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• • ·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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• Editorial

  • ·Martin S. Favero, PhD

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    Syed A. Sattar, William A. Rutala

     

• Commentary

  • ·Notes from the Decennial

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    Plan Plan
  • ·Environmental culturing for Legionella: Can we build a better mouse trap?

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    Janet E. Stout, Victor L. Yu

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• Major Articles

  • ·Effective environmental sampling strategies for monitoring Legionella spp contamination in hot water systems

    Page :344-349

    Savina Ditommaso, Monica Giacomuzzi, Marino Gentile, Angela Ruggenini Moiraghi, Carla M. Zotti

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  • ·Significant impact of terminal room cleaning with bleach on reducing nosocomial Clostridium difficile

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    Donna M. Hacek, Anna Marie Ogle, Adrienne Fisher, Ari Robicsek, Lance R. Peterson

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  • ·Inactivation of influenza A virus H1N1 by disinfection process

    Page :354-360

    Eun Kyo Jeong, Jung Eun Bae, In Seop Kim

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  • ·Active surveillance testing and decontamination strategies in intensive care units to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

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    Asok Kurup, Nidhi Chlebicka, Kwee Yuen Tan, Eileen Xueqin Chen, Lynette Oon, Tan Ai Ling, Moi Lin Ling, Jenny Low Guek Hong

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  • ·Exposure of emergency medical responders to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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    Jonathan D. Sexton, Kelly A. Reynolds

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  • ·Prevalence of preventive behaviors and associated factors during early phase of the H1N1 influenza epidemic

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    Joseph T.F. Lau, Sian Griffiths, Kai-chow Choi, Chunqing Lin

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  • ·Reusable elastomeric air-purifying respirators: Physiologic impact on health care workers

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    Raymond J. Roberge, Aitor Coca, W. Jon Williams, Jeffrey B. Powell, Andrew J. Palmiero

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  • ·Who is really caring for your environment of care? Developing standardized cleaning procedures and effective monitoring techniques

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    Diane G. Dumigan, John M. Boyce, Nancy L. Havill, Michael Golebiewski, Ola Balogun, Ramo Rizvani

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  • ·Effect of surfactants, temperature, and sonication on the virucidal activity of polyhexamethylene biguanide against the bacteriophage MS2

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    Federica Pinto, Jean-Yves Maillard, Stephen P. Denyer

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  • ·Rural Indonesian health care workers’ constructs of infection prevention and control knowledge

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    Brahmaputra Marjadi, Mary-Louise McLaws

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Bacterial flora on cell phones of health care providers in a teaching institution

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    Mir Sadat-Ali, Ammar K. Al-Omran, Quamar Azam, Huda Bukari, AlHussain J. Al-Zahrani, Rasha A. Al-Turki, Abdallah S. Al-Omran

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  • ·Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a tertiary hospital: The lack of effect of measures directed mainly by surveillance cultures and differences in response between Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis

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    Graziella H. Pereira, Patrícia R. Müller, Rosemeire C. Zanella, Marisa de Jesus Castro Lima, Dionisio Setaro Torchio, Anna S. Levin

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  • ·Notifiable infectious disease reporting awareness among physicians and registered nurses in primary care and emergency department settings

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    Wayne Turnberg, William Daniell, Jeffrey Duchin

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  • ·Infection control nurse specialist education in Korea

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    Kyung Mi Kim, Jae Sim Jeong, Ho Ran Park

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• Special Article

  • ·Healthcare-associated Infections Studies Project: An American Journal of Infection Control and National Healthcare Safety Network Data Quality Collaboration

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

    

• Letter to the Editor

  • ·Potential bacterial cross-contamination using pillboxes in the hospital

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    Claude Dussart, Catherine Mazenot, Virgine Lamand, Benoît Chevalier, Gilles Grelaud

     

• APIC Annual Conference

  • ·APIC 2010 Abstracts

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  • ·Abstract Awards

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  • ·Abstracts and Posters Were Submitted in Two Different Formats

