Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology: Volume 39 -

Challenging the assertion of comparability of surveillance and administrative data
Tara Leigh Donovan, Leslie Forrester, Jun Chen Collet, Louis Wong, Julie Mori, Elisa Lloyd-Smith, Blair Ranns, Guanghong Han
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04 October 2018, pp. 1391-1392
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A Colonization Outbreak of Penicillin-Susceptible mecA-Positive Staphylococcus aureus in a Neonatal Ward of Children’s Hospital
Kisei Minami, Runa Terakawa, Masanori Sato, Yasuhiro Shoji, Takehiko Hiroma, Tomohiko Nakamura, Ayaka Horiuchi, Ayaka Otsuka, Noriko Kubota, Eiko Hidaka, Yoshiyuki Kawakami, Meiji Soe Aung, Nobumichi Kobayashi
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15 January 2018, pp. 239-241
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Pneumocystis jirovecii Exhalation in the Course of Pneumocystis Pneumonia Treatment
Laurence Pougnet, Anne Grall, Marie-Christine Moal, Richard Pougnet, Yohann Le Govic, Steven Négri, Gilles Nevez, Solène Le Gal
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19 March 2018, pp. 627-630
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Design and validation of an anatomically based assessment scale for handwashing with alcohol-based hand rub
Daniel Aiham Ghazali, Julie Thomas, Elsa Deilhes, Catherine Laland, Sarah Thévenot, Jean Pierre Richer, Denis Oriot
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13 June 2018, pp. 1000-1002
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An anatomically based assessment scale of handwashing quality with alcohol-based hand rub was designed. Contents of the scale divided each hand into 40 zones. Psychometric measurements were studied in 30 participants (120 hand sides). The scale was both valid (Cronbach α: 0·83 dorsal side and 0·73 palmar side) and reproducible (linear regression R2, 0·91; intraclass correlation coefficient, 0·99).

Culturing practices and the care of the urinary catheter in reducing NHSN-defined catheter-associated urinary tract infections: The tale of two teaching hospitals
Ana Cecilia Bardossy, Takiah Williams, Karen Jones, Susan Szpunar, Marcus Zervos, George Alangaden, Katherine Reyes, Mohamad G. Fakih
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10 October 2018, pp. 1494-1496
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We compared interventions to improve urinary catheter care and urine culturing in adult intensive care units of 2 teaching hospitals. Compared to hospital A, hospital B had lower catheter utilization, more compliance with appropriate indications and maintenance, but higher urine culture use and more positive urine cultures per 1,000 patient days.

Near-patient environmental contamination of an intensive care unit with Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) and Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase–Producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) before and after the introduction of chlorhexidine bathing for patients
Hélène McDermott, Mairead Skally, James O’Rourke, Hilary Humphreys, Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes
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28 June 2018, pp. 1131-1132
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Dissemination of Staphylococcus epidermidis ST22 With Stable, High-Level Resistance to Linezolid and Tedizolid in the Greek-Turkish Region (2008–2016)
Ana R. Freitas, Aziz R. Dilek, Luísa Peixe, Carla Novais
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12 February 2018, pp. 492-494
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Risk Factors for Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Carriage Upon Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Admission
David X. Li, Anna C. Sick-Samuels, Nuntra Suwantarat, Rebecca G. Same, Patricia J. Simner, Pranita D. Tamma
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05 December 2017, pp. 116-118
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Exploring the Role of the Bedside Nurse in Antimicrobial Stewardship: Survey Results From Five Acute-Care Hospitals
William G. Greendyke, Eileen J. Carter, Elizabeth Salsgiver, Daniel Bernstein, Matthew S. Simon, Lisa Saiman, David P. Calfee, E. Yoko Furuya
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31 January 2018, pp. 360-362
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Hospital epidemiologists and the art of salesmanship
Daniel J. Sexton
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31 August 2018, pp. 1269-1270
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Association of an Active Surveillance and Decolonization Program on Incidence of Clinical Cultures Growing Staphylococcus aureus in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Annie Voskertchian, Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, Elizabeth Colantuoni, Julia Johnson, Aaron M. Milstone
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20 April 2018, pp. 882-884
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False-Positive Tuberculin Skin Test Results Among Low-Risk Healthcare Workers Following Implementation of Fifty-Dose Vials of Purified Protein Derivative
Jeffrey M. Collins, Mary Hunter, Wanda Gordon, Russell R. Kempker, Henry M. Blumberg, Susan M. Ray
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02 April 2018, pp. 750-752
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Following large declines in tuberculosis transmission the United States, large-scale screening programs targeting low-risk healthcare workers are increasingly a source of false-positive results. We report a large cluster of presumed false-positive tuberculin skin test results in healthcare workers following a change to 50-dose vials of Tubersol tuberculin.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:750–752

