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The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Publication Info

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Vol. 30, No. 3, March 2009
Issue Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/598167
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  1. Original Articles
    1. Free Access
      Infection Control Practices in Assisted Living Facilities: A Response to Hepatitis B Virus Infection Outbreaks • (pp. 209-214)  Free Content
      Ami S. Patel , PhD, MPH, Mary Beth White‐Comstock , RN, CIC, C. Diane Woolard , PhD, MPH, Joseph F. Perz , DrPH
      DOI: 10.1086/595693
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595693
    2. Free Access
      Comparison of QuantiFERON‐TB Gold In‐Tube Test and Tuberculin Skin Test for Identification of Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Healthcare Staff and Association Between Positive Test Results and Known Risk Factors for Infection • (pp. 215-221)  Free Content
      Paul Vinton , MBBS, Seema Mihrshahi , PhD, Paul Johnson , MBBS, PhD, Grant A. Jenkin , MBBS, PhD, Damien Jolley , MSc, Beverley‐Ann Biggs  MBBS, PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/595695
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595695
    3. Free Access
      Variability in the Hawthorne Effect With Regard to Hand Hygiene Performance in High‐ and Low‐Performing Inpatient Care Units • (pp. 222-225)  Free Content
      Erol Kohli , MPH, Judy Ptak , MSN, Randall Smith , MS, Eileen Taylor , BSN, Elizabeth A. Talbot , MD, Kathryn B. Kirkland , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/595692
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595692
    4. Free Access
      Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Common Hospital Hand Disinfectants Against Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Glycopeptide‐Intermediate S. aureus, and Heterogeneous Glycopeptide‐Intermediate S. aureus • (pp. 226-232)  Free Content
      Mandy Wootton , PhD, Timothy R. Walsh , PhD, Eleri M. Davies , MRCPath, Robin A. Howe , MRCPath
      DOI: 10.1086/595691
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595691
    5. Free Access
      Epidemiology of Healthcare‐Associated Bloodstream Infection Caused by USA300 Strains of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 Affiliated Hospitals • (pp. 233-241)  Free Content
      Timothy C. Jenkins , MD, Bruce D. McCollister , MD, Rohini Sharma , MD, Kim K. McFann , PhD, Nancy E. Madinger , MD, Michelle Barron , MD, Mary Bessesen , MD, Connie S. Price , MD, William J. Burman , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/595963
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595963
    6. Free Access
      Incidence of and Preoperative Risk Factors for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and Chest Wound Infection After Cardiac Surgery • (pp. 242-248)  Free Content
      Zeina A. Kanafani , MD, MHS, Jean Marie Arduino , ScD, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier , PhD, Keith S. Kaye , MD, MPH, Keith B. Allen , MD, Yehuda Carmeli , MD, MPH, G. Ralph Corey , MD, Sara E. Cosgrove , MD, MS, Thomas G. Fraser , MD, Anthony D. Harris , MD, MPH, Adolf W. Karchmer , MD, Ebbing Lautenbach , MD, MPH, MSCE, Mark E. Rupp , MD, Eric D. Peterson , MD, MPH, Walter L. Straus , MD, MPH, Vance G. Fowler, Jr. , MD, MHS
      DOI: 10.1086/596015
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/596015
    7. Free Access
      Impact of a Mandatory Infection Control Education Program on Nosocomial Acquisition of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus • (pp. 249-256)  Free Content
      Todd C. Lee , MD, Christine Moore , ART, Janet M. Raboud , PhD, Matthew P. Muller , MD, PhD, Karen Green , MSc, Agnes Tong , MSc, Jastej Dhaliwal , MSc, Allison McGeer , MD, Mount Sinai Hospital Infection Control Team
      DOI: 10.1086/596042
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/596042
    8. Free Access
      Nosocomial Outbreak of Infection With Pan–Drug‐Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a Tertiary Care University Hospital • (pp. 257-263)  Free Content
      Raquel Valencia , MD, MPH, Luis A. Arroyo , MD, Manuel Conde , MD, MPH, PhD, Josefa M. Aldana , MD, MPH, María‐José Torres , PhD, Felipe Fernández‐Cuenca , PhD, José Garnacho‐Montero , MD, PhD, José M. Cisneros , MD, PhD, Carlos Ortíz , MD, PhD, Jerónimo Pachón , MD, PhD, Javier Aznar , MD, PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/595977
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595977
    9. Free Access
      Complete Restriction of Fluoroquinolone Use to Control an Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection at a Community Hospital • (pp. 264-272)  Free Content
      Alexander J. Kallen , MD, MPH, Angela Thompson , MMS, Polly Ristaino , MPH, Leigh Chapman , RN, BSN, Ainsley Nicholson , PhD, Bich‐Thuy Sim , MD, Fernanda Lessa , MD, MPH, Umid Sharapov , MD, MSc, Elaine Fadden, Richard Boehler , MD, Carolyn Gould , MD, MS, Brandi Limbago , PhD, David Blythe , MD, L. Clifford McDonald , MD, MPH
      DOI: 10.1086/595694
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595694
  2. Concise Communications
    1. Free Access
      Nosocomial Infection, Length of Stay, and Time‐Dependent Bias • (pp. 273-276)  Free Content
      Jan Beyersmann , PhD, Thomas Kneib , PhD, Martin Schumacher , PhD, Petra Gastmeier , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/596020