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• Poster Abstracts

  • ·A Process for Discontinuation of Contact Precautions

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  • ·An Overall Decrease in HAI MRSA Rates after Institution of an MRSA Screening Program in Critical Care

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  • ·Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns for Community Acquired Methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in a Veterans Administration Medical Center in Northwest Louisiana, 2005-2007

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  • ·Comparison of Antimicrobial and Standard Privacy Curtains: Efficacy and Cost Analysis

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  • ·The Influence of Feedback on the Prescribing of Antibiotics by Family Physicians for Respiratory Tract Infections

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  • ·Comparison of Inactivation Profiles of Surrogate Strains of Human Norovirus and Clostridium difficile Against Gaseous Ozone

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  • ·Development of Fluorinated TiO₂ Film and Evaluation of Its Potential Application to Control Human Norovirus on Environmental Surfaces

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  • ·Elimination of Clostridium difficile Infections (CDI) by Illumination? Surface Disinfection by Ultraviolet Light Treatment

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  • ·Elimination of Staphylococcus aureus Surgical Site Infections With a Common Susceptibility Pattern

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  • ·Evaluation of a Programmatic Approach to Improving Patient Room Cleaning Outcomes

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  • ·Persistence Factors in Handwashes

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  • ·Assessing Hospital Emergency Preparedness on Infectious Diseases in Japan

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  • ·Comparison of Filtration Efficiency of a N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator and Surgical Mask Against Viral Aerosols

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  • ·Incident Management System Utilized for Pandemic Flu Response

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  • ·Infection Prevention in a Large Community-wide Drive-thru Point of Dispensing (POD) for H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Immunization

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  • ·Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Outbreak Response: An Exercise in Health System Preparedness

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  • ·The Flu and You: Information to Keep you Forewarned and Forearmed

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  • ·A Collaborative Approach to Decreasing Knee Prosthesis (KPRO) SSI in a Total Joint Replacement Program

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  • ·A Comparison of Performance of Two Computer Algorithms to Identify Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) Using Electronic Data

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  • ·A Novel Five-tier Approach to Reduce Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infections in an Academic Medical Center

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  • ·A Successful Campaign: The Value of Teamwork in Implementing the Central Line Bundle on Six Medical Surgical Units and Interventional Radiology

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  • ·An Evidence-based Approach to Determining Hospital Suction Canister Change Protocols

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  • ·Central Venous Catheter Microbial Colonization in Relation to Insertion and Care Practices in Some Egyptian Intensive Care Units

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  • ·Did You Bathe Your Patient Today? Common Sense Practice to Reducing Hospital-acquired Infections

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  • ·Eradicating Post-circumcision Staphylococcal Infection in the Well Baby Nursery

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  • ·Incidence of and Risk Factors for Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care in Vietnam

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  • ·Infection Prevention Initiative—Reduction of Surgical Site Infections With Antimicrobial Impregnated Gauze Dressings

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  • ·Maintained Low Rate of Catheter-related Bloodstream Infections (CRBSIs) After the Discontinuation of a Luer-access Device (LAD) at an Academic Medical Center

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  • ·Maintaining a Zero Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infection Rate for 17 Months Across a Large and Diverse Adult Patient Population: What Gets the Credit?

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  • ·Prevention of Post-op Pneumonia Utilizing Pre-operative Oral Care

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  • ·Range of Policies for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections in Intensive Care Units (ICUs)

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  • ·Reducing Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Using Team Approach

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  • ·Reduction in Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections

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  • ·Reduction in Central Line-related Bloodstream Infection (CLBSI) as a Result of Multiple Process Improvement Changes

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  • ·Reduction of Indwelling Urinary Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) through System-wide Interventions

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  • ·Reduction of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Incidence in a 32-bed Combined Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit After Adding Chlorhexidine Oral Care and Skin Cleansing to the Ventilator Bundle

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  • ·Targeting Zero: A Systematic Approach to Elimination of Catheter-related Bloodstream Infections in a Pediatric Healthcare System

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  • ·Use of an Observational, Nationwide Inpatient Discharge Database to Document the Economic Benefits Associated With Innovative Antimicrobial Technology to Reduce the Risk of Surgical Site Infection (SSI)

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  • ·What Impact Does Chlorhexidine Gluconate Transparent IV Securement Dressing Have on Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Rates?

