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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• White Paper

  • ·Moving toward elimination of healthcare-associated infections: A call to action

    Pagina :671-675

    Denise Cardo, Penelope H. Dennehy, Paul Halverson, Neil Fishman, Mel Kohn, Cathryn L. Murphy, Richard J. Whitley, HAI Elimination White Paper Writing Group

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• Commentary

  • ·Can we reduce the spread of influenza in schools with face masks?

    Pagina :676-677

    Sara Y. Del Valle, Raymond Tellier, Gary S. Settles, Julian W. Tang

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• Major Articles

  • ·Revisiting the hand wipe versus gel rub debate: Is a higher-ethanol content hand wipe more effective than an ethanol gel rub?

    Pagina :678-682

    Natalie N. D’Antonio, John D. Rihs, Janet E. Stout, Victor L. Yu

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  • ·Urinary catheters in the emergency department: Very elderly women are at high risk for unnecessary utilization

    Pagina :683-688

    Mohamad G. Fakih, Stephen P. Shemes, Margarita E. Pena, Nicholas Dyc, Janice E. Rey, Susan M. Szpunar, Louis D. Saravolatz

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  • ·Effectiveness of a simple intervention for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a community teaching hospital

    Pagina :689-693

    Jackrapong Bruminhent, Marjorie Keegan, Adnan Lakhani, Ingram M. Roberts, Joanne Passalacqua

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  • ·Foley catheter practices and knowledge among Minnesota physicians

    Pagina :694-700

    Dimitri M. Drekonja, Michael A. Kuskowski, James R. Johnson

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  • ·Assessing specific secondary ICD-9-CM codes as potential predictors of surgical site infections

    Pagina :701-705

    Jessica West, Yosef Khan, David M. Murray, Kurt B. Stevenson

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  • ·Risk factors and risk adjustment for surgical site infections in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery patients

    Pagina :706-710

    Annette H. Sohn, Jackie M. Schwartz, Kathy Y. Yang, William R. Jarvis, B. Joseph Guglielmo, Peggy S. Weintrub

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  • ·Patients' experiences of acquiring a deep surgical site infection: An interview study

    Pagina :711-717

    Annette Erichsen Andersson, Ingrid Bergh, Jon Karlsson, Kerstin Nilsson

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  • ·Evaluation of sporicidal activities of selected environmental surface disinfectants: Carrier tests with the spores of Clostridium difficile and its surrogates

    Pagina :718-722

    Navid Omidbakhsh

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  • ·How much time should long-term care and geriatric rehabilitation facilities (nursing homes) spend on infection control?

    Pagina :723-725

    Peterhans J. van den Broek, Herman J.M. Cools, Mireille Wulf, Philo H.A.C. Das

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  • ·Barriers to implementing infection prevention and control guidelines during crises: Experiences of health care professionals

    Pagina :726-733

    Aura Timen, Marlies E.J.L. Hulscher, Laura Rust, Jim E. van Steenbergen, Reinier P. Akkermans, Richard P.T.M. Grol, Jos W.M. van der Meer

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  • ·Stopcock lumen contamination does not reflect the full burden of bacterial intravenous tubing contamination: Analysis using a novel injection port

    Pagina :734-739

    Matthew K. Muffly, Michael L. Beach, Yi Cai Isaac Tong, Mark P. Yeager

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  • ·Clinical and economic outcomes of decreased fluconazole susceptibility in patients with Candida glabrata bloodstream infections

    Pagina :740-745

    Ingi Lee, Knashawn H. Morales, Theoklis E. Zaoutis, Neil O. Fishman, Irving Nachamkin, Ebbing Lautenbach

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  • ·Prospective study of colonization and infection because of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in mechanically ventilated patients at a neonatal intensive care unit in China

    Pagina :746-750

    Hong-bo Hu, Han-ju Huang, Qiao-ying Peng, Jia Lu, Xing-yun Lei

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Patients with Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections are colonized in the gastrointestinal tract with identical strains

    Pagina :751-753

    Kerri A. Thom, William W.L. Hsiao, Anthony D. Harris, O. Colin Stine, David A. Rasko, J. Kristie Johnson

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  • ·Hydrogen peroxide vapor decontamination of an intensive care unit to remove environmental reservoirs of multidrug-resistant gram-negative rods during an outbreak

    Pagina :754-756

    Jonathan A. Otter, Saber Yezli, Marinus A. Schouten, Arthur R.H. van Zanten, Greetje Houmes-Zielman, Maria K.E. Nohlmans-Paulssen

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• Letter to the Editor

  • ·Occupational risk for human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C infection in health care workers in a teaching hospital in Indonesia

    Pagina :757-758

    Soehartinah Kramadibrata Antono, Reynie Purnama Raya, Sri Yusnita Irda Sari, Irvan Afriandi, Anita Deborah Anwar, Djatnika Setiabudi, Andre Meheus, Antoon De Schryver, Lucas Pinxten

    

• Online-Only Articles

  • ·Real-time validation and presentation of the cumulative antibiogram and implications of presenting a standard format using a novel in-house software: ABSOFT

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    Godwin Wilson, Shaherudeen Badarudeen, Angela Godwin

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  • ·A cluster of Listeria monocytogenes infections in hospitalized adults

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    Ianick Souto Martins, Flavia Cristina da Conceição Faria, Marco Antônio Lemos Miguel, Manuela Pereira de Sá Colaço Dias, Fernando Luís Lopes Cardoso, Ana Cristina de Gouveia Magalhães, Luiz Affonso Mascarenhas, Simone Aranha Nouér, André Victor Barbosa, Deyse Christina Vallim, Ernesto Hofer, Renata Fernandes Rebello, Lee W. Riley, Beatriz Meurer Moreira

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  • ·First outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 harboring the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes among Japanese health care workers and hospitalized patients

    Pagina :e37

    Miki Nagao, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, Masahiro Suzuki, Aki Matsushima, Shunji Takakura, Yutaka Ito, Satoshi Ichiyama

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  • ·Lower arterial catheter-related infection in brachial than in femoral access

    Pagina :e40

    Leonardo Lorente, Alejandro Jiménez, María M. Martín, Juan J. Jiménez, Jose L. Iribarren, María L. Mora

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