Current Issue February 2012, Vol. 40, No. 1

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Frequency of outbreak investigations in US hospitals: Results of a national survey of infection preventionists
February 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 1 | Pages 2-8)
Emily Rhinehart, Scott Walker, Denise Murphy, Karen O’Reilly, Patty Leeman

Outbreak or coincidental cases of tuberculosis? Genotyping provides the clue
February 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 1 | Pages 9-10)
Ricardo Casas-Fischer, Ana Penedo-Pallares, Juan José Palacios-Gutierrez, Alfonso Moreno-Torrico

Outbreak of bloodstream infections because of Serratia marcescens in a pediatric department
February 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 1 | Pages 11-15)
Elias Iosifidis, Evangelia Farmaki, Natalia Nedelkopoulou, Maria Tsivitanidou, Maria Kaperoni, Vassiliki Pentsoglou, Spyros Pournaras, Miranta Athanasiou-Metaxa, Emmanuel Roilides

Outbreak of acute hepatitis B virus infections associated with podiatric care at a psychiatric long-term care facility
February 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 1 | Pages 16-21)
Matthew E. Wise, Patricia Marquez, Umid Sharapov, Susan Hathaway, Kenneth Katz, Scott Tolan, Alina Beaton, Jan Drobeniuc, Yury Khudyakov, Dale J. Hu, Joseph Perz, Nicola D. Thompson, Elizabeth Bancroft

Risk factors for coronary artery bypass graft chest surgical site infections in New York State, 2008
February 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 1 | Pages 22-28)
Valerie B. Haley, Carole Van Antwerpen, Marie Tsivitis, Diana Doughty, Kathleen A. Gase, Peggy Hazamy, Boldtsetseg Tserenpuntsag, Michael Racz, M. Recai Yucel, Louise-Anne McNutt, Rachel L. Stricof

Needlestick injury surveillance during mass vaccination clinics: Lessons learned and why more is needed—Tri-County (Denver Metropolitan) region, Colorado, 2009
10 February 2012
Nancy J. Williams, Tista S. Ghosh, Richard L. Vogt
Tri-County Health Department studied needlestick injury (NSI) risks in pandemic influenza A (H1N1) mass vaccination clinics through incident reports and an Internet-based vaccinator survey. The mass v...
Outcomes of a consultation service to emergency medicine clinicians for postexposure management of occupational bloodborne pathogen exposures
10 February 2012
Judith Green-McKenzie, Marilyn Watkins, Frances S. Shofer
Potential bloodborne pathogen exposures, many of which occur after hours and are evaluated by emergency medicine physicians, are an important occupational hazard. Emergency medicine physicians might n...
Prevalence of antibiotic resistance among Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Aleppo, Syria
10 February 2012
Abdul Rezzak Hamzeh, Mona Al Najjar, Maysa Mahfoud
This study describes and analyzes Acinetobacter baumannii antibiotic susceptibly profile in Aleppo, Syria, thus providing vital information for guiding treatment of A baumannii infections. Two hundred...
Reduction in inappropriate prevention of urinary tract infections in long-term care facilities
10 February 2012
Maija-Liisa Rummukainen, Aino Jakobsson, Maire Matsinen, Salme Järvenpää, Antti Nissinen, Pertti Karppi, Outi Lyytikäinen
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common diagnosis made in prescribing antimicrobials in long-term care facilities (LTCF). The diagnostic criteria for UTI vary among institutions a...
The results of a 6-year epidemiologic surveillance for ventilator-associated pneumonia at a tertiary care intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia
10 February 2012
Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Aiman El-Saed, Asgar H. Rishu, Hanan H. Balkhy, Ziad A. Memish, Yaseen M. Arabi
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) prevention is an important patient safety initiative. We describe the impact of a multidisciplinary surveillance program on VAP rates in a tertiary me...

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December 2007 (Vol. 35 | No. 10 | Pages S27-S64)
Sally F. Bloomfield, Allison E. Aiello, Barry Cookson, Carol O'Boyle, Elaine L. Larson
Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: Norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species
June 2010 (Vol. 38 | No. 5 | Pages S25-S33)
David J. Weber, William A. Rutala, Melissa B. Miller, Kirk Huslage, Emily Sickbert-Bennett
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections
May 2011 (Vol. 39 | No. 4 | Pages S1-S34)
Naomi P. O'Grady, Mary Alexander, Lillian A. Burns, E. Patchen Dellinger, Jeffrey Garland, Stephen O. Heard, Pamela A. Lipsett, Henry Masur, Leonard A. Mermel, Michele L. Pearson, Issam I. Raad, Adrienne G. Randolph, Mark E. Rupp, Sanjay Saint, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) (Appendix 1)
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Infection control: Accomplishments and priorities from an individual, state, national, and international perspective
October 2011 (Vol. 39 | No. 8 | Pages 624-627)
Ossama Rasslan, Katherine Ellingson, Rachel L. Stricof, Patricia S. Grant
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National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, data summary from January 1992 through June 2004, issued October 2004
December 2004 (Vol. 32 | No. 8 | Pages 470-485)
A report from the NNIS System
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