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  • ·Emergence of Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Patients at a Tertiary Renal Medical Center

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  • ·Impact of a Measles Exposure in an Emergency Department

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  • ·Impact of H1N1 on NJ Infection Preventionist Activities, or Swine, Surveys and Survival of the New Jersey Infection Preventionist 2009

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  • ·The Canadian Containment Approach to Clostridium difficile

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  • ·A Pilot Project to Determine Bacterial Contamination on Hospital Beds and Environmental Surfaces

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  • ·Assessment of Two Hydrogen Peroxide Technologies for Hospital Room Decontamination Following Patient Discharge

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  • ·Operating Room Environmental Surveillance: Do You See What I See?

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  • ·Patient Ready Rooms: A Surveillance Method for Improving Cleaning Quality

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  • ·Brucella melitensis Exposure of Healthcare Workers (HCWS) in the Clinical Laboratory of a Large Acute Care Hospital

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  • ·Exploring Influenza Vaccination as a Condition of Employment: One Hospital's Journey

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  • ·Indeterminate and Positivity Rates of a Commercially Available Enzyme-linked Immunospot (ELISPOT) Blood Test in At-risk Groups for Tuberculosis Infection

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  • ·Pulmonary Tuberculosis Exposure Investigation: When the Source Is a Health Care Worker Working at Two Affiliated Hospitals

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  • ·Strategies to Improve Seasonal Influenza Vaccination among HCWs

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  • ·The Successful Implementation of Mandatory Seasonal Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Workers at an Academic Medical Center

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  • ·Two-step Tuberculosis Contact Investigation using QuantiFERON-TB Gold

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  • ·Bacteremia Associated With Hemodialysis Catheters in the Outpatient Chronic Hemodialysis Unit

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  • ·100% Universal Admission Screening for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Plus Eradication Therapy With Mupirocin Plus Chlorhexidine Decreased Healthcare-associated Infections due to MRSA in a Tertiary Care Hospital

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  • ·A Comprehensive, Ongoing Program to Eliminate Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections in Two Intensive Care Units

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  • ·A Descriptive Evaluation of Infection Control at HIV Centers Within Drug-resistant TB Hospitals in South Africa

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  • ·A Multi-faceted Approach Results in Sustained Improvement in Hand Hygiene Practices at a Community Hospital

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  • ·A Novel Approach to the Challenges of MDRO Management in a Long-term Acute Care (LTAC) Hospital Setting

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  • ·Automated collection of hand hygiene data shows statistical relationship which can alert health care facility when rates fall below acceptable level

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  • ·Characteristics of Hospitals Participating in Patient Safety Collaboratives and Implementation of Infection Prevention and Control Practices

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  • ·Hospital Adoption of Automated Surveillance Technology and the Implementation of Infection Prevention and Control Programs

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  • ·Does Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria acellular pertussis) Vaccine Compliance Increase with “Mandatory” Healthcare Worker (HCW) Influenza Immunization (FluImm) Program?

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  • ·Education for Population-based Infection Control & Environmental Safety (PICES): How Are We Preparing the Next Generation of IPs?

