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

  • ·The harder you look, the more you find: Catheter-associated bloodstream infection surveillance variability

    Pagina :585-595

    Matthew F. Niedner, 2008 National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patient Care FOCUS Group b

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  • ·The value of multiple surveillance cultures for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Pagina :596-599

    Kevin R. Forward

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  • ·Health care-associated and community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: A comparison of definitions

    Pagina :600-606

    Natalie L. McCarthy, Patrick S. Sullivan, Robert Gaynes, David Rimland

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  • ·A stepwise approach to control an outbreak and ongoing transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive care unit

    Pagina :607-611

    Xiaoyan Song, Sandy Cheung, Karl Klontz, Billie Short, Joseph Campos, Nalini Singh

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  • ·Post-cesarean delivery infectious morbidity: Focus on preoperative antibiotics and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Pagina :612-616

    Andrea Ries Thurman, Yadira Anca, Cassandra A. White, David E. Soper

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  • ·The use of adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence to assess the efficacy of a modified cleaning program implemented within an intensive care setting

    Pagina :617-622

    Ginny Moore, Debbie Smyth, Julie Singleton, Peter Wilson

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  • ·Exploring determinants of acceptance of the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccination in nurses

    Pagina :623-630

    Kin-Wang To, Sing Lee, Tat-On Chan, Shui-Shan Lee

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  • ·Predictors of mortality of Acinetobacter baumannii infections: A 2-year prospective study in a Greek surgical intensive care unit

    Pagina :631-635

    Stilianos Katsaragakis, Haridimos Markogiannakis, Eleni Samara, Nikoleta Pachylaki, Eleni-Maria Theodoraki, Anna Xanthaki, Marina Toutouza, Konstantinos G. Toutouzas, Dimitrios Theodorou

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  • ·Provision and use of safety-engineered medical devices among home care and hospice nurses in North Carolina

    Pagina :636-639

    Jack K. Leiss

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  • ·Seroprevalence of hepatitis C and B among blood donors in Egypt: Minya Governorate, 2000-2008

    Pagina :640-641

    Mahmoud Aboelneen Khattab, Mohammed Eslam, Mohammed Ahmed Sharwae, Lamia Hamdy

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• Special Article

  • ·Health care–associated infections studies project: Case 3

    Pagina :642-643

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

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: An executive summary of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc, Elimination Guide

    Pagina :644-646

    Terri Rebmann, Linda R. Greene

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  • ·Preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: An executive summary of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc, Elimination Guide

    Pagina :647-649

    Terri Rebmann, Linda R. Greene

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  • ·Hospital-acquired conjunctivitis in a neonatal intensive care unit: Bacterial etiology and susceptibility patterns

    Pagina :650-652

    Abraham Borer, Ilana Livshiz-Riven, Agatha Golan, Lisa Saidel-Odes, Ehud Zmora, Chagit Raz, Rimma Melamed, Ygal Plakht, Nechama Peled

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  • ·Hospital methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus active surveillance practices in Los Angeles County: Implications of legislation-based infection control, 2008

    Pagina :653-656

    Ashley Peterson, Patricia Marquez, Dawn Terashita, Lauren Burwell, Laurene Mascola

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  • ·Role of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening in the management of skin and soft tissue infections

    Pagina :657-659

    Anneliese M. Schleyer, Kenneth M. Jarman, Jeannie D. Chan, Timothy H. Dellit

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  • ·Molecular surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in a neonatal intensive care unit

    Pagina :660-663

    Kanokporn Mongkolrattanothai, Peggy Mankin, Joanna Cranston, Barry M. Gray

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Letter in response to “APIC position paper: Safe injection, infusion, and medication vial practices in health care”

    Pagina :664-665

    Kate Jansky

    
  • ·Letter in response to K. Jansky

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    Susan A. Dolan, Gwenda Felizardo, Sue Barnes, Tracy R. Cox, Marcia Patrick, Katherine S. Ward, Kathleen Meehan Arias

    
  • ·Factors affecting the compliance of operating room nursing staff toward standard and transmission-based precautions in an acute care hospital

    Pagina :666-667

    Moon Fai Chan

    
  • ·Carbapenem-resistant OXA-23–producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolates causing ventilator-associated pneumonia

    Pagina :667-669

    Marcelo Carneiro, Paula I.P.L. Barbosa, Eliana C. Vespero, Marcos T. Tanita, Claudia M. Carrilho, Márcia Perugini, Halha O. Saridakis, Lia G. Possuelo, Jane D.P. Renner, Andréia R.M. Valim, Maria C.B. Tognin, Andreza F. Martins, Afonso L. Barth

    
  • ·Transmission of varicella-zoster virus originating from a patient with localized herpes zoster: Implications for infection control?

    Pagina :669-670

    Evangelos Cholongitas, George Ilonidis