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• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• Major Articles

  • ·Broad-spectrum microbicidal activity, toxicologic assessment, and materials compatibility of a new generation of accelerated hydrogen peroxide-based environmental surface disinfectant

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    Navid Omidbakhsh, Syed A. Sattar

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  • ·Assessment of materials commonly utilized in health care: Implications for bacterial survival and transmission

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    Mary G. Lankford, Susan Collins, Larry Youngberg, Denise M. Rooney, John R. Warren, Gary A. Noskin

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  • ·A problem of hospital hygiene: The presence of aspergilli in hospital wards with different air-conditioning features

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    Fernanda Perdelli, Marina Sartini, Anna Maria Spagnolo, Maurizio Dallera, Roberto Lombardi, Maria Luisa Cristina

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  • ·Virucidal activity of a quaternary ammonium compound disinfectant against feline calicivirus: A surrogate for norovirus

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    Luis Jimenez, Michael Chiang

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  • ·A prospective study of the efficacy of routine decontamination for gastrointestinal endoscopes and the risk factors for failure

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    Linda Bisset, Yvonne E. Cossart, Warwick Selby, Richard West, Denise Catterson, Kate O’Hara, Karen Vickery

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  • ·Redesign of portable suction equipment cases: An engineering approach to a disinfection problem

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    Alice N. Neely, Lisa A. Regnold, Susan Hayes, Jason Gardner, Thomas J. Cahill

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  • ·Measurement of the microbial barrier effectiveness of sterilization containers in terms of the log reduction value for prevention of nosocomial infections

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    Hartmut Dunkelberg, Friederike Fleitmann-Glende

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  • ·Biocidal activity of a bioactive glass–protected, preservative-free tattooing solution

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    Colin Charnock

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  • ·On the move?

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  • ·An outbreak of noninvasive group A streptococcal disease in a facility for the developmentally disabled

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    Mark S. Dworkin, Lee Park, Jacqueline Barringer, Rod Curtis

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  • ·Who let the dogs out? Infection control did: Utility of dogs in health care settings and infection control aspects

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    Heidi DiSalvo, Donna Haiduven, Nancy Johnson, Valentine V. Reyes, Carmen P. Hench, Rosemary Shaw, David A. Stevens

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  • ·Prospective surveillance of phlebitis associated with peripheral intravenous catheters

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    Tal Malach, Ziona Jerassy, Bernard Rudensky, Yechiel Schlesinger, Etty Broide, Oded Olsha, Amos M. Yinnon, David Raveh

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• Commentary

  • ·Infected health care workers and patient safety: A double standard

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    Jane L. Perry, Richard D. Pearson, Janine Jagger

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• Brief Report

  • ·Pasteurization is effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria

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    Cheng-Yi Wang, Huey-Dong Wu, Li-Na Lee, Hou-Tai Chang, Yeong-Long Hsu, Chong-Jen Yu, Pan-Chyr Yang, Po-Ren Hsueh

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• Practice Forum

  • ·Systematic risk assessment methods for the infection control professional

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    Elaine Larson, Allison E. Aiello

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Handwashing in a Texas evacuation center after Hurricane Katrina, 2005

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    Rachel N. Plotinsky

    
  • ·Re: How many sputum specimens are necessary to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis

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    Michael K. Leonard, Ekaterina Kourbatova, Henry M. Blumberg

    
  • ·Reduction in nosocomial infection with improved hand hygiene in intensive care units of a tertiary care hospital in Argentina

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    Maryanne McGuckin

    

• Contents

  • ·Contents

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    Plan Plan
  • ·Oral Abstracts

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  • ·Poster Abstracts

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• Oral Abstract Session 1

  • ·Blue Ribbon Abstract Award : Use of an Annual Influenza Vaccination Campaign To Test Bioemergency Preparedness

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    S.A. Holley, P.M. Polgreen, J.A. Vande Berg, S.M. Von Behren, L.A. Herwaldt

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  • ·Comparison of Didactic Versus Interactive Teaching Strategies for Category A Agents of Bioterrorism

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    D.J. Haiduven, J.R. Tucker, V.P. Thompson

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  • ·Post-Hurricane Katrina Infection Control Challenges and the Public Health Role at a Mobile Field Hospital

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    S.M. Sullivan, K.W. McDonald

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  • ·Calming the Storm: Preparing for Infectious Outbreaks Related to an Influx of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees

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    Z.H.A. Shaikh, L. Miller, K. Bryant, K.S. Strelczyk

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• Oral Abstract Session 2

  • ·Blue Ribbon Abstract Award : Changing Healthcare Worker Behavior in Relation to Respiratory Disease Transmission with a Novel Training Approach That Uses Biosimulation

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    R.M. Carrico, M.B. Coty, L.K. Goss, A.S. LaJoie

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  • ·The Relationship between Hospital-Based Healthcare Personnel Perceptions of Safety Culture and the Occurrence of Sharps Injuries

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    S.P. Grytdal, A. Kobeski, C. Kaplan, E. Flanagan, P. Cousin

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  • ·Healthcare Worker Participation in Influenza Vaccination

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    J.Z. Vaughan

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  • ·Survey of Reading Habits of Infection Control Professionals in the United States: Peer- Reviewed or “Throwaway” Evidence?