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  • ·Evaluation of a New Flexible Mounting Dispenser to Improve Point of Care Product Access in an Acute Care Hospital and the Resulting Effect on Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates

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  • ·Facilitators and Barriers in Implementing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Policy of Nonpayment for Preventable Complications

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  • ·Clinical Decision Support Technology Streamlines Documentation of Infection Control Interventions for Timely Removal of Foley and Central Venous Catheters

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  • ·Host Genetic Polymorphisms in Couples Discordant for Human Immunodeficiency VirusType 1 Infection in Accra, Ghana

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  • ·Impact of Enhanced Isolation Precautions for Influenza Beyond Nationally Established Recommendations

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  • ·Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance: A Multidisciplinary Approach

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  • ·Leveraging Executive Support; Assuring Management Accountability for Infection Prevention Outcomes

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  • ·Mandatory LTC Infection Surveillance Reporting to a State Agency: Lessons Learned

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  • ·Medicare's Policy of Nonpayment for Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections

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  • ·MRSA Prevention Partnership

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  • ·Multi-disciplinary Approach to Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Appears Effective

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  • ·Optimizing Infection Prevention (IP) Process and Management of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza in a Pediatric Oncology Unit in Guatemala City

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  • ·Patient Education: Making a Better Health Care Consumer

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  • ·Post Exposure Prophylaxis in a Pandemic: A Prescription for National Disease Specific Definitions

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  • ·Project: Clean Sweep Reducing Healthcare-associated Infections, Employee Absenteeism, Healthcare Cost and Hospital Readmissions in a Long Term Care Facility

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  • ·Reducing the Threat of Clostridium diffcile by implementing a Clostridium difficile Bundle

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  • ·Reduction in Hospital-acquired MRSA and VRE Infections Through Active Surveillance Cultures

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  • ·Reduction of Low Transverse Cesarean Section-associated Surgical Site Infections

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  • ·Reduction of Surgical Site Infections Following Pancreatectomy Procedure

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  • ·Rural Healthcare—Proactive Role of Campaigning for Influenza Prevention

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  • ·Situation Analysis of Nosocomial TB Transmission Prevention among Hospitals in Thailand

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  • ·The Connector or Not the Connector: Reduction of Blood Culture Contamination

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  • ·The Importance of Piloting Changes: Our Surprise That More is Less—Staff Rejection of Additional Visual Clues for Use of Contact Precautions

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  • ·The Use of Coaches to Enhance the Infection Prevention Program at a Large Teaching Hospital

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  • ·Use of a Room Placement Algorithm for Safe Placement of Patients With MRSA and/or VRE Colonization in a Long-term Acute Care (LTAC) Hospital Setting

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  • ·Witness to the 21^st Century Infection Preventionist (IP) Pioneer Spirit: Establishing a Sister Chapter Partnership in Kenya

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  • ·A Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) Approach Significantly Decreased SSI in Cardiac Surgery

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  • ·A Guideline for Prioritization of Investigation of Possible Healthcare-related Disease Transmission—New York State

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  • ·A Multidisciplinary Approach to Vancomyocin-resistant Enterococcus Outbreak Management

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  • ·An Outbreak of Community Acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in a Pediatric Hospital Burn Unit

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  • ·Bed Bug Infestation on a Maternity Unit in a Tertiary Care Center

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  • ·Control of Recurrent Outbreaks of Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Attributed to Removal of Alcohol Sources from the ICU Environment in a United Arab Emirates Hospital

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  • ·First Outbreak of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 Among Japanese Healthcare Workers and Hospitalized Patients

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  • ·Going Batty: Investigation of Bat Infestation in a Tertiary Hospital

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  • ·Hepatitis B Virus Exposure in an Inpatient Hemodialysis Unit Due to Delayed Recognition of Reactivation in a Kidney Transplant Patient

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  • ·Identification and Control of an Outbreak of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Hematology/Oncology Patients at a Comprehensive Cancer Center

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  • ·Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection in Adult Long Term Care—New York, 2009

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  • ·Investigation of a Parainfluenza Outbreak in a Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Unit

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  • ·Investigation of an Outbreak of Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the Medical Intensive Care Unit and Efficacy of Infection Control Measures

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  • ·Legionella - Every Infection Preventionist's Dream—Or Is It?

