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Information for Readers

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Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium outbreak caused by patient transfer in 2 separate intensive care units

Shin Young Park, Ji-Hea Kang, Jin-Hee Kim, Sae Bom Kim, Sue-Yun Kim, Yoon Soo Park, Yiel-Hea Seo

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Prospective audit for antimicrobial stewardship in intensive care: Impact on resistance and clinical outcomes

Carlos A. DiazGranados

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Patient environment microbial burden reduction: A pilot study comparison of 2 terminal cleaning methods

Michael G. Schmidt, Teri Anderson, Hubert H. Attaway III, Sarah Fairey, Carl Kennedy, Cassandra D. Salgado

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Hospital bath basins are frequently contaminated with multidrug-resistant human pathogens

Dror Marchaim, Alexis R. Taylor, Kayoko Hayakawa, Suchitha Bheemreddy, Bharath Sunkara, Judy Moshos, Teena Chopra, Odaliz Abreu-Lanfranco, Emily T. Martin, Jason M. Pogue, Paul R. Lephart, Sanjeet Pan

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Comparison of bacteria on new, disposable, laundered, and unlaundered hospital scrubs

Jeanne M. Nordstrom, Kelly A. Reynolds, Charles P. Gerba

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Contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization: Costly and unnecessary?

Michael R. Spence, Tereal Dammel, Shari Courser

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Group A rotavirus detection on environmental surfaces in a hospital intensive care unit

Ana Carolina Ganime, Filipe A. Carvalho-Costa, Marcos Cesar L. Mendonça, Carmen B. Vieira, Marisa Santos, Rubens Costa Filho, Marize P. Miagostovich, José Paulo G. Leite

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Nurse-directed interventions to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Kathleen S. Oman, Mary Beth Flynn Makic, Regina Fink, Nicolle Schraeder, Teresa Hulett, Tarah Keech, Heidi Wald

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Acquisition of spores on gloved hands after contact with the skin of patients with Clostridium difficile infection and with environmental surfaces in their rooms

Dubert M. Guerrero, Michelle M. Nerandzic, Lucy A. Jury, Sadao Jinno, Shelley Chang, Curtis J. Donskey

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Successful control of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium nosocomial outbreak in a teaching hospital in China

Yingmei Liu, Bin Cao, Li Gu, Kun Liu, Zhe Feng

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Effectiveness of a multidimensional approach to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatric intensive care units of 5 developing countries: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium findings

Victor D. Rosenthal, Carlos Álvarez-Moreno, Wilmer Villamil-Gómez, Sanjeev Singh, Bala Ramachandran, Josephine A. Navoa-Ng, Lourdes Dueñas, Ata N. Yalcin, Gulden Ersoz, Antonio Menco, Patrick Arrieta,

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Comparison of bacterial contamination of blood conservation system and stopcock system arterial sampling lines used in critically ill patients

Jun Oto, Emiko Nakataki, Michiko Hata, Yumiko Tsunano, Nao Okuda, Hideaki Imanaka, Masaji Nishimura

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Nosocomial infections in a pediatric residential care facility

Amir Abdolahi, Susan G. Fisher, Carla Aquino, Hind A. Beydoun

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A point prevalence survey of health care-associated infections in Canadian pediatric inpatients

Katie Rutledge-Taylor, Anne Matlow, Denise Gravel, Joanne Embree, Nicole Le Saux, Lynn Johnston, Kathryn Suh, John Embil, Elizabeth Henderson, Michael John, Virginia Roth, Alice Wong, Jayson Shurgold,

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Comparative efficacy of commercially available alcohol-based hand rubs and World Health Organization-recommended hand rubs: Formulation matters

Sarah L. Edmonds, David R. Macinga, Patricia Mays-Suko, Collette Duley, Joseph Rutter, William R. Jarvis, James W. Arbogast

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Appropriate time-interval application of alcohol hand gel on reducing influenza-like illness among preschool children: A randomized, controlled trial

Denla Pandejpong, Somwang Danchaivijitr, Nirun Vanprapa, Temyos Pandejpong, Earl Francis Cook

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Effect of a multidisciplinary intervention on central line utilization in an acute care hospital

Ayesha Faruqi, Judith Medefindt, Gaurav Dutta, Simi Ann Philip, David Tompkins, Jeanne Carey

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Device-associated nosocomial infection rates in intensive care units at Cairo University hospitals: First step toward initiating surveillance programs in a resource-limited country

Amani El-Kholy, Tamer Saied, Mervat Gaber, Mariam A. Younan, Mona M.A. Haleim, Hanan El-Sayed, Hanaa’a El-Karaksy, Hafez Bazara’a, Maha Talaat

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Compliance with hand hygiene and glove change in a general hospital, Mashhad, Iran: An observational study

HamidReza Naderi, Fereshte Sheybani, Irandokht Mostafavi, Nasrin Khosravi

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Polymerase chain reaction testing for Clostridium difficile

Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit

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Polymerase chain reaction testing for Clostridium difficile

Mary Catanzaro, Justin Cirone

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Pattern of bacterial colonization in a new neonatal intensive care unit and its association with infections in infants

