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The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Publication Info

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Vol. 28, No. 12, December 2007
Issue Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/525036
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  1. Poverty and Human Development: Editorial
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      Addressing Poverty and Human Development—Synonymous With Infection Control • (pp. 1321-1322)  Free Content
      Preeti N. Malani , MD, MSJ
      DOI: 10.1086/523860
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523860
  2. Poverty and Human Development: Commentary
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      Healthcare‐Associated Infection in Developing Countries: Simple Solutions to Meet Complex Challenges • (pp. 1323-1327)  Free Content
      Benedetta Allegranzi , MD, Didier Pittet , MD, MS
      DOI: 10.1086/521656
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/521656
  3. Poverty and Human Development: Original Article
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      Planning and Implementation of an Infection Control Training Program for Healthcare Providers in Latin America • (pp. 1328-1333)  Free Content
      Miguela A. Caniza , MD, Gabriela Maron , MD, Jonathan McCullers , MD, Wilfrido A. Clara , MD, Rafael Cedillos , MD, Lourdes Dueñas , MD, Sandra Arnold , MD, Bonnie F. Williams , RN, CIC, Elaine I. Tuomanen , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/521655
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/521655
  4. Poverty and Human Development: Concise Communications
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      Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Risk Among Surgeons in Sub‐Saharan Africa • (pp. 1334-1336)  Free Content
      Elayne Kornblatt Phillips , RN, MPH, PhD, Alex Owusu‐Ofori , MPhil, MD, Janine Jagger , MPH, PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/522681
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/522681
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      Use of Ivermectin to Treat an Institutional Outbreak of Scabies in a Low‐Resource Setting • (pp. 1337-1338)  Free Content
      Coralith Garcia , MD, David Iglesias , MD, Angélica Terashima , MD, Marco Canales , MSc, Eduardo Gotuzzo , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/521657
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/521657
  5. Original Articles
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      Comparison of a Semipermeable Dressing Bonded to an Absorbent Pad and a Semipermeable Dressing Over a Separate Gauze Pad for Containment of Vaccinia Virus at the Vaccination Site • (pp. 1339-1343)  Free Content
      Michael R. Savona , MD, Wilfred P. Dela Cruz , PhD, Jennifer A. Thornton , PhD, Patrick J. Danaher , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/523277
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523277
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      Double‐Blind, Randomized, Crossover Trial of 3 Hand Rub Formulations: Fast‐Track Evaluation of Tolerability and Acceptability • (pp. 1344-1351)  Free Content
      Didier Pittet , MD, MS, Benedetta Allegranzi , MD, Hugo Sax , MD, Marie‐Noelle Chraiti , RN, William Griffiths , PharmD, PhD, Hervé Richet , MD, World Health Organization Global Patient Safety Challenge Alcohol‐Based Handrub Task Force
      DOI: 10.1086/523272
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523272
    3. Free Access
      Use of Safety Devices and the Prevention of Percutaneous Injuries Among Healthcare Workers • (pp. 1352-1360)  Free Content
      Victoria Valls , MD, M. Salud Lozano , RN, Remedios Yánez , RN, María José Martínez , RN, Francisco Pascual , MD, Joan Lloret , MD, Juan Antonio Ruiz , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/523275
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523275
    4. Free Access
      Comparison of Hospitalwide Surveillance and Targeted Intensive Care Unit Surveillance of Healthcare‐Associated Infections • (pp. 1361-1366)  Free Content
      David J. Weber , MD, MPH, Emily E. Sickbert‐Bennett , MS, Vickie Brown , RN, MPH, William A. Rutala , PhD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/523868
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523868
    5. Free Access
      Does Catheter‐Associated Urinary Tract Infection Increase Mortality in Critically Ill Patients? • (pp. 1367-1373)  Free Content
      Christophe Clec’h , MD, Carole Schwebel , MD, Adrien Français , MSc, Dany Toledano , MD, Jean‐Philippe Fosse , MD, Maïté Garrouste‐Orgeas , MD, Elie Azoulay , MD, PhD, Christophe Adrie , MD, PhD, Samir Jamali , MD, Adrien Descorps‐Declere , MD, Didier Nakache , PhD, Jean‐François Timsit , MD, PhD, Yves Cohen , MD, OutcomeRea Study Group
      DOI: 10.1086/523279
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523279
    6. Free Access
      Effect of Communication Errors During Calls to an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program • (pp. 1374-1381)  Free Content
      Darren R. Linkin , MD, MSCE, Neil O. Fishman , MD, J. Richard Landis , PhD, Todd D. Barton , MD, Steven Gluckman , MD, Jay Kostman , MD, Joshua P. Metlay , MD, PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/523861
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523861