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    R.N. Olmsted, C.P. Kowalski, S.L. Krein, S. Saint

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• Oral Abstract Session 3

  • ·A Process Change Can Unintentionally Affect Surgical Infections: Tracing the Cesarian-Section Patient from Admission To Identify Underlying Issues

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    D.S. King, M. Jain, R. Russell

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  • ·Blue Ribbon Abstract Award : Aggressive Glycemic Control To Improve Outcomes in Cardiac Bypass Surgery Patients

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    C.A. Cunningham, P. Perreiah, C.L. Squier, R. Muder, R. Harsha

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  • ·Beyond Bundles: Justification for a Central Venous Catheter (CVC) Care Team Program for the Prevention of Bloodstream Infections

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    R. Musgrove, V. Fisher, T. Gulley, L. Ostrosky-Zeichner

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  • ·Blue Ribbon Abstract Award : Clinical Outcomes of a Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Prevention Program

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    A. Shay, P. O’Malley

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• Oral Abstract Session 4

  • ·New Investigator Award : Rapid Response Abates Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus in a Special Care Nursery

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    J.M. Setzer, J.E. Stroud, L.A. Parker-Combs, J.G. Dawson, E.R. Dubberke

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  • ·Blue Ribbon Abstract Award : Long-Term Outcomes from Nosocomial Infections in Persons with Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders

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    S.L. LaVela, C.T. Evans, S. Miskevics, P. Mike, P.P. Jorge

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  • ·The Attributable Cost, and Length of Hospital Stay of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection in Intensive Care Units in Brazil. A Prospective, Matched Analysis

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    R. Salomao, V.D. Rosenthal, M.A. Maretti da Silva, M. Vilins, S. Blecher

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  • ·Blue Ribbon Abstract Award & Best International Abstract Award : Education and Performance Feedback Effect on Rates of Central Vascular Catheter – Associated Bloodstream Infections in Adult Intensive Care Units of One Turkish Hospital

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    A. Ozgultekin, V.D. Rosenthal, G. Turan, N. Akgun

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• Poster Abstracts

  • ·Prevalence of Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Ocular MRSA Isolates

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    D. Miller, M.G. Diaz, E.M. Perez, J. Newton, E.C. Alfonso

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  • ·Survey of Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Hospital Practices for Multidrug Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli (MDR-GNB) Surveillance

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    Z.H.A. Shaikh, M.F. Moinuddin, K.S. Strelczyk

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  • ·Assessment of Compliance with Admission Screening for Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Colonization

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    G. Shimokura, M. Romney

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  • ·Maximum Isolation Precautions for Prevention and Control of Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumanni (MDR-Ab)

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    P.A. Rosenbaum, T.M. Perl, X. Song, P.A. Margaret, M.L. Lisa

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  • ·William A. Rutala Research Award : Virucidal Activity of Quaternary Ammonium Compound Formulations Against Feline Calicivirus, a Surrogate of Norovirus

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    L. Jimenez, M. Chiang

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  • ·“Your Hands Touch Many Lives”: A Hand Hygiene Compliance Improvement Campaign

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    C.M. Carroll, S.W. Gladson, B.C. Camins

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  • ·A Nationwide Survey of Sterile Supply, Processing and Distribution (SPD) Services within Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Facilities

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    L.H. Danko, L.A. Simbartl, B. Osburn, S.M. Kralovic, G.A. Roselle

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  • ·Real Benefits of Hand Hygiene Product Foaming Technology

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    J. Medvick, N. Kaiser, J. Tirey, Z. Greten, D. Klein

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  • ·Development of an Enzymatic Detergent Treatment Protocol That Significantly Reduces Protease Resistant Prion Protein Load and Infectivity from Prion-Contaminated Surgical-Steel Monofilaments

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    V.A. Lawson, J.D. Stewart, C.L. Masters

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  • ·Comparison of a Waterless, Scrubless CHG/Ethanol Surgical Scrub to Povidone-Iodine Surgical Scrubs

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    E.S. Park, S.Y. Jang, J.M. Kim

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  • ·Hand Hygiene Compliance in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, India, Mexico, Morocco, Peru and Turkey. Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

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    V.D. Rosenthal, R. Salomao, H. Leblebicioglu, O.A. Akan, M. Sobreyra Oropeza

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  • ·Effect of Education and Performance Feedback on Handwashing in an Argentinean Hospital

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    D. Sztokhamer, V.D. Rosenthal, D. Melluso

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  • ·A Cool Drink on a Hot Day – Hospital-Acquired Legionella Pneumonia

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    S.P. Krystofiak

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  • ·Development of a Screening and Isolation Protocol for Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with Communicable Diseases

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    S. Hardy, G. Contreras, K. Weber, R. Rothberg, R. Wetherbee

