorzelska, Elaine Larson

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  • ·Does hand hygiene compliance among health care workers change when patients are in contact precaution rooms in ICUs?

    Pagina :515-517

    Kirven Gilbert, Cortney Stafford, Kali Crosby, Edna Fleming, Robert Gaynes

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  • ·Defining the configuration of a hand hygiene monitoring system

    Pagina :518-522

    Veronique M. Boscart, Alexander I. Levchenko, Geoff R. Fernie

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  • ·Clostridium difficile colitis: A retrospective study of incidence and severity before and after institution of an alcohol-based hand rub policy

    Pagina :523-528

    Nicole Knight, Taylor Strait, Nicholas Anthony, Roger Lovell, H. James Norton, Robert Sautter, Martin Scobey

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  • ·Increased use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers and successful eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a neonatal intensive care unit: A multivariate time series analysis

    Pagina :529-534

    Fumie Sakamoto, Hiroko Yamada, Chieko Suzuki, Hideko Sugiura, Yasuharu Tokuda

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  • ·Diurnal variation in hand hygiene compliance in a tertiary level multidisciplinary intensive care unit

    Pagina :535-539

    Sandeep Sahay, Sauren Panja, Sumit Ray, B.K. Rao

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  • ·A preliminary assessment of the occupational risk of acquiring Legionnaires’ disease for people working in telephone manholes, a new workplace environment for Legionella growth

    Pagina :540-545

    Maria Luisa Ricci, Stefano Fontana, Antonino Bella, A. Gaggioli, R. Cascella, Antonio Cassone, Maria Scaturro, Microbiologists of the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Novara e

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  • ·Secular trends of candidemia in a tertiary care hospital

    Pagina :546-551

    Thiago Zinsly Sampaio Camargo, Alexandre Rodrigues Marra, Claudia Vallone Silva, Maria Fatima Santos Cardoso, Marinês Dalla Valle Martino, Luis Fernando Aranha Camargo, Luci Correa

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  • ·Decreasing ventilator-associated pneumonia in adult intensive care units using the Institute for Healthcare Improvement bundle

    Pagina :552-556

    Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Mahmoud S. Abed

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• Special Article

  • ·Health care-associated infections studies project: Case 2

    Pagina :557-558

    Marc-Oliver Wright, Joan N. Hebden, Kathy Allen-Bridson, Gloria C. Morrell, Teresa Horan

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Are short training sessions on hand hygiene effective in preventing hospital-acquired MRSA? A time-series analysis

    Pagina :559-561

    Andreas Conrad, Klaus Kaier, Uwe Frank, Markus Dettenkofer

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  • ·Spreading the handwashing message: An alternative to traditional media campaigns

    Pagina :562-564

    Laura Rosen, David Brody, David Zucker, Orly Manor, Marina Meier, Bruce Rosen, Eimi Lev, Dan Engelhard

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  • ·Investigation of Panton-Valentine leukocidin expressing Staphylococcus aureus colonization among children in a child care center

    Pagina :565-567

    Emel Sesli Çetin, Ebru Us, Hayati Güneş, Selçuk Kaya, Alper Tekeli, Mustafa Demirci

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  • ·A program to limit urinary catheter use at an acute care hospital

    Pagina :568-571

    Alan F. Rothfeld, Avelyne Stickley

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• Practice Forum

  • ·Improving hand hygiene compliance: A multidisciplinary approach

    Pagina :572-574

    Brenda Helms, Sue Dorval, Paul St. Laurent, Melissa Winter

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  • ·Changing the culture of hand hygiene compliance using a bundle that includes a violation letter

    Pagina :575-578

    Teresa Chou, James Kerridge, Mandavi Kulkarni, Katie Wickman, James Malow

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Do as I say, not as I do: Handwashing compliance of infectious diseases experts during influenza pandemic

    Pagina :579-580

    Anu Kantele, Mari Kanerva, Mikko Seppänen, Jussi Sutinen, Kirsi Skogberg, Laura Pakarinen, Iiro H.S. Jääskeläinen, Inko Aho, Asko Järvinen, Taru Finnilä, Jukka Ollgren

    
  • ·Calling it ‘multidose’ doesn’t make it so: Inappropriate sharing and contamination of parenteral medication vials

    Pagina :580-581

    Melissa K. Schaefer, Nadine Shehab, Joseph F. Perz

    
  • ·Is gastrointestinal endoscopy a risk factor for Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea?

    Pagina :581-582

    Christian P. Selinger, Shaun Greer, Chris J. Sutton

    
  • ·Exposure to blood and body fluid among medical students in Korea

    Pagina :582-583

    Chi-Sook Moon, Jeong-Hwan Hwang, Chang-Seop Lee, Kyung-Hwa Park, Eu Suk Kim

    
  • ·Microbial contamination in surgical instruments: A comment

    Pagina :583-584

    Viroj Wiwanitkit