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Vol. 29, No. 4, April 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/10.1086/587973
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  1. Original Articles
    1. Free Access
      Risk of Infections Associated with Improperly Reprocessed Transrectal Ultrasound–Guided Prostate Biopsy Equipment • (pp. 289-293)  Free Content
      Fernanda Lessa , MD, MPH, Sangwoo Tak , ScD, MPH, Shannon R. DeVader , MPH, Rekha Goswami , MD, MPH, Mary Anderson , RN, BSN, Ian Williams , PhD, Kathleen F. Gensheimer , MD, MPH, Arjun Srinivasan , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/533546
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/533546
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      Commentary: Patient‐to‐Patient Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens in Health Care: The Price and Perils of Progress? • (pp. 294-296)  Free Content
      David K. Henderson , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/587440
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/587440
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      Economic Analysis of Reprocessing Single‐Use Medical Devices: A Systematic Literature Review • (pp. 297-301)  Free Content
      Philip Jacobs , PhD, Julie Polisena , MSc, David Hailey , PhD, Susan Lafferty , BSN, CIC
      DOI: 10.1086/529587
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529587
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    4. Free Access
      Use of a Mandatory Declination Form in a Program for Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers • (pp. 302-308)  Free Content
      Bruce S. Ribner , MD, MPH, Cynthia Hall , RN, COHN‐S/CM, James P. Steinberg , MD, William A. Bornstein , MD, Rosette Chakkalakal , MD, Amir Emamifar , BSPharm, Irving Eichel , RPh, Peter C. Lee , MD, Penny Z. Castellano , MD, Gilbert D. Grossman , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/529586
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529586
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      Availability of Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine to Parents of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients and Its Effect on the Healthcare Worker Vaccination Rate • (pp. 309-313)  Free Content
      Shetal I. Shah , MD, Martha Caprio , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/527515
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/527515
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    6. Free Access
      Symptoms of Influenza Virus Infection in Hospitalized Patients • (pp. 314-319)  Free Content
      C. van den Dool , MSc, E. Hak , PhD, J. Wallinga , PhD, A. M. van Loon , MD, PhD, J. W. J. Lammers , MD, PhD, M. J. M. Bonten , MD, PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/529211
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529211
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      Responding to Simulated Pandemic Influenza in San Antonio, Texas • (pp. 320-326)  Free Content
      George Miller , PhD, Stephen Randolph , MBA, Jan E. Patterson , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/529212
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529212
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    8. Free Access
      Effect of Intrapartum Antibiotic Prophylaxis Against Group B Streptococcal Infection on Comparisons of Rates of Endometritis and Urinary Tract Infection in Multicenter Surveillance • (pp. 327-332)  Free Content
      Anne‐Marie Dumas , MD, Raphaëlle Girard , MD, Louis Ayzac , MD, Geneviève Beaumont , MWc, Emmanuelle Caillat‐Vallet , MSc, Florence Depaix , RNc, Chantal Gignoux , MWc, Catherine Haond , MD, Noelle Pral , MWc, Jacqueline Robert , MWc, Françoise Tissot‐Guerraz , MD, Agnès Vincent‐Bouletreau , MD, Michel Berland , MD, Jacques Fabry , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/529210
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529210
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      A Multicenter Qualitative Study on Preventing Hospital‐Acquired Urinary Tract Infection in US Hospitals • (pp. 333-341)  Free Content
      Sanjay Saint , MD, MPH, Christine P. Kowalski , MPH, Jane Forman , ScD, MHS, Laura Damschroder , MS, MPH, Timothy P. Hofer , MD, MSc, Samuel R. Kaufman , MA, John W. Creswell , PhD, Sarah L. Krein , PhD, RN
      DOI: 10.1086/529589
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529589
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      Bloodstream Infections in Patients Given Treatment With Intravenous Prostanoids • (pp. 342-349)  Free Content
      Alexander J. Kallen , MD, MPH, Edith Lederman , MD, MPH, Alexandra Balaji , PhD, Ingrid Trevino , DVM, MPH, Emily E. Petersen , BS, Rivka Shoulson , DVM, Lisa Saiman , MD, MPH, Evelyn M. Horn , MD, Mardi Gomberg‐Maitland , MD, MSc, Robyn J. Barst , MD, Arjun Srinivasan , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/529552
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529552
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      Genodiversity of Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates in Relation to Antimicrobial Usage Density and Resistance Rates in Intensive Care Units • (pp. 350-357)  Free Content
