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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Adverse impact of surgical site infections in English hospitals

    Page :93-103

    R. Coello, A. Charlett, J. Wilson, V. Ward, A. Pearson, P. Borriello

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Significant reduction of endemic MRSA acquisition and infection in cardiothoracic patients by means of an enhanced targeted infection control programme

    Page :104-110

    S. Schelenz, D. Tucker, C. Georgeu, S. Daly, M. Hill, J. Roxburgh, G.L. French

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan
• • ·Impact of local guidelines and an integrated dispensing system on antibiotic prophylaxis quality in a surgical centre

    Page :111-117

    C. Alerany, D. Campany, J. Monterde, C. Semeraro

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Comparison of contamination rates of catheter-drawn and peripheral blood cultures

    Page :118-121

    E.S. McBryde, M. Tilse, J. McCormack

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan
• • ·Unexpected hospital-acquired bacteraemia in patients at low risk of bloodstream infection: the role of a heparin drip

    Page :122-128

    Y. Siegman-Igra, E. Jacobi, R. Lang, D. Schwartz, Y. Carmeli

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan
• • ·A comparative study of risk factors and outcome among outpatient-acquired and nosocomial candidaemia

    Page :129-134

    A.C. Pasqualotto, W.L. Nedel, T.S. Machado, L.C. Severo

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• • ·Institutional risk factors for outbreaks of nosocomial gastroenteritis: survival analysis of a cohort of hospital units in South-west England, 2002–2003

    Page :135-143

    B.A. Lopman, N. Andrews, J. Sarangi, I.B. Vipond, D.W.G. Brown, M.H. Reacher

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Efficacy of three ethanol-based hand rubs against feline calicivirus, a surrogate virus for norovirus

    Page :144-149

    G. Kampf, D. Grotheer, J. Steinmann

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan
• • ·Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Pastormaster method for disinfection of legionella in a hospital water distribution system

    Page :150-158

    E.F. Peiró Callizo, J. