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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• • ·Information for Authors

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• Commentary

  • ·“Nurses and midwives: Clean care is in your hands”: The 5th May 2020 World Health Organization SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign

    Pagina :471-472

    Alexandra Peters, Nasim Lotfinejad, Chloé Guitart, Alice Simniceanu, Maria Clara Padoveze, Tcheun Borzykowski, Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet

     

• Major Articles

  • ·Effect of using portable alcohol-based handrub on nurses’ hand hygiene compliance and nasal carriage of staphylococcus aureus in a low-income health setting

    Pagina :473-479

    Amos Nyamadzawo, Junko Nishio, Shinobu Okada, Rudo Nyamakura

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  • ·Qualitative interview study exploring frontline managers’ contributions to hand hygiene standards and audit: Local knowledge can inform practice

    Pagina :480-484

    Dinah J. Gould, Jacob McKnight, Meghan Leaver, Claire Keene, Sarah Gaze, Edward Purssell

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  • ·To investigate the association between the health literacy and hand hygiene practices of the older adults to help them fight against infectious diseases in Hong Kong

    Pagina :485-489

    Peggy Pui-Lai Or, Bonny Yee-Man Wong, Joanne Wai-Yee Chung

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  • ·Frequency of hand hygiene opportunities in patients on a general surgery service

    Pagina :490-495

    Laurie Conway, Christine Moore, Brenda L. Coleman, Allison McGeer

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  • ·Evaluating healthcare workers’ hand hygiene performance using first-person view video observation in a standardized patient-care scenario

    Pagina :496-502

    Svenja Diefenbacher, Claudia Sassenrath, Johannes Tatzel, Johannes Keller

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  • ·Product dose considerations for real-world hand sanitiser efficacy

    Pagina :503-506

    N. Kenters, A. Eikelenboom-Boskamp, J. Hines, A. McGeer, E.G.W. Huijskens, A. Voss

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  • ·Hand hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and practices among hospital inpatients: A descriptive study

    Pagina :507-510

    Jocelyn A. Srigley, Sung Min Cho, Cindy O'Neill, Anne Bialachowski, R. Ayesha Ali, Christine Lee, Dominik Mertz

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  • ·Impact of patient and visitor hand hygiene interventions at a pediatric hospital: A stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial

    Pagina :511-516

    Matthew W.H. Wong, Yan Zhu Xu, Jeffrey Bone, Jocelyn A. Srigley

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  • ·Efficacy of covert closed-circuit television monitoring of the hand hygiene compliance of health care workers caring for patients infected with multidrug-resistant organisms in an intensive care unit

    Pagina :517-521

    Ilana Livshiz-Riven, Leonid Koyfman, Ronit Nativ, Asaf Danziger, Alexander Shalman, Dmitry Frank, Boris Shvarts, Ofira Azulay, Evgeniya Ivanova, Tomer Ziv-Baran, Moti Klein, Matthew Boyko, Alexander Zlotnik, Abraham Borer, Evgeni Brotfain

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  • ·Evaluation of a benzalkonium chloride hand sanitizer in reducing transient Staphylococcus aureus bacterial skin contamination in health care workers

    Pagina :522-526

    Sidney Bondurant, Tanya McKinney, Liza Bondurant, Lisa Fitzpatrick

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  • ·Clinical experiences with a new system for automated hand hygiene monitoring: A prospective observational study

    Pagina :527-533

    Anne-Mette Iversen, Christiane Pahl Kavalaris, Rosa Hansen, Marco Bo Hansen, Rebekah Alexander, Krassimir Kostadinov, Jette Holt, Brian Kristensen, Jenny Dahl Knudsen, Jens Kjølseth Møller, Svend Ellermann-Eriksen

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  • ·Screening for and decolonization of Staphylococcus aureus carriers before total joint replacement is associated with lower S aureus prosthetic joint infection rates

    Pagina :534-537

    Alberto Romero-Palacios, Danielle Petruccelli, Cheryl Main, Mitch Winemaker, Justin de Beer, Dominik Mertz

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  • ·Comparison of estimated norovirus infection risk reductions for a single fomite contact scenario with residual and nonresidual hand sanitizers

    Pagina :538-544

    Amanda M. Wilson, Kelly A. Reynolds, Lee-Ann Jaykus, Blanca Escudero-Abarca, Charles P. Gerba

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  • ·Investigation into the cleaning methods of smartphones and wearables from infectious contamination in a patient care environment (I-SWIPE)

    Pagina :545-549

    Stephanie Huffman, Carly Webb, Sean P. Spina

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  • ·Intervention to reduce the incidence of surgical site infection in spine surgery

    Pagina :550-554

    Laia Castellà, Nieves Sopena, David Rodriguez-Montserrat, Sergio Alonso-Fernández, Jose María Cavanilles, Miquel Iborra, Ana Ciercoles, Ana Pulido, Montserrat Gimenez, Jose Antonio Hernandez Hermoso, Irma Casas

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  • ·Impact of a surgical site infection bundle on cesarean delivery infection rates

    Pagina :555-559

    Christina Davidson, Jordan Enns, Carrie Dempster, Suzanne Lundeen, Catherine Eppes

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  • ·The impact of infection control cost reimbursement policy on central line–associated bloodstream infections

    Pagina :560-565

    Ji Young Park, Ki Tae Kwon, Won Kee Lee, Hye In Kim, Min Jung Kim, Do Young Song, Mi Hyae Yu, Hyun Ju Park, Kyeong Hee Lee, Hyun Ju Chae

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• State of the Science Review

  • ·Importance of operating room case scheduling on analyses of observed reductions in surgical site infections from the purchase and installation of capital equipment in operating rooms

    Pagina :566-572

    Franklin Dexter, Johannes Ledolter, Richard H. Epstein, Randy W. Loftus

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Patient motivational dialogue: A novel approach to improve hand hygiene through patient empowerment in ambulatory care

    Pagina :573-574

    Patti G. Grota, Tony Eng, Carol A. Jenkins

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  • ·Use of an automated hand hygiene compliance system by emergency room nurses and technicians is associated with decreased employee absenteeism

    Pagina :575-577

    Jessica Strauch, Thomas M. Braun, Harold Short

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  • ·High proportion of multidrug-resistant organisms in children hospitalized abroad

    Pagina :578-580

    Kazuhiro Uda, Takanori Funaki, Kensuke Shoji, Akira Kato, Isao Miyairi

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  • ·Risk factors associated with bloodstream infection among patients colonized by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: A 7-year observational study in a general hospital

    Pagina :581-583

    Sun-young Kim, Sung-il Cho, Ji Hwan Bang

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  • ·Infection preventionists role in antimicrobial stewardship: Survey of APIC members

    Pagina :584-586

    Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, Eileen J. Carter, Elizabeth Monsees, Mary Lou Manning

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Being candid about Candida airway colonization and clinical outcomes: What can we really learn from unadjusted associations?

    Pagina :587-588

    Andrea Cortegiani, Sharon Einav

    
  • ·Evidence and extrapolation: Chlorhexidine gluconate for periurethral cleansing prior to urinary catheter insertion

    Pagina :588-589

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