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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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• • ·Information for Authors

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• Message from APIC

  • ·New year. New beginning. New chapters!

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• Major Articles

  • ·Predictors of Clostridium difficile infection and predictive impact of probiotic use in a diverse hospital-wide cohort

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    Martha L. Carvour, Shane L. Wilder, Keenan L. Ryan, Carla Walraven, Fares Qeadan, Meghan Brett, Kimberly Page

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  • ·Antibiotic exposure and risk of community-associated Clostridium difficile infection: A self-controlled case series analysis

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    Giulio DiDiodato, Lauren Fruchter

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  • ·Bacterial burden is associated with increased transmission to health care workers from patients colonized with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus

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    Sarah S. Jackson, Anthony D. Harris, Laurence S. Magder, Kristen A. Stafford, J. Kristie Johnson, Loren G. Miller, David P. Calfee, Kerri A. Thom, for the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program

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  • ·Patient perceptions of chlorhexidine bathing: A pilot study using the health belief model

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    Teresa Caya, Mary Jo Knobloch, Jackson Musuuza, Emily Wilhelmson, Nasia Safdar

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  • ·A descriptive study of bathing practices in acute care facilities in the United States

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    Lizbeth P. Sturgeon, Dawn Garrett-Wright, Grace Lartey, M. Susan Jones, Lorraine Bormann, Sonya House

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  • ·There is no additional bactericidal efficacy of Environmental Protection Agency–registered disinfectant towelettes after surface drying or beyond label contact time

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    Alyssa M. West, Peter J. Teska, Haley F. Oliver

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  • ·Using the agile implementation model to reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections

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    Jose Azar, Kristen Kelley, Jennifer Dunscomb, Anthony Perkins, Yun Wang, Cole Beeler, Lana Dbeibo, Douglas Webb, Larry Stevens, Mark Luektemeyer, Areeba Kara, Ryan Nagy, Craig A. Solid, Malaz Boustani

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  • ·Secondary measures of hand hygiene performance in health care available with continuous electronic monitoring of individuals

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    Steven Pong, Pamela Holliday, Geoff Fernie

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  • ·Perceptions and attitudes of patients and health care workers toward patient empowerment in promoting hand hygiene

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    María Sande-Meijide, María Lorenzo-González, Fátima Mori-Gamarra, Iria Cortés-Gago, Antía González-Vázquez, Lucía Moure-Rodríguez, María Herranz-Urbasos

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  • ·Implementing the comprehensive unit-based safety program model to improve the management of mechanically ventilated patients in Saudi Arabia

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    Raymond M. Khan, Maha Al-Juaid, Hanan Al-Mutairi, George Bibin, John Alchin, Amal Matroud, Victoria Burrows, Ismael Tan, Salha Zayer, Brintha Naidv, Basim Kalantan, Yaseen M. Arabi

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  • ·Nursing home adoption of the National Healthcare Safety Network Long-term Care Facility Component

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    Andrew W. Dick, Jeneita M. Bell, Nimalie D. Stone, Ashley M. Chastain, Mark Sorbero, Patricia W. Stone

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  • ·Changes in health care-associated infection prevention practices in Japan: Results from 2 national surveys

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    Fumie Sakamoto, Keiko Asano, Tomoko Sakihama, Sanjay Saint, M. Todd Greene, Payal Patel, David Ratz, Yasuharu Tokuda

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  • ·Phased implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program for a large community hospital system

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    L. Hayley Burgess, Karla Miller, Mandelin Cooper, Julia Moody, Jane Englebright, Edward Septimus

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  • ·Implementation of a multifaceted program to sustainably improve appropriate intraoperative antibiotic redosing

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    Cormac T. O'Sullivan, William Kirke Rogers, Mark Ackman, Michihiko Goto, Brian M. Hoff

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  • ·Cross-contamination of bacteria-colonized pierced earring holes and fingers in nurses is a potential source of health care-associated infections

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    Akiko Kanayama Katsuse, Masako Takishima, Miyuki Nagano, Kyoko Kikuchi, Hiroshi Takahashi, Akihiro Kaneko, Intetsu Kobayashi

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• State of the Science Review

  • ·Do we know how best to disinfect child care sites in the United States? A review of available disinfectant efficacy data and health risks of the major disinfectant classes

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    Stephanie M. Holm, Victoria Leonard, Timur Durrani, Mark D. Miller

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Impact of weather on the risk of surgical site infections in a tropical area

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    Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza, Marina de Oliveira Silva, Fernanda Saad Rodrigues, Antônio Ribeiro da Cunha

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  • ·Bacterial contamination of saline nasal irrigations in children: An original research

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    Sara Torretta, Roberto Mattina, Francesco Talloru, Giuliana Sala, Serena Cornelli, Elena Bezze, Paola Marchisio

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  • ·The relevance of sink proximity to toilets on the detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase inside sink drains

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    Blake W. Buchan, Mary Beth Graham, Jill Lindmair-Snell, Jennifer Arvan, Nathan A. Ledeboer, Rahul Nanchal, L. Silvia Munoz-Price

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  • ·A survey of infection prevention and control practices among solid organ transplantation centers

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    Elena Beam, Raymund R. Razonable

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  • ·Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae among pregnant women and newborns in Algeria: Prevalence, molecular characterization, maternal-neonatal transmission, and risk factors for carriage

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    Assia Mairi, Abdelaziz Touati, Sylia Ait Bessai, Yasmina Boutabtoub, Fazia Khelifi, Albert Sotto, Jean-Philippe Lavigne, Alix Pantel

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  • ·The compliance coach: A bedside observer, auditor, and educator as part of an infection prevention department's team approach for improving central line care and reducing central line-associated bloodstream infection risk

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    Mark O. Buchanan, Shelley K. Summerlin-Long, Lauren M. DiBiase, Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett, David J. Weber

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Updates to our web-based infection prevention data toolkits

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    Timothy L. Wiemken

    
  • ·Response to the letter to the editor regarding “Ultrasound probe use and reprocessing: Results from a national survey among U.S. infection preventionists”

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    Ruth M Carrico

    
  • ·Survey responses to policy changes—Overextended consequences

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    Kathleen A. Gase, Kathleen M. McMullen, Marc-Oliver Wright

    

• Online Only Articles

  • ·Comparison of operating room air distribution systems using the environmental quality indicator method of dynamic simulated surgical procedures

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    Jennifer A. Wagner, Damon G. Greeley, Thomas C. Gormley, Troy A. Markel

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  • ·Clostridium difficile infection in pregnant and postpartum women in 2 hospitals and a review of literature

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    Manjula Meda, Nilangi Virgincar, Victoria Gentry, Amanda Walker, Neil Macdonald, Michaela Hooper, Simon Wells, Charlotte Anderson, David Garner, Shamma Mumtaz, Alyson Smith

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