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Vol. 29, No. 10, October 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/10.1086/593316
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  1. SHEA/HICPAC Position Paper
    1. Free Access
      Recommendations for Metrics for Multidrug‐Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings: SHEA/HICPAC Position Paper • (pp. 901-913)  Free Content
      Adam L. Cohen , MD, MPH, David Calfee , MD, MS, Scott K. Fridkin , MD, Susan S. Huang , MD, MPH, John A. Jernigan , MD, Ebbing Lautenbach , MD, MPH, MSCE, Shannon Oriola , RN, CIC, COHN, Keith M. Ramsey , MD, Cassandra D. Salgado , MD, MS, Robert A. Weinstein , MD, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
      DOI: 10.1086/591741
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/591741
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  2. Original Articles
    1. Free Access
      Matched Case‐Control Analysis of Polymicrobial Bloodstream Infection in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit • (pp. 914-920)  Free Content
      Matthew J. Bizzarro , MD, Louise‐Marie Dembry , MD, Robert S. Baltimore , MD, Patrick G. Gallagher , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/591323
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/591323
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      Case‐Control Study of Clinical Features of Influenza in Hospitalized Patients • (pp. 921-926)  Free Content
      Hilary M. Babcock , MD, Liana R. Merz , PhD, Erik R. Dubberke , MD, Victoria J. Fraser , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/590663
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590663
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      Derivation and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Score for Isolation of Inpatients With Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis • (pp. 927-932)  Free Content
      Kara S. Rakoczy , MD, Stuart H. Cohen , MD, Hien H. Nguyen , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/590667
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590667
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      Preventing Ventilator‐Associated Pneumonia in the United States: A Multicenter Mixed‐Methods Study • (pp. 933-940)  Free Content
      Sarah L. Krein , PhD, RN, Christine P. Kowalski , MPH, Laura Damschroder , MS, MPH, Jane Forman , ScD, MHS, Samuel R. Kaufman , MA, Sanjay Saint , MD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/591455
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/591455
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      Complex Surgical Site Infections and the Devilish Details of Risk Adjustment: Important Implications for Public Reporting • (pp. 941-946)  Free Content
      Deverick J. Anderson , MD, MPH, Luke F. Chen , MBBS, Daniel J. Sexton , MD, Keith S. Kaye , MD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/591457
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/591457
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  3. Concise Communications
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      Use of Maximal Sterile Barrier Precautions and/or Antimicrobial‐Coated Catheters to Reduce the Risk of Central Venous Catheter–Related Bloodstream Infection • (pp. 947-950)  Free Content
      Duk‐hee Lee , MD, Koo Young Jung , MD, PhD, Yoon‐Hee Choi , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/590356
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590356
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      Commentary: Zero Tolerance for Catheter‐Related Bloodstream Infections: The Unnegotiable Objective • (pp. 951-953)  Free Content
      Issam I. Raad , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/591939
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/591939
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      Effect of Correctly Using Alcohol‐Based Hand Rub in a Clinical Setting • (pp. 954-956)  Free Content
      Sussie Laustsen , MNSc, Elisabeth Lund , RN, Bo Martin Bibby , PhD, Brian Kristensen , MD, PhD, Ane Marie Thulstrup , MD, PhD, Jens Kjølseth Møller , MD, DMSc
      DOI: 10.1086/590393
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      Commentary: Hand Hygiene: It’s All About When and How • (pp. 957-959)  Free Content
      Didier Pittet , MD, MS
      DOI: 10.1086/592218
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/592218
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      Comparison of 3 Alcohol Gels and 70% Ethyl Alcohol for Hand Hygiene • (pp. 960-962)  Free Content
      Mirian Nicéa Zarpellon , MSc, Vanessa Sarto Soares , MD, Natal Rodrigo Albrecht , MD, Douglas Ricardo da Silva Bergamasco , MD, Lourdes Botelho Garcia , PhD, Celso Luíz Cardoso , PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/591092
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/591092
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      Efficacy of Adding 2% (w/v) Chlorhexidine Gluconate to 70% (v/v) Isopropyl Alcohol for Skin Disinfection Prior to Peripheral Venous Cannulation • (pp. 963-965)  Free Content
      Heather Small , MSc, Debra Adams , PhD, Anna L. Casey , PhD, Cynthia T. Crosby , BS, Peter A. Lambert , DSc, Thomas Elliott , FRMS, PhD, DSc, MRCP, FRCPath