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  • ·Nosocomial Listeriosis Associated With Tuna Fish Salad

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  • ·Preventing Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Transmission—A Private Room Helps but Is Not the Solution

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  • ·Successful Eradication of a Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus Outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit—When Order Counts in Hand Hygiene

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  • ·The Impact of Infection Control Interventions to Prevent Norwalk Virus Outbreaks on Inpatient Psychiatric Units

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  • ·Change in Clostridium difficile Testing Methodology: Impact on Hospital Costs and Infection Control Activity

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  • ·Clostridium difficile testing by Polymerase Chain Reaction: Change to Benefit All

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  • ·Coaching the Change: 2% Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and 70% Isopropyl Alcohol

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  • ·Financial Implications of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening in Hospitals

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  • ·Hospital Costs Associated With Surgical Site Infections in General and Vascular Surgery Patients

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  • ·Process Improvement Project Utilizing Antimicrobial Dressings With the Goal of Reducing the Surgical Site Infection Rate

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  • ·The Improper Placement of the Chlorhexidine Gluconate Sponge Dressing for Use on Central Venous Devices

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  • ·Use of an Antimicrobial Luer Activated Device on Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheters (PICCs) to Reduce Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection Rates

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  • ·Use of an Organoleptic Panel to Evaluate Environmental Sporicide Aesthetics

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  • ·Assessment of a Mandatory Reporting System on Compliance With Evidence-based Practices for Prevention of Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections

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  • ·Mandatory Reporting of Hip Replacement Procedures: Validating Accuracy, New York State 2008

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  • ·New York State Hospital-acquired Infection Reporting System: Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) Central Line Infection Rates, New York State Rate

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  • ·A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Improving Environmental Hygiene In a Pediatric System

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  • ·A Multi-faceted Hand Hygiene Performance Improvement Initiatitve Improved Hand Hygiene Compliance and Potentially Decreased Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile

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  • ·Adaptation of World Health Organization Hand Hygiene Method for a Large United States Healthcare System

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  • ·Can Automated Surveillance Software Assist With Cohorting Patients with Multidrug-resistant Organisms?

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  • ·Comprehensive Auality Improvement Program in Magnet Facility ICU Significantly Reduces Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP) Incidence

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  • ·Developing a Process to Reduce Risk of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections and Complications in the Non-intensive Care Units

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  • ·Does an Automated Infection Surveillance System Benefit a Hospital With Limited Information System Resources?

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  • ·Effects of Applying Excessive Suction Pressure to a Ventilated Porcine Lung Model

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  • ·Hand Hygiene Measurement: Analysis of the Methodology

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  • ·Improving the Process of Supplying Central Supply Instruments to the OR by Applying Lean

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  • ·Patient and Environmental Service Employee Satisfaction and Tolerance of Using Germicidal Bleach Wipes for Patient Room Cleaning to Reduce Transmission of Clostridium Difficile Infection

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  • ·Reducing Surgical Post-operative Infections Through a Multidisciplinary Team Approach

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  • ·Squeaky Clean Hands Result from Child/Family Directed Care

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  • ·Surgical Site Infection Prevention Initiative: Patient Attitude and Compliance

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  • ·Use of Trained Student Volunteers to Assess Adherence to Hand Hygiene Guidelines by Healthcare Workers

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  • ·Using a Multidisciplinary Team to Prevent HAIs in the NICU

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  • ·Using Lean/Six Sigma Quality Improvement Methodologies to Reduce Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) in a Pediatric Hospital

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  • ·Utilizing LEAN Concepts and Kaizen Methods to Standardize Processes and Decrease Surgical Site Infection Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

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  • ·Special Populations (Infections in the Immunocompromised Host, Pediatrics) : NICU Journey to Zero Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections: Incremental Interventions Lead to Sustainable Outcomes

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  • ·Amazon Parrot With Mycobacteria tuberculosis Complex

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  • ·Armed and Ready for Change: Validation of Using Alcoholic Chlorhexidine Gluconate for Blood Donor Services

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  • ·Emergency Preparedness in the Ambulatory Care Setting: Lessons Learned: From H1N1

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  • ·Evolution of an Infection Prevention Program in a Network of Ambulatory Care Settings

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  • ·Steps to Development of a Sustainable Resident Immunization Program in Long-term Care

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  • ·Improving Accuracy of Electronic Outpatient Influenza Surveillance With Staff Training Following a Vaccine Miscoding Event

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  • ·Increasing Cleaning Practice and Morale in Multi-role Personal Support Workers

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  • ·Meeting National Patient Safety Goals 7 and 13: A Model for Healthcare-associated Infection Prevention Education

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  • ·Search and Destroy

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  • ·Which PPE is right for you?

