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Vol. 29, No. 2, February 2008
Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Issue Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529079
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  1. Original Articles
    1. Free Access
      Influenza Vaccination Among Registered Nurses: Information Receipt, Knowledge, and Decision‐Making at an Institution With a Multifaceted Educational Program • (pp. 99-106)  Free Content
      Cori L. Ofstead , MSPH, Sharon J. Tucker , PhD, RN, Timothy J. Beebe , PhD, Gregory A. Poland , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/526431
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526431
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      Commentary: Improving Rates of Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers: Educate; Motivate; Mandate? • (pp. 107-110)  Free Content
      Thomas R. Talbot , MD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/527573
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/527573
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    3. Free Access
      Use of a Pandemic Preparedness Drill to Increase Rates of Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers • (pp. 111-115)  Free Content
      Jennifer L. Kuntz , MS, Stephanie Holley , BSN, Charles M. Helms , MD, PhD, Joseph E. Cavanaugh , PhD, Jeff Vande Berg , MS, Loreen A. Herwaldt , MD, Philip M. Polgreen , MD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/526434
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526434
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      Extended Use of Urinary Catheters in Older Surgical Patients: A Patient Safety Problem? • (pp. 116-124)  Free Content
      Heidi L. Wald , MD, Anne M. Epstein , PhD, Tiffany A. Radcliff , PhD, Andrew M. Kramer , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/526433
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526433
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    5. Free Access
      Salvage of Long‐Term Central Venous Catheters During an Outbreak of Pseudomonas putida and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Infections Associated With Contaminated Heparin Catheter‐Lock Solution • (pp. 125-130)  Free Content
      M. Beatriz Souza Dias , MD, PhD, Alina Bernardes Habert , MD, Vera Borrasca , RN, Valeska Stempliuk , RN, PhD, Aina Ciolli , RN, M. Rita E. Araújo , MD, Silvia F. Costa , MD, PhD, Anna S. Levin , MD, PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/526440
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526440
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    6. Free Access
      Randomized Controlled Trial and Meta‐analysis of Oral Decontamination with 2% Chlorhexidine Solution for the Prevention of Ventilator‐Associated Pneumonia • (pp. 131-136)  Free Content
      Hutsaya Tantipong , MD, Chantana Morkchareonpong , MD, Songyod Jaiyindee , MD, Visanu Thamlikitkul , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/526438
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526438
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      Measuring Acceptable Treatment Failure Rates for Community‐Acquired Pneumonia: Potential for Reducing Duration of Treatment and Antimicrobial Resistance • (pp. 137-142)  Free Content
      Keith S. Kaye , MD, MPH, Anthony D. Harris , MD, MPH, Jay R. McDonald , MD, Larry J. Strausbaugh , MD, Eli Perencevich , MD, MS, Infectious Diseases Society of America Emerging Infections Network
      DOI: 10.1086/526436
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526436
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      Importance of Bacterial Burden Among Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriers in a Long‐Term Care Facility • (pp. 143-148)  Free Content
      Nimalie D. Stone , MD, Donna R. Lewis , MSN, H. K. Lowery , MS, Lyndsey A. Darrow , BS, Catherine M. Kroll , MPH, Robert P. Gaynes , MD, John A. Jernigan , MD, MS, John E. McGowan, Jr. , MD, Fred C. Tenover , PhD, Chesley L. Richards, Jr. , MD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/526437
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526437
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      Risk of Hand or Glove Contamination After Contact With Patients Colonized With Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococcus or the Colonized Patients' Environment • (pp. 149-154)  Free Content
      Mary K. Hayden , MD, Donald W. Blom , BSN, Elizabeth A. Lyle , AB, Charity G. Moore , PhD, Robert A. Weinstein , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/524331
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/524331
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      Patient Attitudes Regarding Participation in Studies of Antimicrobial Resistance • (pp. 155-159)  Free Content
      Pam Tolomeo , MPH, CCRP, Mary Wheeler , CCRP, Joshua P. Metlay , MD, PhD, Katrina Armstrong , MD, Neil O. Fishman , MD, Warren B. Bilker , PhD, Ebbing Lautenbach , MD, MPH, MSCE
      DOI: 10.1086/526447
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526447
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      Clinical and Economic Consequences of Failure of Initial Antibiotic Therapy for Hospitalized Patients With Complicated Skin and Skin‐Structure Infections • (pp. 160-169)  Free Content
