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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Twenty-five years on—the Journal of Hospital Infection and the ‘backfile’ project

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    S.P. Barrett, C. O’Hara

     
• • ·Controlling MRSA: what is the way forward?

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    S.P. Barrett, N.A. Simmons

    
• • ·Handwashing in the intensive care unit: a big measure with modest effects

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    L. Silvestri, A.J. Petros, R.E. Sarginson, M.A. de la Cal, A.E. Murray, H.K.F. van Saene

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• • ·Bed, bath and beyond: pitfalls in prompt eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrier status in healthcare workers

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    E. Kniehl, A. Becker, D.H. Forster

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• • ·Aspergillus surveillance project at a large tertiary-care hospital

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    L. Curtis, S. Cali, L. Conroy, K. Baker, C.-H. Ou, R. Hershow, F. Norlock-Cruz, P. Scheff

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• • ·Short peripheral venous catheters: effect of evidence-based guidelines on insertion, maintenance and outcomes in a university hospital

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    C. Couzigou, J. Lamory, D. Salmon-Ceron, J. Figard, G.M. Vidal-Trecan

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• • ·Comparative impact of hospital-acquired infections on medical costs, length of hospital stay and outcome between community hospitals and medical centres

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    W.H. Sheng, J.T. Wang, D.C.T. Lu, W.C. Chie, Y.C. Chen, S.C. Chang

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• • ·Development of a nosocomial outbreak investigation database

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    K. Makimoto, N. Ashida, N. Qureshi, T. Tsuchida, A. Sekikawa

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• • ·Effectiveness of hand-cleansing formulations containing tea tree oil assessed ex vivo on human skin and in vivo with volunteers using European standard EN 1499

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    S. Messager, K.A. Hammer, C.F. Carson, T.V. Riley

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• • ·Alcohol-based hand disinfection: a more robust hand-hygiene method in an intensive care unit

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    C. Tvedt, G. Bukholm

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• • ·Prevalence of and risk factors for non-compliance with glove utilization and hand hygiene among obstetrics and gynaecology workers in rural China

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    G. Ji, H. Yin, Y. Chen

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• • ·Investigation of a nosocomial outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii producing PER-1 extended-spectrum β-lactamase in an intensive care unit

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    S.H. Jeong, I.K. Bae, S.B. Kwon, K. Lee, D. Yong, G.J. Woo, J.H. Lee, H.I. Jung, S.J. Jang, K.H. Sung, S.H. Lee

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• • ·Control of an outbreak of multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in an intensive care unit and a surgical ward

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    J.D. Pimentel, J. Low, K. Styles, O.C. Harris, A. Hughes, E. Athan

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• • ·Impact of screening for MRSA carriers at hospital admission on risk-adjusted indicators according to the imported MRSA colonization pressure

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    M. Eveillard, E. Lancien, G. Barnaud, N. Hidri, S. Gaba, J.A. Benlolo, M.-L. Joly-Guillou

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• • ·MRSA—really time for a more pragmatic approach?

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    F. Daschner

    
• • ·Use of enteral vancomycin for the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units

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    H. Humphreys, E.G. Smyth

    
• • ·No magic bullet for MRSA

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    S. Dancer

    
• • ·Enteral vancomycin to control MRSA

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    H.K.F. van Saene, W.I. Weir, M.A. de la Cal, L. Silvestri, A.J. Petros, S.P. Barrett

    
• • ·Tonsillectomy for treatment of persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus throat carriage

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    A.C.A.P. Leenders, N.R. Renders, M. Pelk, M. Janssen

    
• • ·The questionable value of microbiological sampling when commissioning new operating theatres

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    D. Jowitt, A.J. Morris

    
• • ·Inadequate standards of hygiene in an operating theatre changing room

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    C. Baird, T. Nunn, A. Gregori

    
• • ·Terminology in surgical hand disinfection—a new Tower of Babel in infection control

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    G. Kampf, P. Goroncy-Bermes, A. Fraise, M. Rotter

    
• • ·Bacterial in-use contamination of an alcohol-based hand rub under accelerated test conditions

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    G. Kampf, C. McDonald, C. Ostermeyer