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Volume 23 - December 2002

Contents

Page 1 of 15

Letter to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

  • Ciprofloxacin and Clostridium difficile– Associated Diarrhea

  • Claudia Thomas, Clayton L. Golledge, Thomas V. Riley
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    02 January 2015, pp. 637-638
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  • A Novel Staff Vaccination Strategy

  • Elizabeth Cooper, Mary O'Reilly
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    02 January 2015, pp. 232-233
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  • Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Numbers

  • David Birnbaum
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    02 January 2015, p. 116
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  • Should Surgeons Be Tested for Blood-Borne Pathogens?

  • William P. Fiser, Jr.
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    02 January 2015, pp. 296-297
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Research Article

  • Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings: Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force

  • John M. Boyce, Didier Pittet
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    02 January 2015, pp. S3-S40

  • The Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings provides health-care workers (HCWs) with a review of data regarding handwashing and hand antisepsis in health-care settings. In addition, it provides specific recommendations to promote improved hand-hygiene practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to patients and personnel in health-care settings. This report reviews studies published since the 1985 CDC guideline (Garner JS, Favero MS. CDC guideline for handwashing and hospital environmental control, 1985. Infect Control 1986;7:231-43) and the 1995 APIC guideline (Larson EL, APIC Guidelines Committee. APIC guideline for handwashing and hand antisepsis in health care settings. Am J Infect Control 1995;23:251-69) were issued and provides an in-depth review of hand-hygiene practices of HCWs, levels of adherence of personnel to recommended handwashing practices, and factors adversely affecting adherence. New studies of the in vivo efficacy of alcohol-based hand rubs and the low incidence of dermatitis associated with their use are reviewed. Recent studies demonstrating the value of multidisciplinary hand-hygiene promotion programs and the potential role of alcohol-based hand rubs in improving hand-hygiene practices are summarized. Recommendations concerning related issues (e.g., the use of surgical hand antiseptics, hand lotions or creams, and wearing of artificial fingernails) are also included.

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  • Experience With a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Influenza

  • Paul J. Drinka, Peggy Krause, Lori Nest, Janice Miller, Cathy Gauerke
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    02 January 2015, p. 561
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  • Getting the Word Out

  • John Stern, Eileen O'Rourke, Debra Runyan
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    02 January 2015, p. 356
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  • Occupational Risk of Blood-Borne Viruses in Healthcare Workers

  • Frank Van Laer, Renno Roelandt, Elke Coenen
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    02 January 2015, p. 712
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Editorial

  • Starting to Learn About the Costs of Nosocomial Infections in the New Millennium: Where Do We Go From Here?

  • Victoria J. Fraser
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    02 January 2015, pp. 174-176
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  • Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Patients: Getting Some Deserved Attention

  • Jerome I. Tokars
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    02 January 2015, pp. 713-715
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  • Protecting Patients From Surgical Hepatitis C Virus Infection

  • Robert T. Ball, Jr.
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    02 January 2015, pp. 297-298
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  • Requiem for Reuse of Single-Use and Reusable Devices?

  • Franz Daschner
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    02 January 2015, p. 356
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  • Reply

  • Susan E. Beekmann, Thomas E. Vaughn, Bradley N. Doebbeling
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    02 January 2015, pp. 116-117
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Editorials

  • Understanding and Controlling Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections

  • John M. Boyce
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    02 January 2015, pp. 485-487
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