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  • ·Estimating Surge Capacity for Mass-Casualty Incidents

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    C.M. Dent, D. Drake

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  • ·Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Participation in Top Off 3, April, 2005

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    S.E. Boruchoff, A.M. Potts, C. Anuszewski, D. Campbell, L. Sasso

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  • ·Addressing Bioterrorism and Disaster Planning Issues through a Community Based Infection Control Workgroup

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    J.M. Przykucki, N. Bjerke, J.E. Patterson

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  • ·Development of a Healthcare Coalition for Emergency Preparedness

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    C.M. Dent, D. Drake

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  • ·Infection Control Risk Assessment Activities for Floods, Sewage Spills, and Malfunctions

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    L.L. Fauerbach, C.W. Ruse, R.E. Kelly, M.A. Gross

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  • ·Ralsontia sp. Contamination of Vapotherm Devices

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    A.H. Molloy, M.B. Fry, M. Perez, A. Alonto

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  • ·Should We Use Intravenous Catheter Tip Cultures in the Determination of Bloodstream Infections?

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    R.H. Smith, J.A. Ptak, E.A. Dugan, K.B. Kirkland

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  • ·Silver Coated Foley Catheters – Initial Cost Is Not the Only Thing To Consider

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    A. Dikon, R. Olah

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  • ·Cost Effectiveness of Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) in an Intensive Care Unit at a 200-Bed Community Hospital with Low Prevalence of These Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms

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    M.G. Stetson, R.J. Vautour

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  • ·Cost-Effectiveness Assessment of Potential Financial Savings from Selective Culture Screening as a Strategy To Prevent Nosocomial Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in 25 Upstate New York Hospitals

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    C. Van Antwerpen, A. Caffrey, E. Clement, C. Gagnon, C. Keehfus

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  • ·Adding a Chlorhexidine Patch to the IHI Bundle: Goal Zero in Reducing Central Line-Associated Bacteremia

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    R. Garcia, L. Jendresky, F. Nicolas, L. Colbert, Y. Dumont

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  • ·Enhancing Surveillance for Infections Associated with External Ventricular Devices in a University Hospital

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    M.R. Travis, T.R. Talbot, W. Schaffner, A.A. Jarquin-Valdivia

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  • ·Development of an Evidence-Based Policy for the Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia by Building on Existing Systems

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    J.D. Lawhorne, S. Chastain, B. Fogle

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  • ·Getting Physicians To Comply: Improving Adherence to Full Barriers during Central-Line Insertions

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    C.A. Davis, C.S. Gasser, J.C. McGowan, J.S. Love

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  • ·Reducing the Occurrence of Short Onset Central Line Related Bacteremia

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    C.A. Kohan, C. Ligi, D.G. Dumigan, T. Cooper, J.M. Boyce

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  • ·Microbial Etiology of Hemodialysis Related Central Venous Catheter Exit Site Infections Following Use of Triple Antibiotic Ointment to Insertion Site

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    D.M. Hobbs, G.D. Taylor

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  • ·Early Intervention and Communication Reduces Morbidity from Burkholderia cepacia Contaminated Mouthwash

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    B. Moody, J. Gullion, K. Mellinger, D. Merkel

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  • ·48-Month Study on Reducing VAP Using Advanced Oral-Dental Care: Protocol Compliance, Infection Rates, LOS, Mortality, and Cost

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    R. Garcia, L. Jendresky, L. Colbert, A. Bailey

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  • ·The Importance of a Physician Champion in Implementing Practice Change

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    S.C. Latham

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  • ·Incentive Program Increases Employee Influenza Vaccine Compliance at a Chronic Hospital/Long-Term Care Facility

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    S.A. Mayoryk, S.M. Levy

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  • ·Using the Intranet To Document Healthcare Worker (HCW) Declination and Participation in a Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Program

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    M. Bertin, M. Scarpelli, A. Proctor, J. Sharp, E. Robitson

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  • ·Creating an Endoscopy Resource Kit for Infection Prevention and Control Professionals

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    C.J. Sykora, L.E. Ruhl, C.M. Carroll, C.L. Leone, K.F. Woeltje

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  • ·Evidence Based Fact Sheet: An Effective Method for Implementing Change

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    S.L. Atherton, R.C. Tjoelker

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  • ·Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance through Simplified Monitoring

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    J.D. Lawhorne

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  • ·Use of an Innovative Game To Teach and Reinforce Hand Hygiene Compliance among Healthcare Workers

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    J.P. Haas, D. Quiros, S.R. Hyman, E.L. Larson

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  • ·“10 Tips To Prevent Infection”: An Interactive Tutorial for Preventing Infections

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    D. Johnson, S. Madison, P. Rutherford, E.J. Baron, C. Huang

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  • ·Designing a Dynamic APIC Chapter Website: Enhancing Professional Practice and Increasing Member Participation

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    T. Goodman, L. Doell, B. Moody

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  • ·APIC Chapter Works Together To Prepare Future Leaders