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      Determination of Risk Factors Associated With Isolation of Linezolid‐Resistant Strains of Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococcus • (pp. 1382-1388)  Free Content
      Jason M. Pogue , PharmD, David L. Paterson , MD, A. William Pasculle , ScD, Brian A. Potoski , PharmD
      DOI: 10.1086/523276
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523276
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      Relationship Between Rates of Antimicrobial Consumption and the Incidence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates From 47 French Hospitals • (pp. 1389-1395)  Free Content
      A. M. Rogues , MD, PhD, C. Dumartin , DPharm, B. Amadéo, A. G. Venier , MD, N. Marty , MD, PhD, P. Parneix , MD, J. P. Gachie , MD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/523280
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523280
  6. Concise Communications
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      A Case of Creutzfeldt‐Jakob Disease Associated With a Dura Mater Graft in the United States • (pp. 1396-1397)  Free Content
      David B. Blossom , MD, MS, Ryan A. Maddox , MPH, Suzanne F. Beavers , MD, Kelly A. Church , MD, Doug A. Thoroughman , PhD, Lawrence B. Schonberger , MD, MPH, Ermias D. Belay , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/523862
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523862
    2. Free Access
      Factors That Influenced Rates of Influenza Vaccination Among Employees of Wisconsin Acute Care Hospitals and Nursing Homes During the 2005‐2006 Influenza Season • (pp. 1398-1400)  Free Content
      Gwen Borlaug , CIC, MPH, Alexandra Newman , DVM, MPH, John Pfister , MS, Jeffrey P. Davis , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/523866
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523866
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      Survey of Infection Control Programs in a Large National Healthcare System • (pp. 1401-1403)  Free Content
      Thomas R. Talbot , MD, MPH, Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor , MD, Robert A. Greevy , PhD, Hayley Burgess , PharmD, Mark V. Williams , MD, Jayant K. Deshpande , MD, MPH, Patsy McFadden , RN, Matthew B. Weinger , MD, Jane Englebright , PhD, RN, Robert S. Dittus , MD, MPH, Theodore Speroff , PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/523867
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523867
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      Staphylococcus aureus Colonization Among Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Care Hospital • (pp. 1404-1407)  Free Content
      Cecilia P. Johnston , MD, MHS, Amy K. Stokes , BS, Tracy Ross , BS, Mian Cai , PhD, Karen C. Carroll , MD, Sara E. Cosgrove , MD, MS, Trish M. Perl , MD, MSc
      DOI: 10.1086/523865
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523865
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      Impact of Automatic Orders to Discontinue Vancomycin Therapy on Vancomycin Use in an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program • (pp. 1408-1410)  Free Content
      Denise M. Connor , MD, Shawn Binkley , PharmD, Neil O. Fishman , MD, Leanne B. Gasink , MD, MSCE, Darren Linkin , MD, MSCE, Ebbing Lautenbach , MD, MPH, MSCE
      DOI: 10.1086/523864
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523864
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      Physicians’ Perceptions, Beliefs, Attitudes, and Knowledge Concerning Antimicrobial Resistance in a Brazilian Teaching Hospital • (pp. 1411-1414)  Free Content
      Carla Morales Guerra , MD, Carlos Alberto Pires Pereira , MD, Armando R. Neves Neto , MSc, Denise Mary Cardo , MD, Luci Correa , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/523278
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523278
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      Does Nasal Colonization or Mupirocin Treatment Affect Recurrence of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Skin Structure Infections? • (pp. 1415-1416)  Free Content
      Joseph Rahimian , MD, Raymond Khan , MD, Keith A. LaScalea , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/523273
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523273
  7. Letters to the Editor
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      Problems in the Interpretation of Serological Results of Hepatitis B Testing During an Incident of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in a Dialysis Unit • (pp. 1417-1418)  Free Content
      F. Fitzpatrick , MD, M. Crean , MSc, G. Kaminski , MSc, J. Connell , PhD, L. Thornton , MB, N. Murphy , MSc, A. Brennan , MPhil, J. Walsh , MB, H. Humphreys , MD, E. Smyth , MB
      DOI: 10.1086/523274
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523274
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      Understanding Why Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Control Measures Are Successful in Different Countries • (pp. 1418-1419)  Free Content
      Hilary Humphreys , MD, FRCPI, FRCPath, Dip HIC
      DOI: 10.1086/523863
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/523863
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      Reviewers for 2007(pp. 1420-1421)  Free Content
      DOI: 10.1086/524756
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/524756
    4. Free Access
      Author Index(pp. 1422-1427)  Free Content
      DOI: 10.1086/525061
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/525061