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Intensity of Vascular Catheter Use in Critical Care: Impact on Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates and Association with Severity of Illness
Kimberlee S. Fong, Mary Banks, Rebekah Benish, Cynthia Fatica, Melissa Triche, Nehemiah Smith, Robert Butler, Steven M. Gordon, Thomas G. Fraser
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02 January 2015, pp. 1268-1270
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Can We Expect Patients to Question Health Care Workers' Hand Hygiene Compliance?
Natalie Reid, Jason Moghaddas, Michael Loftus, Rhonda L. Stuart, Despina Kotsanas, Carmel Scott, Claire Dendle
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02 January 2015, pp. 531-532
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Reply to Moehring et al
Taliser R. Avery, Ken P. Kleinman, Michael Klompas, Ann Aschengrau, Susan S. Huang
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02 January 2015, pp. 857-858
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Variability in Mean Duration of Mechanical Ventilation among Community Hospitals
Michael Klompas, Ken P. Kleinman, Anita Karcz
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02 January 2015, pp. 635-637
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We explored intensive care units' mean ventilator-days per patient as a possible objective alternative to ventilator-associated pneumonia rates for assessing quality of care for ventilated Patients. Mean ventilator-days per patient varied 4-fold within a network of community hospitals despite adjusting for multiple patient and hospital factors. Further assessment of this metric is warranted.

Constructing Unit-Specific Empiric Treatment Guidelines for Catheter-Related and Primary Bacteremia by Determining the Likelihood of Inadequate Therapy
Megan E. Davis, Deverick J. Anderson, Michelle Sharpe, Luke F. Chen, Richard H. Drew
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02 January 2015, pp. 416-420
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This study aimed to determine the feasibility of using likelihood of inadequate therapy (LIT), a parameter calculated by using pathogen frequency and in vitro susceptibility for determination of appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy for primary bloodstream infections. Our study demonstrates that LIT may reveal differences in traditional antibiograms.

Review of Evidence for Alcohol-Based Skin Preparation Agents
AkkeNeel Talsma, Carol E. Chenoweth
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02 January 2015, pp. 1059-1060
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Natural Language Processing to Identify Foley Catheter–Days
Valmeek Kudesia, Judith Strymish, Leonard D'Avolio, Kalpana Gupta
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02 January 2015, pp. 1270-1272
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Impact of the Change in Surveillance Definitions on the Rates of Urinary Tract Infection in Intensive Care Units: 1988 versus 2009 Definitions
Hye-Ran Choi, Sun-Hee Kwak, Min-Kyoung Han, Min-Jee Hong, Young-Ju Lim, Sun-Kyung Kim, Hyo-Jeong Yoon, Hyang-Mi Mun, Mi-Na Kim, Jae Sim Jeong, Jun Hee Woo, Sang-Ho Choi
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02 January 2015, pp. 532-534
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Neurosurgical Case Investigation of Postflood Pseudomeningitis due to Mold
Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Thanee Eimsitrakoon, Thana Khawcharoenporn, Pattarawit Rakskul, Linda M. Mundy
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02 January 2015, pp. 758-759
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Potential for Transmission of Clostridium difficile by Asymptomatic Acute Care Patients and Long-Term Care Facility Residents with Prior C. difficile Infection
Sadao Jinno, Sirisha Kundrapu, Dubert M. Guerrero, Lucy A. Jury, Michelle M. Nerandzic, Curtis J. Donskey
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02 January 2015, pp. 638-639
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Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Nurses Exposed to Tuberculous Patients Cared for in Rooms without Negative Pressure after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Hajime Kanamori, Noboru Aso, David J. Weber, Mari Koide, Yuri Sasaki, Koichi Tokuda, Mitsuo Kaku
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02 January 2015, pp. 204-206
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Using an Intensified Infection Prevention Intervention to Control Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae at a Thai Center
Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Pattarachai Kiratisin, Thana Khawcharoenporn, David K. Warren
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02 January 2015, pp. 960-961
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What Is Nosocomial? Large Variation in Hospital Choice of Numerators and Denominators Affects Rates of Hospital-Onset Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Rupak Datta, Melissa Kuo King, Diane Kim, Christopher Nguyen, Kristen Elkins, Adrijana Gombosev, Taliser R. Avery, Hildy Meyers, Michele Cheung, Susan S. Huang
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02 January 2015, pp. 1166-1169
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We calculated hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HO-MRSA) rates for Orange County, California, hospitals using survey and state data. Numerators were variably defined as HO-MRSA occurring more than 48 hours (37%), more than 2 days (30%), and more than 3 days (33%) postadmission. Survey-reported denominators differed from state-reported patient-days. Numerator and denominator choices substantially impacted HO-MRSA rates.