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    A.M. Pettis

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  • ·Building Capacity To Teach Infection Control and Prevention in Venezuela through Internet-Based Conferencing

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    M.A. Caniza, L. Aurenty, B. Perez, L. Siciliano, Y. Quintana

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  • ·‘NURSE’ry Rhymes for Infection Control Review

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    E.E. Stearns

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  • ·A CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease) Screening Tool for OR Staff

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    E.L. Yaney, L.V. Plantemoli, N. Vardaro

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  • ·Unit-Based Staff Hand Hygiene (HH) Monitors To Improve Compliance in a Comprehensive Cancer Center

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    V.R. Gonzalez, C. Perego, B. Hackett, L. Graviss, I. Raad

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  • ·Evaluation of a Hospital-Wide Infection Prevention & Control Certification Program: Increasing the Quality Limits for Patient Safety and Staff Satisfaction

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    M. Salaripour, P. McKernan, R. Devlin

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  • ·Hand Hygiene

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    A. Peden, J. Vaughan

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  • ·Hand Hygiene: Staff-Driven Approach Leads to Success

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    K. Micklow, M. Morris, P. Markazi, D. Borton, J. Zuckerman

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  • ·Nursing Guide for Effective Implementation of Infection Control Precautions

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    T.M. Canola, L.L. Becker, J.E. Martin, C.J. Chodakauskas

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  • ·Promotores and Community Health Workers: Protecting Communities Against Infectious Disease

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    K.T. Halvorson, K. Carpender, M. Duchicela, D.M. Scott

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  • ·Impact of a Flow Chart To Determine Appropriate Placement of Patients with Resistant Organisms and/or Clostridium difficile at Time of Identification and Readmission

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    E.B. Krug, D. Peluso

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  • ·Educating Smaller Rural Hospital Infection Control (IC) Nurses, Victoria, Australia

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    N. Bennett, C. Boardman, A. Bull, M. Richards, P. Russo, M. Clin Epid

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  • ·Hand Hygiene Compliance: The Health Care Worker (HCW) Point of View

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    P.A. Hazamy

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  • ·Zoonoses: A Case Presentation

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    M.E. Beckerdite, P. Brattan, G. Damasco

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  • ·Is It Possible To Diagnose a Case of Creutzfedlt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in a Small Suburban Community in Upstate New York?

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    D.A.B. Mack, M. Skiba

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  • ·Infection Control as the Real Bug Patrol: “Gnats” in the Burn Unit

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    W. Jean, V. Fisher, L. Grubb, G. Douglas, L. Ostrosky-Zeichner

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  • ·Identifying Opportunities To Enhance Environmental Cleaning in Twelve Acute Care Hospitals

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    P.C. Carling, B.D. Dick, S. Hansen

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  • ·Circumstances Surrounding Needlestick/Sharp Injuries among Healthcare Workers in a Venezuelan Public Hospital

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    L.J. Galindez, D.J. Haiduven

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  • ·Safeguarding Our First Responders: Infection Control and Prevention for Firefighters

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    C.K. Scarborough, L.D. Doell

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  • ·Challenges in Managing a Tuberculosis Exposure in a High Risk Unit

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    J. Moody, B. Yangco

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  • ·Sharps Injury Prevention Program: Root Cause Analysis of Sharps Injury or near Miss Event at a Multi-Facility Medical Center

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    E. Flanagan, L. Semproch, K. Preney, T. Chevalier, T. Lundstrom

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  • ·Community Approach Implementing Safety Zone

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    C.M. Dent, T. Treinen, C.E. Brown

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  • ·Vaccinating Healthcare Workers for Pertussis: A Shared North American Experience

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    V. Bren, G. Dial Dionne, K. Froelich, S. Hansen, J. Hargreaves

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  • ·Improving Influenza Vaccine Rates among Health Care Workers

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    E.M. Kuranga

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  • ·Infection Control and the Plumber: Neonatal ICU Outbreak of Pseudomonas and Stenotrophomonas Traced to Contaminated Water Tap “Aerators”

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    P. Orenstein, N. Consolacion, B. Amihod, S. Perna, M.A. Miller

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  • ·Improving Rates for Pneumococcal and Influenza Vaccines

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    E.M. Kuranga, T.J. Via

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  • ·Improved Hand Hygiene Compliance through “I Save Lives with Clean Hands” Campaign

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    P.G. Grota, L. Kostroun, M. Willingham, J. Przykucki

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  • ·A 6-Month Study of the Rate of Infections and Complications in Patients with Peripherally-Inserted Central Catheters

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    D. Reed, J.E. Chapman, S.A. Kemmerly, D. Kay

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  • ·A Patient Safety Initiative To Reduce Central-Line Associated Bacteremias

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    M. Bevan, M. Karwa, A. Adams, B.P. Currie

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  • ·10 Years after NNIS; the Use of Comparative Data as a Catalyst for Organizational Improvement

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    L.R. Greene, D. Farnsworth, G. Dumyati

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  • ·Reducing Blood Culture Contamination: What Makes the Difference?