      DOI: 10.1086/590664
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590664
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      Use of Active Surveillance Culturesto Detect Asymptomatic ColonizationWith Carbapenem‐Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Intensive Care Unit Patients • (pp. 966-968)  Free Content
      David Calfee , MD, MS, Stephen G. Jenkins , PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/590661
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590661
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      Development of a Prediction Rule for Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococcus Carriage in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center Population • (pp. 969-971)  Free Content
      Stefan Riedel , MD, Diana Von Stein , MPH, Kelly Richardson , PhD, Joann Page , BSN, Sara Miller , BSN, Patricia Winokur , MD, Daniel Diekema , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/590662
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590662
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      Clinical Utility of Infection Control Documentation of Prior Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization or Infection for Optimization of Empirical Antibiotic Therapy • (pp. 972-974)  Free Content
      Marin L. Schweizer , BS, Jon P. Furuno , PhD, Anthony D. Harris , MD, MPH, Jessina C. McGregor , PhD, Kerri A. Thom , MD, Jennifer K. Johnson , PhD, Michelle D. Shardell , PhD, Eli N. Perencevich , MD, MS
      DOI: 10.1086/590665
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590665
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      Coadministration of Oral Levofloxacin With Agents That Impair Absorption: Impact on Antibiotic Resistance • (pp. 975-977)  Free Content
      Keira A. Cohen , BS, Ebbing Lautenbach , MD, MPD, MSCE, Mark G. Weiner , MD, Marie Synnestvedt , MSED, Leanne B. Gasink , MD, MSCE
      DOI: 10.1086/590666
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590666
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      Secular Trends in Candidemia‐Related Hospitalization in the United States, 2000–2005 • (pp. 978-980)  Free Content
      Marya D. Zilberberg , MD, Andrew F. Shorr , MD, MPH, Marin H. Kollef , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/591033
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      Bacteriology of Blood, Wound, and Sputum Cultures from Non‐US Casualties Treated in a Combat Support Hospital in Iraq • (pp. 981-984)  Free Content
      Kimberly A. Moran , MD, Clinton K. Murray , MD, Edwin L. Anderson , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/591034
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  4. Letters to the Editor
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      Surveillance of Central Venous Catheter–Associated Bloodstream Infection in a Scottish Hematology Unit • (pp. 985-986)  Free Content
      Ann Graham , RN, William J. Olver , FRCPath
      DOI: 10.1086/590391
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/590391
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      Reply to Graham and Olver • (pp. 986-987)  Free Content
      Leon J. Worth , MBBS, FRACP, James Black , MBBS, PhD, Monica A. Slavin , MBBS, FRACP
      DOI: 10.1086/591938
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/591938
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      Has the Time Come to Recommend the Use of Alcohol‐Based Hand Rub to Hospitalized Patients? • (pp. 987-989)  Free Content
      Viktorija Tomic , MD, MSc, Viktor Ursic , BSc, Katja Seme , MD, PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/591031
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/591031
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      Trends in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Bloodstream Infection in Relation to Usage Density of Cephalosporins and Carbapenems During 7 Years • (pp. 989-990)  Free Content
      Jorge G. Paez , MD, Anna S. Levin , PhD, Mariusa Basso, Laura B. Gomez, Satiko Gobara, Fernanda Spadão, Isabel Oshiro, Silvia Figueiredo Costa , PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/591032
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/591032
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      Clinical Features and Treatment Outcomes of Infections Caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis • (pp. 990-992)  Free Content
      Hae Suk Cheong , MD, Yu Mi Wi , MD, Soo Youn Moon , MD, Cheol‐In Kang , MD, Jun Seong Son , MD, Kwan Soo Ko , PhD, Doo Ryeon Chung , MD, Nam Yong Lee , MD, Jae‐Hoon Song , MD, Kyong Ran Peck , MD, PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/591091
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/591091
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      Surveillance for Mupirocin Resistance Among Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates • (pp. 993-994)  Free Content
      Kanokporn Mongkolrattanothai , MD, Peggy Mankin , BS, MA, Venkedesh Raju , MD, Barry Gray , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/590536
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