Completeness of Surveillance Data Reported by the National Healthcare Safety Network: An Analysis of Healthcare-Associated Infections Ascertained in a Tertiary Care Hospital, 2010
David J. Weber, Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett, Vickie Brown, William A. Rutala
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02 January 2015, pp. 94-96
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Surveillance of Device-Associated Infections in Intensive Care Units in South Brazil
Paula Virginia Michelon Toledo, Juliane Cristina Costa Oliveira, Karin Regina Luhm, Working Group in Healthcare-Associated Infections (WGHAI)
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02 January 2015, pp. 309-311
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When an Infection Prompts Removal of an Unnecessary Device
Nicola Petrosillo, Stefano Di Bella, Fabrizio Taglietti
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02 January 2015, pp. 858-860
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Factors Associated with Not Removing Urinary Catheter after Reminder
Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Suwimon Khusuwan, Pornvimol Leethong, Nontalee Thongsong, Paisan Techawaleekul, Thana Khawcharoenporn
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02 January 2015, pp. 860-861
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ICE volume 33 issue 7 Cover and Front matter
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02 January 2015, pp. f1-f10
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Environmental Decontamination with Ultraviolet Radiation to Prevent Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection in 2 Roommates in a Long-Term Care Facility
Brett Sitzlar, Ravy K. Vajravelu, Lucy Jury, Curtis J. Donskey, Robin L. P. Jump
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02 January 2015, pp. 534-536
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Sites of Colonization with Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases (ESBL)-Producing Enterobacteriaceae: The Rationale for Screening
Sarah Tschudin-Sutter, Reno Frei, Marc Dangel, Anne Stranden, Andreas Franz Widmer
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02 January 2015, pp. 1170-1171
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Research Briefs

Intensity of Vascular Catheter Use in Critical Care: Impact on Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates and Association with Severity of Illness

Letters to the Editor

Can We Expect Patients to Question Health Care Workers' Hand Hygiene Compliance?

Reply to Moehring et al

Concise Communication

Variability in Mean Duration of Mechanical Ventilation among Community Hospitals

Constructing Unit-Specific Empiric Treatment Guidelines for Catheter-Related and Primary Bacteremia by Determining the Likelihood of Inadequate Therapy

Letters to the Editor

Review of Evidence for Alcohol-Based Skin Preparation Agents

Research Briefs

Natural Language Processing to Identify Foley Catheter–Days

Letters to the Editor

Impact of the Change in Surveillance Definitions on the Rates of Urinary Tract Infection in Intensive Care Units: 1988 versus 2009 Definitions

Neurosurgical Case Investigation of Postflood Pseudomeningitis due to Mold

Research Briefs

Potential for Transmission of Clostridium difficile by Asymptomatic Acute Care Patients and Long-Term Care Facility Residents with Prior C. difficile Infection

Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Nurses Exposed to Tuberculous Patients Cared for in Rooms without Negative Pressure after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Letters to the Editor

Using an Intensified Infection Prevention Intervention to Control Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae at a Thai Center

Concise Communication

What Is Nosocomial? Large Variation in Hospital Choice of Numerators and Denominators Affects Rates of Hospital-Onset Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Research Briefs

Completeness of Surveillance Data Reported by the National Healthcare Safety Network: An Analysis of Healthcare-Associated Infections Ascertained in a Tertiary Care Hospital, 2010

Research Brief

Surveillance of Device-Associated Infections in Intensive Care Units in South Brazil

Letters to the Editor

When an Infection Prompts Removal of an Unnecessary Device

Factors Associated with Not Removing Urinary Catheter after Reminder

Front matter

ICE volume 33 issue 7 Cover and Front matter

Letters to the Editor

Environmental Decontamination with Ultraviolet Radiation to Prevent Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection in 2 Roommates in a Long-Term Care Facility

Research Briefs

Sites of Colonization with Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases (ESBL)-Producing Enterobacteriaceae: The Rationale for Screening

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