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    S.M. Smith, R.H.K. Eng, A.B. Lopez, F.D. Valena

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  • ·An Infection Control Initiative That Works: How Clinical Service Units Reduced and Maintained Their Incidence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

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    C.M. Carriker, M.A. Oden, S.A. Vereen, J.R. McDonald, D.J. Sexton

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  • ·Piloting a Novel State-Wide Smaller Hospital Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

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    N. Bennett, C. Boardman, A. Bull, M. Richards, P. Russo

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  • ·Educational Interventions To Reduce Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Impact Behavior Change in a Community Intensive Care Unit

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    C.J. Mangles, A.J. Recktenwald, D. Hopkins-Broyles, H. Cranston, K.F. Woeltje

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  • ·Model Infection Control Policies – A National Resource for Scotland

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    C. Kilpatrick, B. Cullen, M. Henry

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  • ·Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Smaller Hospitals, Victoria, Australia

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    N. Bennett, C. Boardman, A. Bull, M. Richards, P. Russo

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  • ·Microbiological Profile of Reusable Sharps Containers: A Pilot Study

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    J.C. Runner

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  • ·Extending Your Reach: Developing an Infection Control Resource Program

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    S.M. Simpkins, M.K. D’Alena, P.M. Grant, M.F. Petersen

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  • ·Infection Control Liaisons, Partners in CARES: Infection Prevention & Control

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    V.D. Moroz, L. Ward

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  • ·Bacterial Shedding and Desquamation from the Hands of Healthcare Workers Correlates with Skin Condition

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    C.A. Kolly, J.W. Arbogast, D.R. Macinga

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  • ·Measles Exposure throughout a University Hospital Medical Center

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    J.M. Szychowski, T.L. Daniels, T.R. Talbot, W. Schaffner

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  • ·A Regional Approach To Developing Standardized Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection Control Practices for Implementation in 25 Upstate New York Acute Care Hospitals

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    C. Van Antwerpen, D. Mack, R. Rawlins, N. Rogers, R. Stricof

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  • ·Influenza: Lessons Learned from an Outbreak, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis and Vaccination Campaigns

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    T.A. Fitzgerald, D.R. Jourdan, L.A. Sholtz, E.M. Murphy, D.W. Poppert

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  • ·Assessing the State of Nosocomial HIV Infection Control (NHIC) in Health Zones in the Eastern Kasai Province (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

    Page :E89

    N.K.Z. Bukonda, T.G. Disashi, K.A. Mukonu

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·A Hepatitis B Outbreak Associated with Outpatient Chelation Therapy

    Page :E90

    R.A. Sanderson, R. Sneed, F. Leguen, L. Sandoval

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Rapid Response: Real Time Capturing of Significant Organisms by a Simple Computer Based Tracking System

    Page :E90

    C. Harris, A. Flinchum, C. Knoll, S. Cooley, M. McCormick

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Investigating an Outbreak of Bordetella pertussis Disease in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

    Page :E91

    J. Heath, J. Smith, J. Stevens

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Invasive Fungal Infections Possibly Associated with Tape

    Page :E92

    K.L. Bradley, X. Song, C. Cusick, S.E. Cosgrove, T.M. Perl

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Effective Control of a Nosocomial Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Hemato-Oncology Unit in a Korean Tertiary Care Hospital

    Page :E93

    S.W. ChangYoon, K.R. Peck, N.Y. Lee, Y.H. Yang, E.J. Shin

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Decreasing Clostridium difficile in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit through Institution of Environmental Cleaning Procedures

    Page :E93

    L.M. Harper

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·An Outbreak of Healthcare-Associated Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Senftenberg

    Page :E94

    R.S. Kay, A.G. Vandevelde, P.D. Fiorella, R. Sanderson, C. Blackmore

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Control of an Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia at a Large Acute Care Hospital

    Page :E95

    M. Ajluni, P. Voreis, S. Lloyd, N. Murad, M. Zervos

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Outbreaks of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — Los Angeles County 2004

    Page :E96

    D. Terashita, L. English, D. Dassey, L. Mascola, L. Yasuda

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Salmonellosis in a Nursing Home Patient on Enteral Feeding

    Page :E97

    M.A. Wallace, G. Thompson

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Lessons Learned in Controlling an Acinetobacter Outbreak

    Page :E97

    T. Chou, J. Alban, J. Malow

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·An Outbreak of Parainfluenza 3 (Para 3) in an Outpatient Adult Bone Marrow Transplant (ABMT) Clinic

    Page :E98

    S.A. Vereen, M.A. Oden, J.S. Loftis, J. Engemann, K. Kaye

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Healthcare Worker-Related Tuberculosis Exposure

    Page :E99

    C.F. Korn, B.A. Burke, G.M. Garvin, C.A. Sulis

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·The Heat Is On: Control of Community-Acquired MRSA in a Burn Center