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  • ·A Conceptual Model for Developing an Evidence-based Program to Indentify and Manage the Patient at Risk for Clostridium difficile Infection

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  • ·A Prospective Study of the Outcome of Incident Nasal Colonization With MRSA

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  • ·Description of a Hospital Based Aggregate Reporting System Developed During the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic: Importance of Partnering Among Public Health Nurses and Infection Preventionists

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  • ·Development of Electronic Capture of Central Venous Catheter (CVC) Characteristics and Use

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  • ·H1N1 Influenza Coding Errors Resulting in Widespread Influenza-like-Illness Alerts in Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities

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  • ·Hail to Electronics! Electronic Surveillance Systems (ESS) and 34% UTI Reduction

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  • ·Methods of Measuring compliance With Transmission-based isolation Precautions: Comparison of Paper-based and Electronic Data Collection

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  • ·Streamlining Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Methods

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  • ·Surveillance Cultures for Multi-Drug Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli from Patients Admitted from Long-Term Care Facilities

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  • ·Survey to Determine Compliance With Center for Disease Control (CDC) Recommendations for Vacccination among Pregnant Women

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  • ·Use of Active Surveillance Cultures to Determine Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization and the Effect on MRSA Clinical Culture Rates in an Intensive Care Unit.

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  • ·Use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to Optimize Communication of Isolation Practices

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  • ·Using Electronic Surveillance to Facilitate Implementation of a Process Improvement Program for Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Prevention

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• Oral Abstracts

  • ·Microbial Contamination and the Sterilization/Disinfection of Surgical Guides Used in the Placement of Endosteal Implants

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  • ·Efficacy of Hand Hygiene Products Against Pandemic H1N1 Influenza

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  • ·Comparison of Fluorescent Marker Systems to Two Quantitative Methods of Assessing Discharge Cleaning Practices

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  • ·Cupriavidus pauculus Bloodstream Infection in ECMO Patients Related to Inadequate Disinfection

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  • ·Preventing Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection in U.S. Hospitals: 2005 to 2009

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  • ·Pediatric Surgical Site Infection Risk Factors for Craniotomy Procedures

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  • ·New Interventions in Addition to the Central Line Bundle which are Associated With a Sustained Reduction of Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections

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  • ·Significant Reduction in the Rate of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Post C-section (CS)

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  • ·Rapid Identification and Mitigation of an Outbreak of Extensively Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (XDR-Ab)

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  • ·Pseudo-outbreak of Ochrobactrum anthropi in Post-operative Tissue: Cultures

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  • ·Outbreak of Hepatitis C in an Outpatient Alternative Medicine Clinic

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  • ·An Outbreak of Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections Associated With Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Procedures at a Hospital

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  • ·Comparison of Respiratory Specimens for the Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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  • ·Impact of the Ventilator Bundle on Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP) Rates in Intensive Care Units (ICU)

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  • ·Improved Detection of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization Using a Modified Nasal Wash Technique

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  • ·HHS/CDC Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections: How Are We Preparing the Next Generation of Nurses?

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  • ·The Effect of Increased Body Mass Index on the Risk of Surgical Site Infection

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  • ·Post-operative Pneumonia in the US

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  • ·Detection of H1N1 on Hands and Household Surfaces of Infected Individuals

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  • ·To Gown or Not to Gown? What is the Answer to this Question?

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• Author Index

  • ·Author Index - 2010 Abstracts

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    Plan Plan

• Future APIC Annual Conference Dates and Locations

  • ·Future APIC Annual Conference Dates and Locations

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