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/596020
    2. Free Access
      Challenges of Implementing National Guidelines for the Control and Prevention of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization or Infection in Acute Care Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland • (pp. 277-281)  Free Content
      Fidelma Fitzpatrick , MD, Fiona Roche , PhD, Robert Cunney , MB, Hilary Humphreys , MD, Strategy for the Control of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ireland Infection Control Subcommittee
      DOI: 10.1086/595734
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595734
    3. Free Access
      Risk Factors Related to a Hospital‐Associated Cluster of Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 027 Infections in Germany During 2007 • (pp. 282-284)  Free Content
      Bettina Weiss , MD, Niels Kleinkauf , MD, Tim Eckmanns , MD, Matthias an der Heiden , PhD, Matthias Neumann , RN, Harald Michels , MD, Andreas Jansen , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/594367
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/594367
    4. Free Access
      Study of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt–Associated Infections in the First Year Following Placement, by the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program • (pp. 285-288)  Free Content
      Joanne M. Langley , MD, MSc, Denise Gravel , MSc, Dorothy Moore , MD, Anne Matlow , MD, Joanne Embree , MD, Donna MacKinnon‐Cameron , MMath, John Conly , MD, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
      DOI: 10.1086/593969
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/593969
    5. Free Access
      Successful Containment of a Norovirus Outreak in an Acute Adult Psychiatric Area • (pp. 289-291)  Free Content
      Susan J. Gilbride , RN, MSc, Bonita E. Lee , MD, MSc, Geoffrey D. Taylor , MD, Sarah E. Forgie , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/595733
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595733
    6. Free Access
      Preventing Healthcare Workers From Acquiring Influenza • (pp. 292-295)  Free Content
      Tak Ching Ng , MSc, Nelson Lee , MD, Shu‐Cheong David Hui , MD, Raymond Lai , MD, Margaret Ip , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/595690
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595690
    7. Free Access
      Reducing the Rates of Indeterminate Results of the QuantiFERON‐TB Gold In‐Tube Test During Routine Preemployment Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Healthcare Personnel • (pp. 296-298)  Free Content
      Cyndee Miranda , MD, Belinda Yen‐Lieberman , PhD, Paul Terpeluk , DO, J. Walton Tomford , MD, Steven Gordon , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/595732
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595732
  3. Research Brief
    1. Free Access
      Late Appearance of Hepatitis C Virus RNA After Needlestick Injury: Necessity for a More Intensive Follow‐Up • (pp. 299-300)  Free Content
      Norbert H. Gruener , MD, Malte Heeg , MD, Martin Obermeier , MD, Axel Ulsenheimer , MD, Bijan Raziorrouh , MD, Helmut Diepolder , MD, Reinhart Zachoval , MD, Maria‐Christina Jung , MD
      DOI: 10.1086/595979
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595979
  4. Letters to the Editor
    1. Free Access
      Evaluation of the Virucidal Activity of Chemical Disinfectants and Antiseptics: The European Point of View • (pp. 301-302)  Free Content
      Graziella Morace , PhD, Kathryn Bellamy , PhD, Pierre Maris , PhD, Jochen Steinmann , PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/595980
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595980
    2. Free Access
      Reply to Morace et al. • (pp. 302-304)  Free Content
      M. Khalid Ijaz , DVM, PhD, Joseph R. Rubino , BA, MA
      DOI: 10.1086/597060
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/597060
    3. Free Access
      Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Conventional Cleaning Regimen in Removing Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus From Contaminated Surfaces in an Intensive Care Unit • (pp. 304-306)  Free Content
      Mamoon A. Aldeyab , PhD, James C. McElnay , PhD, Salah M. Elshibly , MD, PhD, Carmel M. Hughes , PhD, David A. McDowell , PhD, M. Ann S. McMahon , PhD, Michael G. Scott , PhD, Mary P. Kearney , MB Bch BAO, FRCPath
      DOI: 10.1086/595964
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595964
    4. Free Access
      Is There a Relationship Between Monthly Rainfall and the Isolation of Legionella in Potable Water Systems in Spanish Healthcare Facilities? • (pp. 306-308)  Free Content
      Jose‐Maria Rivera , MD, PhD, Juan‐Jose Granizo , MD, PhD, Lorenzo Aguilar , MD, PhD, Maria‐Jose Giménez , BPharm, PhD, Jose‐Maria Aguiar , MD, Jose Prieto , MD, PhD
      DOI: 10.1086/595981
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595981
    5. Free Access
      Doctors’ Compliance With Hand Hygiene Guidelines in the Surgical Ward • (pp. 308-309)  Free Content
      N. A. Chatzizacharias , MD, K. Chapple , PhD, FRCS
      DOI: 10.1086/595978
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595978
    6. Free Access
      Use of Microbiologic Findings to Manage Antimicrobials in the Intensive Care Unit • (pp. 309-311)  Free Content
      Leonardo Pagani , MD, Michela Falciani , PharmD, Richard Aschbacher , BMS
      DOI: 10.1086/595731
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595731