    Page :E100

    N.F. Shik, S. Ford, R. Thompson, M. Pena, M. Luchi

    Résumé Résumé  
  • ·Management of a Gastroenteritis Outbreak Due to Norovirus

    Page :E101

    T. Cooper, H.R. Vikram, N.L. Havill, D.G. Dumigan, J.M. Boyce

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Health Care Workers’ Nasal Carriage and Outbreak Control of Epidemic Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Page :E101

    H.S. Oh, S.E. Lee, E.J. Kim, W.J. Lee, M.D. Oh

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Withdrawn

    Page :E102

    
  • ·Investigation of an Outbreak of Tuberculosis in a Small Community Setting

    Page :E102

    C.M. Kettunen, A.L. Hodgkinson, M. Verzumo, Y. Sunmonu, P. Vaccariello

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·An Outbreak of Serratia marcescens Bacteremia Traced to Contamination of Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate Solution

    Page :E103

    E.T. Tan, C. Armenti, R. Sunenshine, A. Monaco, C. Tan

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·A Pseudo Outbreak of Pantoea dispersa in Total Joint Replacement Procedures

    Page :E104

    D.T. Barron, A.A. Eades, J. Kane

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Hospital Construction and Infection Control: Does Everyone Measure Up?

    Page :E104

    L.E. Ruhl, J.L. Mayfield, K.F. Woeltje

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Enhanced Isolation Practices To Improve Patient Safety: Preventing Nosocomial Transmission in a Hospital

    Page :E105

    M.A. Pass, X. Song, K. Mackie, T.M. Perl

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·A Whooping Cough of a Time: An Employee with Pertussis in an Adult Hospital

    Page :E106

    M.E. Venker, A.M. Hueffmeier, D.K. Warren

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Focus on the Myths: An Approach To Improving Healthcare Worker Influenza Immunization Rates

    Page :E107

    A.C. Maher, M. Foley, F. Castello, E. Christie

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Pillow Talk: Examining Pillow Cores in a Regional Burn Center

    Page :E107

    R. Mottar, M. Roth, M. Allen, R. Gerber, B.R. Jeffers

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Translating Quality and Infection Control into Tangible Terms: A Tertiary Care Center’s Contribution to the Institute of Heathcare Improvement (IHI) 100K Lives Campaign

    Page :E108

    B. Davis, V. Fisher, L. Ostrosky-Zeichner, K. Luther, W. Peruzzi

    Résumé Résumé  
  • ·A Collaborative APIC/SHEA Infection Control and Prevention/Healthcare Epidemiology Network: Taking a “Pulse” on Important Healthcare Issues

    Page :E109

    L.L. Fauerbach, B. Ostrowsky, K.M. Arias, T. Perl

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Consistent Compliance with Guidelines for Expressed Breast Milk (EBM) Reduces the Risk of Administering a Mother’s Potentially Infected Breastmilk to Another Infant in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

    Page :E110

    L.M. Watley

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Implementation of a Hospital-Wide Employee Influenza Vaccination Program

    Page :E110

    R.A. Van Enk, M. Potgiesser, W. Corder

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Increasing Employee Hand Hygiene Compliance: A Patient Safety Goal

    Page :E111

    L.A. Burns, J.R. Sabetta, J. Smardin

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Waterless, Scrubless Alcohol-Based Surgical Scrub Agent Compared to Traditional Surgical Scrub Using Chlorhexidine

    Page :E112

    L.M. Howe, K.T. Halvorson, R.B. Simpson, G.T. Fosgate, M.J. Stickney

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Reducing the Number One Health Care Acquired Infection Utilizing a Silver-Impregnated Foley with Bacteriostatic Tubing/Bag System

    Page :E113

    A. Hutchins

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections through the Use of Sliver-Coated 100% Silicone Indwelling Catheter System

    Page :E114

    B.J. Kitchen

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·A Pilot Study To Measure the Compressive and Tensile Forces Required To Use Retractable Intramuscular Safety Syringes

    Page :E114

    D.J. Haiduven, S.P. Applegarth, H. DiSalvo, S. Mangipudy, J. Konopack

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·The Importance of Leadership in Effecting Change: A Tale of 2 ICUs

    Page :E115

    D.E. Heipel, J.F. Ober, C.H. Adams, G.M.L. Bearman, M.B. Edmond

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Closed Is the Word: Creating a Closed Urinary Catheter System in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

    Page :E116

    L. Reynolds, T. Liverman, D. Thomas, J. Mickell, M. Edmond

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Implementation of VAP Bundle in Critical Care Significantly Reduces Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Rate in Level 1 Trauma Center

    Page :E117

    M.M. McNally, A.E. Clark-Milton, O.E. Smith, R.A. Thornton

    Résumé Résumé  
  • ·Use of Multiple Performance Improvement Tools over a Five Year Period To Effect and Maintain Positive Outcomes in the Aspiration Pneumonia Rates of an Acute Care Facility

    Page :E118

    V.L. Moore, K.L. Brooks, R.G. Washburn, S.A. Dauenhauer, S.A. Lott

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·A Performance Improvement Monitor: Criteria for Antibiotic Therapy