Predicting Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Colonization and Associated Infection on Hospital Admission: Methodological Issues
Kamyar Mansori, Erfan Ayubi, Saeid Safiri
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14 January 2018, p. 241
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To Be a CLABSI or Not to Be a CLABSI—That is the Question: The Epidemiology of BSI in a Large ECMO Population
Jessica L. Seidelman, Sarah S. Lewis, Kirk Huslage, Nancy Strittholt, Sheila Vereen, Chris Sova, Bonnie Taylor, Desiree Bonadonna, David Ranney, Utlara Nag, Mani Daneshmand, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton, Becky A. Smith
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24 January 2018, pp. 362-365
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Going back to prospectively collected results with a probiotic for primary prevention of Clostridium difficile infection at a tertiary-care medical center
Noam Ship, Serge Carrière
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05 October 2018, pp. 1392-1393
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Healthcare personnel vaccination policies in michigan long-term care facilities
Lynsey M. Kimmins, Cristi A. Bramer, Jacklyn L. Chandler, Adam L. Hart
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20 June 2018, pp. 1003-1005
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Of the 461 licensed long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in Michigan, 129 responded to the first survey of LTCF healthcare personnel (HCP) immunization policies, coverage estimates, and perceived barriers to vaccination. Survey results suggest opportunities to improve HCP vaccination through polices, education, barrier removal, and HCP immunity status tracking in licensed LTCFs in Michigan.

An Undiagnosed Index Case Leading to a Nosocomial Scabies Outbreak: How Mass Single-Dose Ivermectin Treatment Can Help Control a Nosocomial Epidemic
Pierre H. Boyer, Stéphanie Deboscker, Céline Hernandez, Morgane Ramsheyi, Pauline Schneider, Jacinthe Foeglé, Thierry Lavigne
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19 February 2018, pp. 631-632
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Efficacy of automated disinfection with ozonated water in reducing sink drainage system colonization with Pseudomonas species and Candida auris
Scott Livingston, Jennifer L. Cadnum, Scott Gestrich, Annette L. Jencson, Curtis J. Donskey
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11 December 2018, pp. 1497-1498
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Comparison of Two Glove-Sampling Methods to Discriminate Between Study Arms of a Hand Hygiene and Glove-Use Study
Gwen L. Robinson, Linda Otieno, J. Kristie Johnson, Laura J. Rose, Anthony D. Harris, Judith Noble-Wang, Kerri A. Thom, for the CDC Epicenter Prevention Program
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07 May 2018, pp. 884-885
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Building Implementation Science for Veterans Affairs Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention: VA Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Network (VHIN)
Julie A. Keating, Chidi Obasi, Linda McKinley, Jackson Musuuza, Mary Jo Knobloch, Christopher Crnich, Charlesnika T. Evans, Martin Evans, Daniel Livorsi, Daniel J. Morgan, Eli Perencevich, Heather Schacht Reisinger, Marin L. Schweizer, Katie J. Suda, Nasia Safdar
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02 April 2018, pp. 753-757
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