Current Issue February 2012, Vol. 40, No. 1

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Frequency of outbreak investigations in US hospitals: Results of a national survey of infection preventionists
February 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 1 | Pages 2-8)
Emily Rhinehart, Scott Walker, Denise Murphy, Karen O’Reilly, Patty Leeman

Outbreak or coincidental cases of tuberculosis? Genotyping provides the clue
February 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 1 | Pages 9-10)
Ricardo Casas-Fischer, Ana Penedo-Pallares, Juan José Palacios-Gutierrez, Alfonso Moreno-Torrico

Outbreak of bloodstream infections because of Serratia marcescens in a pediatric department
February 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 1 | Pages 11-15)
Elias Iosifidis, Evangelia Farmaki, Natalia Nedelkopoulou, Maria Tsivitanidou, Maria Kaperoni, Vassiliki Pentsoglou, Spyros Pournaras, Miranta Athanasiou-Metaxa, Emmanuel Roilides

Outbreak of acute hepatitis B virus infections associated with podiatric care at a psychiatric long-term care facility
February 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 1 | Pages 16-21)
Matthew E. Wise, Patricia Marquez, Umid Sharapov, Susan Hathaway, Kenneth Katz, Scott Tolan, Alina Beaton, Jan Drobeniuc, Yury Khudyakov, Dale J. Hu, Joseph Perz, Nicola D. Thompson, Elizabeth Bancroft

Risk factors for coronary artery bypass graft chest surgical site infections in New York State, 2008
February 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 1 | Pages 22-28)
Valerie B. Haley, Carole Van Antwerpen, Marie Tsivitis, Diana Doughty, Kathleen A. Gase, Peggy Hazamy, Boldtsetseg Tserenpuntsag, Michael Racz, M. Recai Yucel, Louise-Anne McNutt, Rachel L. Stricof

Knowledge, risk perceptions, and preventive precautions among Hong Kong students during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic
20 February 2012
Kwok-Kei Mak, Ching-Man Lai
This study reports the knowledge, risk perceptions, and preventive precautions among 288 Hong Kong secondary school students during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic. Only 28.1% of the students exp...
Comparison of the efficiency of nail pick and brush used for nail cleaning during surgical scrub on reducing bacterial counts
20 February 2012
Aliye Okgün Alcan, Fatma Demir Korkmaz
Background: Although the surgical scrub is a mandatory and routine procedure, there is no standard recommendation for nail cleaning during the scrub. This study compared the efficacy of nail picks and...
Antibiotic use in Vietnamese hospitals: A multicenter point-prevalence study
20 February 2012
Truong Anh Thu, Mahbubur Rahman, Susan Coffin, Md. Harun-Or-Rashid, Junichi Sakamoto, Nguyen Viet Hung
Background: Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing appears to be common worldwide and is contributing to the selection of resistant organisms. This study examined the prevalence of antibiotic prescripti...
Removal of contaminating bacteria from computers by disinfection and hand sanitation
17 February 2012
Maanasa Joga, Enzo A. Palombo
Computer terminals are well-recognized potential vehicles for the transmission of pathogenic bacteria. Contamination of keyboards and mice with bacteria, including staphylococci, enterococci, and coli...
A multilevel model of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition within the hierarchy of an Australian tertiary hospital
15 February 2012
Fiona Kong, David L. Paterson, Michael Coory, Archie C.A. Clements
Hospitals without universal single room accommodations typically contain multibed cubicles within wards. In this study, we examined whether the variation in a patient’s risk for acquiring methicillin-...

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December 2007 (Vol. 35 | No. 10 | Pages S27-S64)
Sally F. Bloomfield, Allison E. Aiello, Barry Cookson, Carol O'Boyle, Elaine L. Larson
Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: Norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species
June 2010 (Vol. 38 | No. 5 | Pages S25-S33)
David J. Weber, William A. Rutala, Melissa B. Miller, Kirk Huslage, Emily Sickbert-Bennett
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections
May 2011 (Vol. 39 | No. 4 | Pages S1-S34)
Naomi P. O'Grady, Mary Alexander, Lillian A. Burns, E. Patchen Dellinger, Jeffrey Garland, Stephen O. Heard, Pamela A. Lipsett, Henry Masur, Leonard A. Mermel, Michele L. Pearson, Issam I. Raad, Adrienne G. Randolph, Mark E. Rupp, Sanjay Saint, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) (Appendix 1)
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Infection control: Accomplishments and priorities from an individual, state, national, and international perspective
October 2011 (Vol. 39 | No. 8 | Pages 624-627)
Ossama Rasslan, Katherine Ellingson, Rachel L. Stricof, Patricia S. Grant
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National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, data summary from January 1992 through June 2004, issued October 2004
December 2004 (Vol. 32 | No. 8 | Pages 470-485)
A report from the NNIS System
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