    Page :E118

    M.A. Kellar

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Data Validation of Hand Hygiene Compliance

    Page :E119

    R.H.K. Eng, F.D. Valena, A.B. Lopez

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Implementation of a Documentation System of Evidence-Based Processes for the Insertion of Central Venous Catheters

    Page :E120

    J.D. Lawhorne

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Hardwiring CABG Pre-Operative Antibiotic Administration

    Page :E121

    K.D. Korte, S.R. Small, D.J. Golida, T.J. Beahm, R.J. Wagner

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Building a Culture of Patient Safety by Eliminating Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections

    Page :E121

    A. Raimondi, B. Koll, H. Sayed, K. Peterson, B. Raucher

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·“Real Time” Syndromic Surveillance for ED Patients with Community Respiratory Virus (CRV) at a University Medical Center

    Page :E122

    S.A. Fontecchio, R. Erlichman, S.L. Nelson, M. Mitchell, R.T. Ellison

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·You Have To Bleed a Little To Reach the Big Time

    Page :E123

    J.F. Ober, B. Dixon-Leigh, G.M.L. Bearman, M.B. Edmond

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Reduction in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Following Application of a Pediatric Ventilatory Care Bundle

    Page :E124

    N. Hutchinson, M.L. Sorter, B.L. Connelly, S. Myers, R. Brilli

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Utilizing Six Sigma Methodology To Increase Compliance with the National Surgical Care Improvement Project Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Measures

    Page :E124

    M.P. Matt, L.M. Veremakis, R.P. Terkonda, D.W. Dietz, B.C. Camins

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Mandatory Public Reporting of Hospital Acquired Infections (MPRHAI): Recommendations of the Tennessee Study Group to the Tennessee Legislature

    Page :E125

    V. Brinsko, M. Kainer, B. Simmons

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Electronic Databasing of Tuberculosis in a Network Office Setting

    Page :E126

    A. Peden

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Different Techniques Help To Increase Influenza Immunization

    Page :E127

    D.C. Green, M. Adams

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Bacterial Contamination of Stethoscopes with Antimicrobial Diaphragm Covers

    Page :E127

    M.W. Wood, R.C. Lund, K.B. Stevenson

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Staff Attitudes toward CDC’s Hand Hygiene Guideline

    Page :E128

    E. Larson, D. Quiros

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Hand Hygiene: Antimicrobial Activity Comparison of Three Alcoholic Products – Gel and Liquid – in the Hands with Organic Material

    Page :E129

    J.Y. Kawagoe, K.U. Graziano, M.D. Martino, I. Siqueira, L. Correa

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern in a Colombian Tertiary Intensive Care Unit

    Page :E129

    G.A. Contreras, N.O. Montenegro, A.L. Leal, A. Torres

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·The Use of Oral Care Kits as a Strategy To Reduce Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Rates in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit

    Page :E131

    A.B. Rhodes, M.R. Ross, T.J. Tiller

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Antimicrobial Dressing Intervention Associated with Decreased Vascular Patients’ Surgical Site Infections

    Page :E131

    S.K. Vyhlidal, R.G. Penn, S. Roberts, S. Miller

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections Following Spinal Fusion Surgery at a Children’s Hospital

    Page :E132

    R.D. Cordill, C.C. Maynard

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Extra Mortality of Nosocomial Infections in Adult ICUs of 9 Hospitals of Argentina. Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

    Page :E133

    V.D. Rosenthal, D. Sztokhamer, M. Viegas, L.C. Soroka, S. Forciniti

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Extra Length of Stay of Nosocomial Infections in Pediatric ICUs of Colombia and Mexico. Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

    Page :E133

    A. Armas Ruiz, W. Villamil Gomez, V.D. Rosenthal, C. Alvarez Moreno, C. Rojas

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Integrating Oral Care into a Process for Prevention of Pneumonia in Patients with Artificial Airways

    Page :E134

    K. Bryant, S. Powell, L. Camp, J. Horton

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Extra Mortality of Nosocomial Infections in Neonatal ICUs at Eight Hospitals of Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Turkey. Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

    Page :E135

    C. Aygun, M. Sobreyra Oropeza, V.D. Rosenthal, W. Villamil Gomez, M.E. Rodriguez Calderon

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Surgical Site Infections Following Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

    Page :E136

    J. Vinski, M. Bertin, S. Gordon

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·A Two–Hospital Multidiscinary Approach towards the Reduction of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)

    Page :E136

    V. Lipke, B. Carman

    Résumé Résumé  
  • ·Blue Ribbon Abstract Award : Pre-Operative Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Screening Does Reduce Total Joint Surgical Site Infections

    Page :E137

    M.R. Nicholson, P. Kirk, M. Robinson, G. Hissong, K. Gillespie

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·A Multidisciplinary Approach with Reducing Cardiac Surgical Site Infections

    Page :E138

    S. Schweon, K. Matika, A. Carmona, J. Jahre, D. Sabol

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Risk Factors for Meningitis Following Cerebral Angiography: A Case-Control Study