Shantanu Rastogi, Rita Shah, Jason Perlman, Alok Bhutada, Susan Grossman, Murali Pagala, Michael Lazzaro

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Nurse staffing, burnout, and health care–associated infection

Jeannie P. Cimiotti, Linda H. Aiken, Douglas M. Sloane, Evan S. Wu

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An outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae late-onset sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit in Guatemala

Jennifer Gray, Wences Arvelo, John McCracken, Beatriz Lopez, Fernanda C. Lessa, Brandon Kitchel, Betty Wong, Lissette Reyes, Kim Lindblade

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Comparison of antimicrobial resistance in neonatal and adult intensive care units in a tertiary teaching hospital

Noorzaitun Ariffin, Habsah Hasan, Noraida Ramli, Nor Rosidah Ibrahim, Fahisham Taib, Azriani Ab Rahman, Zeehaida Mohamed, Suhaimi Wahab, David Isaacs, Hans Van Rostenberghe

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APIC's 2012 Heroes of Infection Prevention

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Response to letter regarding “Prospective, randomized in vivo comparison of a dual-active antiseptic versus two alcohol-only waterless antiseptics for surgical hand antisepsis”

Linda K.M. Olson

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“Persistent activity”—Should the effect of chlorhexidine in the sampling fluid and nutrient broth and on agar plates really be regarded as the effect on hands?

Günter Kampf

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Comparative contamination rate of toys in kindergartens and households

Susheela Biranjia-Hurdoyal, Tania Quirin

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The importance of infection prevention bundles related to construction/renovations in hospital environment

Marcelo Carneiro, Mariana Schmitt Adam, Janete Aparecida Alves Machado, Eliane Carlosso Krummenauer, Janine de Mello Rauber

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Health care-associated infections studies project: An American Journal of Infection Control and National Healthcare Safety Network data quality collaboration case study 7

Marc-Oliver Wright, Joan N. Hebden, Kathy Allen-Bridson, Gloria C. Morrell, Teresa Horan

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American Journal of Infection Control

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2012

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Pediatric physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding Clostridium difficile-associated disease prevention, testing, and treatment

J. Michael Klatte, Angela L. Myers, Robyn A. Livingston, Mary Anne Jackson

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Erratum

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Volume 40; Issue 6

American Journal of Infection Control

Table of Contents

Editorial Board

APIC Masthead

Information for Readers

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium outbreak caused by patient transfer in 2 separate intensive care units

Prospective audit for antimicrobial stewardship in intensive care: Impact on resistance and clinical outcomes

Patient environment microbial burden reduction: A pilot study comparison of 2 terminal cleaning methods

Hospital bath basins are frequently contaminated with multidrug-resistant human pathogens

Comparison of bacteria on new, disposable, laundered, and unlaundered hospital scrubs

Contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization: Costly and unnecessary?

Group A rotavirus detection on environmental surfaces in a hospital intensive care unit

Nurse-directed interventions to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Acquisition of spores on gloved hands after contact with the skin of patients with Clostridium difficile infection and with environmental surfaces in their rooms

Successful control of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium nosocomial outbreak in a teaching hospital in China

Effectiveness of a multidimensional approach to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatric intensive care units of 5 developing countries: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium findings

Comparison of bacterial contamination of blood conservation system and stopcock system arterial sampling lines used in critically ill patients

Nosocomial infections in a pediatric residential care facility

A point prevalence survey of health care-associated infections in Canadian pediatric inpatients

Comparative efficacy of commercially available alcohol-based hand rubs and World Health Organization-recommended hand rubs: Formulation matters

Appropriate time-interval application of alcohol hand gel on reducing influenza-like illness among preschool children: A randomized, controlled trial

Effect of a multidisciplinary intervention on central line utilization in an acute care hospital

Device-associated nosocomial infection rates in intensive care units at Cairo University hospitals: First step toward initiating surveillance programs in a resource-limited country

Compliance with hand hygiene and glove change in a general hospital, Mashhad, Iran: An observational study

Polymerase chain reaction testing for Clostridium difficile

Polymerase chain reaction testing for Clostridium difficile

Pattern of bacterial colonization in a new neonatal intensive care unit and its association with infections in infants

Nurse staffing, burnout, and health care–associated infection

An outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae late-onset sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit in Guatemala

Comparison of antimicrobial resistance in neonatal and adult intensive care units in a tertiary teaching hospital

APIC's 2012 Heroes of Infection Prevention

Response to letter regarding “Prospective, randomized in vivo comparison of a dual-active antiseptic versus two alcohol-only waterless antiseptics for surgical hand antisepsis”

“Persistent activity”—Should the effect of chlorhexidine in the sampling fluid and nutrient broth and on agar plates really be regarded as the effect on hands?

Comparative contamination rate of toys in kindergartens and households

The importance of infection prevention bundles related to construction/renovations in hospital environment

Health care-associated infections studies project: An American Journal of Infection Control and National Healthcare Safety Network data quality collaboration case study 7

Pediatric physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding Clostridium difficile-associated disease prevention, testing, and treatment

Erratum