      Daniel Jonas , MD, Elisabeth Meyer , MD, Frank Schwab , MD, Hajo Grundmann , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/528811
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/528811
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  2. Concise Communications
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      Surveillance for Catheter‐Associated Bloodstream Infection in Hematology Units: Quantifying the Characteristics of a Practical Case Definition • (pp. 358-360)  Free Content
      Leon J. Worth , MBBS, FRACP, James Black , MBBS, PhD, John F. Seymour , MBBS, FRACP, PhD, Karin A. Thursky , MBBS, FRACP, Monica A. Slavin , MBBS, FRACP
      DOI: 10.1086/528879
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/528879
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      Outbreak of Enterococcus gallinarum Infections After Total Knee Arthroplasty • (pp. 361-363)  Free Content
      Michael P. Cooper , MD, MS, Fernanda Lessa , MD, MPH, Bob Brems , MS, Rivka Shoulson , BS, Steve York , MS, Alicia Peterson , MS, Judith Noble‐Wang , PhD, Rosemary Duffy , DDS, MPH, L. Clifford McDonald , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/529213
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529213
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      Investigation of an Outbreak of Central Venous Catheter–Associated Bloodstream Infection Due to Contaminated Water • (pp. 364-366)  Free Content
      Richard W. Douce , MD, Jeannete Zurita , MD, Olga Sanchez , RN, Paul Cardenas Aldaz , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/533543
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/533543
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      Efficient Recovery of Fluoroquinolone‐Susceptible and Fluoroquinolone‐Resistant Escherichia coli Strains From Frozen Samples • (pp. 367-369)  Free Content
      Ebbing Lautenbach , MD, MPH, MSCE, Evelyn Santana , BS, Abby Lee , BS, Pam Tolomeo , MPH, CCRP, Nicole Black , CCRP, Andrew Babson , BS, Eli N. Perencevich , MD, MS, Anthony D. Harris , MD, MPH, Catherine A. Smith , BS, Joel Maslow , MD, PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/529590
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529590
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      Inappropriate Use of Antifungal Medications in a Tertiary Care Center in Thailand: A Prospective Study • (pp. 370-373)  Free Content
      Apisada Sutepvarnon , MD, Anucha Apisarnthanarak , MD, Bernard Camins , MD, Kristin Mondy , MD, Victoria J. Fraser , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/587633
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/587633
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      Epidemiology of Enterococci in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit • (pp. 374-376)  Free Content
      Jennifer Duchon , MD, CM, Philip Graham III , MD, MSc, Phyllis Della‐Latta , PhD, MSc, Susan Whittier , PhD, Diane Carp , RN, MSN, David Bateman , MD, MPH, Lisa Saiman , MD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/533544
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/533544
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  3. Letters to the Editor
    1. Free Access
      Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia Bacteremia Caused by Contaminated Chlorhexidine in a Hemodialysis Unit • (pp. 377-378)  Free Content
      M. P. Romero‐Gómez , MD, M. I. Quiles‐Melero , MD, P. Peña García , MD, A. Gutiérrez Altes , MD, M. A. García de Miguel , MD, C. Jiménez , MD, Sylvia Valdezate , PhD, J. A. Sáez Nieto , PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/529032
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529032
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      Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections Associated With Contaminated Water in a University Hospital in Tunisia • (pp. 378-380)  Free Content
      Wejdene Mansour , PhD, Olfa Bouallegue, Houyem Said , MD, Safia Dahmen , PhD, Noureddine Boujaafar
      DOI: 10.1086/529588
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529588
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    3. Free Access
      Modified Measles in a Healthcare Worker After Return From Travel • (pp. 380-381)  Free Content
      Nan‐Yao Lee , MD, Hsin‐Chun Lee , MD, Chia‐Ming Chang , MD, Chi‐Jung Wu , MD, Nai‐Ying Ko , RN, PhD, Wen‐Chien Ko , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/529031
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529031
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      Risk Assessment in Infection Control: Which Risks? • (pp. 381-382)  Free Content
      Michael Millar , FRCPath
      DOI: 10.1086/529122
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529122
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  4. Erratum
    1. Free Access
      Mah et al. (2008; 29:262‐270)(p. 383)  Free Content
      DOI: 10.1086/587717
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/587717
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