Current Issue June 2012, Vol. 40, No. 5

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The relationship of public health to the infection preventionists in United States hospitals, 2011: A partnership for change
June 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 5 | Pages 392-395)
Rachel L. Stricof, Marilyn Hanchett, Jennifer Beaumont, Karen Kaiser, Denise Graham

International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 36 countries, for 2004-2009
June 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 5 | Pages 396-407)
Victor D. Rosenthal, Hu Bijie, Dennis G. Maki, Yatin Mehta, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Eduardo A. Medeiros, Hakan Leblebicioglu, Dale Fisher, Carlos Álvarez-Moreno, Ilham Abu Khader, Marisela Del Rocío González Martínez, Luis E. Cuellar, Josephine Anne Navoa-Ng, Rédouane Abouqal, Humberto Guanche Garcell, Zan Mitrev, María Catalina Pirez García, Asma Hamdi, Lourdes Dueñas, Elsie Cancel, Vaidotas Gurskis, Ossama Rasslan, Altaf Ahmed, Souha S. Kanj, Olber Chavarría Ugalde, Trudell Mapp, Lul Raka, Cheong Yuet Meng, Le Thi Anh Thu, Sameeh Ghazal, Achilleas Gikas, Leonardo Pazmiño Narváez, Nepomuceno Mejía, Nassya Hadjieva, May Osman Gamar Elanbya, María Eugenia Guzmán Siritt, Kushlani Jayatilleke, INICC members

Eight initiatives that misleadingly lower ventilator-associated pneumonia rates
June 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 5 | Pages 408-410)
Michael Klompas
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Evaluation of screening risk and nonrisk patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on admission in an acute care hospital
June 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 5 | Pages 411-415)
Eilish Creamer, Sandra Galvin, Anthony Dolan, Orla Sherlock, Borislav D. Dimitrov, Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes, Toney Thomas, John Walsh, Joan Moore, Edmond G. Smyth, Anna C. Shore, Derek Sullivan, Peter Kinnevey, Piaras O’Lorcain, Robert Cunney, David C. Coleman, Hilary Humphreys

Relative frequency of health care-associated pathogens by infection site at a university hospital from 1980 to 2008
June 2012(Vol. 40 | No. 5 | Pages 416-420)
JaHyun Kang, Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett, Vickie M. Brown, David J. Weber, William A. Rutala

Positive clinical risk factors predict a high rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in emergency department patients
25 May 2012
Haruaki Wakatake, Shigeki Fujitani, Takamitsu Kodama, Eiji Kawamoto, Hiroyuki Yamada, Machi Yanai, Kenichi Morisawa, Hiromu Takemura, Alan T. Lefor, Yasuhiko Taira
Background: This study was undertaken to determine the rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization predicted by clinical risk factors compared with determination by nasal s...
Are gym surfaces reservoirs for Staphylococcus aureus? A point prevalence survey
24 May 2012
John Daniel Markley, Michael B. Edmond, Yvette Major, Gonzalo Bearman, Michael P. Stevens
We sought to identify staphylococcal contamination of gymnasium surfaces. Various environmental surfaces were cultured at a university fitness center. Ten out of 99 samples yielded Staphylococcus aure...
Applying validated quality indicators to surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in a Brazilian hospital: Learning what should be learned
24 May 2012
Cristiane Schmitt, Rubia Aparecida Lacerda, Maria Clara Padoveze, Ruth Natalia Teresa Turrini
Background: Compliance with the best surgical antibiotic prophylaxis practice is usually low despite many published guidelines. Objective: This study investigated compliance with the Hospital Infectio...
Evaluation of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) exposures and illness among physicians in training
24 May 2012
Marie A. de Perio, Scott E. Brueck, Charles A. Mueller, Caroline K. Milne, Michael A. Rubin, Adi V. Gundlapalli, Jeanmarie Mayer
Background: A cluster of influenza-like illness (ILI) among physicians in training during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic (pH1N1) led to a health hazard evaluation. Methods: We conducted a cross-...
Epidemiology and outcome of major postoperative infections following cardiac surgery: Risk factors and impact of pathogen type
21 May 2012
Luke F. Chen, Jean Marie Arduino, Shubin Sheng, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier, Zeina A. Kanafani, Anthony D. Harris, Thomas G. Fraser, Keith Allen, G. Ralph Corey, Vance G. Fowler
Background: Major postoperative infections (MPIs) are poorly understood complications of cardiac surgery. We examined the epidemiology, microbiology, and outcome of MPIs occurring after cardiac surger...

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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
The effectiveness of hand hygiene procedures in reducing the risks of infections in home and community settings including handwashing and alcohol-based hand sanitizers
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
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
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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