      John Edelsberg , MD, MPH, Ariel Berger , MPH, David J. Weber , MD, MPH, Rajiv Mallick , PhD, Andreas Kuznik , PhD, Gerry Oster , PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/526444
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526444
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  2. Concise Communications
    1. Free Access
      Receptivity to Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Policies for Healthcare Workers Among Registered Nurses Working on Inpatient Units • (pp. 170-173)  Free Content
      Gregory A. Poland , MD, Cori L. Ofstead , MSPH, Sharon J. Tucker , PhD, RN, Timothy J. Beebe , PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/526432
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526432
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      House Staff Attitudes About Influenza Vaccination After Participation in a Clinical Trial to Improve Vaccination of Hospital Patients • (pp. 174-176)  Free Content
      Javier Cabello , MD, Krishna Das , MD, William E. Trick , MD, Mary N. Gerard , MD, Marjorie Charles‐Damte , RN
      DOI: 10.1086/526445
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526445
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      Around‐the‐Clock, Rapid Diagnosis of Influenza by Means of Membrane Chromatography Antigen Testing Confirmed by Polymerase Chain Reaction • (pp. 177-179)  Free Content
      Anna C. Nilsson , MD, Birgitta Alemo, Per Björkman , MD, PhD, Lena Dillner , MD, PhD, Åsa Melhus , MD, PhD, Berit Nilsson, Anders Widell , MD, PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/526446
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526446
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      Macrolide and Clindamycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Isolates and Antibiotic Use in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center • (pp. 180-182)  Free Content
      Rohit Modak , MD, David Ross , MD, PhD, Virginia L. Kan , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/526448
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526448
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      Medical Students' Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens in the Operating Room: 15 Years Later • (pp. 183-185)  Free Content
      Connie J. Chen , BS, Rachel Gallagher , MD, Linda M. Gerber , PhD, Lewis M. Drusin , MD, MPH, Richard B. Roberts , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/526443
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526443
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  3. Letters to the Editor
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      Employee Thoughts on Influenza Vaccine: Here We Go Again • (pp. 186-187)  Free Content
      Noreen H. Chan‐Tompkins , PharmD, Andrew Sahud , MD, Deborah Pucci , RN, BSN, CCM, Cheryl Herbert , RN, CIC
      DOI: 10.1086/524913
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/524913
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    2. Free Access
      Is Diarrhea Enough to Assess the Severity of Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease? • (pp. 187-189)  Free Content
      M. Raffat Jaber , MD, Mark Reeves , MD, PhD, James Couperus , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/524337
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/524337
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      Reply to Jaber et al. • (pp. 189-190)  Free Content
      Erik R. Dubberke , MD, Justin Sadhu , MD, Robert Gatti , BS, Kimberly A. Reske , MPH, John F. DiPersio , MD, PhD, Steven M. Devine , MD, Victoria J. Fraser , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/527273
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/527273
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      Efficacy of Sodium Hypochlorite‐Based Disinfectants Against Clostridium difficile Spores • (pp. 190-191)  Free Content
      Joan Holtschlag , BS
      DOI: 10.1086/524336
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/524336
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      Reply to Holtschlag • (pp. 191-192)  Free Content
      Warren N. Fawley , PhD, Sarah Underwood , BSc, Jane Freeman , PhD, Simon D. Baines , PhD, Katie Saxton , BSc, Keith Stephenson , PhD, Robert C. Owens, Jr. , MD, Mark H. Wilcox , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/527450
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/527450
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      Should Test Methods for Disinfectants Use Vertebrate Viruses Dried on Carriers to Advance Virucidal Claims? • (pp. 192-194)  Free Content
      M. Khalid Ijaz , DVM, PhD, Joseph Rubino , BA, MA
      DOI: 10.1086/526441
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526441
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      Staphylococcus aureus: What Are the Levels of Contamination of Common‐Access Environmental Surfaces? • (pp. 194-196)  Free Content
      Maureen Boost , D Phil, MPH, Margaret O’Donoghue , PhD, See Chung Him , BSc (Hons), MLT (HK), Cheung Man Keung , BSc (Hons), MLT (HK)
      DOI: 10.1086/526435
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526435
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