    Page :E139

    L.L. Fauerbach, U. Ejie, M.A. Gross, R.E. Kelly, L.K. Archibald

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·If First You Don’t Succeed: Re-Analyze the Data or: Drilling down Dialysis Data

    Page :E140

    D.L. Farnsworth, L. Greene, G. Dumyati

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Clostridium difficile Disease in Bone Marrow Transplant Unit

    Page :E141

    M.A. Gross, L.L. Fauerbach, C.W. Ruse, R.E. Kelly, L.K. Archibald

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·A Unique Approach to Outbreak Control: Partnership with Infection Control (IC) Fostered Compliance and Control of a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Outbreak in an Intensive Care Nursery (ICN)

    Page :E142

    C.M. Carriker, M. Schott, M.L. Smithwick, R.N. Goldberg, K.S. Kaye

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Review of Selected Comprehensive Cancer Centers’ Written Policies for Preventing Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections

    Page :E142

    J.L. Mayfield, M. Mendelsohn, S. O’Rourke, L.R. Roman, J.E. Mangino

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Investigation of a Cluster of Pediatric Cardiac [PC] Surgical Site Infections [SSI] Leads to Discovery of Significant Difference in PC SSI Rates by Specific Procedure [SP]

    Page :E143

    K. Mackie, X. Song, P. Wieczorek, T.M. Perl

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Affiliation of Infection Prevention Professionals: A Model for Improving Infection Control in Ambulatory Care Settings

    Page :E144

    A.C. Maher, B.A. Hohf, M.A. Kassai, J.L. Drapchak, N.A. Nelsen

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·The Role of Environmental and Electronic Surveillance in the Control of Invasive Aspergillosis among Ambulatory Hematologic Transplant Patients

    Page :E145

    S.T. Dreitzler, C. Casper, D.J. Shiozaki, S. Adam, L.A. Helbert

    Résumé Résumé  
  • ·Withdrawn

    Page :E146

    
  • ·Urinary Tract Infection Prophylaxis with Cranberry Extract in the Long Term Care Setting

    Page :E146

    J.Z. Vaughan, C. Tully, L. Ballentine

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Strategies To Reduce the Incidence of Pneumonia in a Pediatric Long Term Care Population

    Page :E146

    A.C. Maher, F. Biney-Amissah, S. Cycak, K. Yalamanchi, J. Defeo

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Clap On, Clap Off

    Page :E147

    K.C. Chaitoff, T.E. Edelman, L.F. Cataldo, B. Kiepert, H. Buckley

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Management of Increased Incidence of Clostridium Difficile Associated Diarrhea in a 90 Bed VA Nursing Home

    Page :E148

    P.G. Grota, K. Echevarria, L. Kostroun, J.E. Patterson

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Back to Basics Education for Urinary Catheter Care in a Home Care Setting

    Page :E149

    K. Bryant, P. Osborne, S. McKee, S. Bishop

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Implementation of Guidelines To Monitor Dental Unit Water Quality

    Page :E149

    B.L. Pfaff, M.A. Michels, N.K. Dreves, K.M. Marnach

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Preparation and Management of Influenza Outbreaks in Multiple Long Term Care Centers

    Page :E150

    K.E. Agnes, M. Sanikop, M.-C. Roghmann

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Increased Number of Deaths with Concomitant Diagnosis of Clostridium Difficile in a Community Hospital

    Page :E151

    P.E. Lafaro, R.G. Nahass

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Antibiotics Susceptibility Commonality for Community Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus vs Hospital Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Page :E152

    F.D. Valena, S.M. Smith, M.H. McLeod-Douse

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Withdrawn

    Page :E153

    
  • ·Nosocomial Infection Surveillance in a Colombian Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

    Page :E153

    G.A. Contreras, A.L. Leal, R. Prieto, A.L. Hermida

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Standardization of Data Collection and Reporting Methods for Infection Control (IC) Surveillance of Targeted, High Risk Procedures Via a Web Based Format in a 22 Hospital System Leads to the Development of a Model Process

    Page :E154

    P.L. Bush, D.A. Blumberg, J.M. Weber, D.E. Lighter, T.A. Trottier

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Reduction of Skin Flora in Blood Cultures from Patients on an Oncology Unit in a Large Acute Care Hospital

    Page :E155

    P.R. Bull

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Blue Ribbon Abstract Award : Hospital-Acquired Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease: Differences in Definitions Translate into Large Differences in Rates

    Page :E155

    K.M. McMullen, J.L. Mayfield, E.R. Dubberke

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Setting up a BSI Benchmarking Database for Comprehensive Cancer Centers

    Page :E156

    P.A. Hazamy, D.R. Woodard

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Evaluation of Cesarean Section Endometritis Case-Finding Methods

    Page :E157

    J.E. Rey

    Résumé Résumé
  • ·Soaring to New Heights with Data Mining

    Page :E157

    T.K. Dao

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• Index

  • ·Author index

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    Plan Plan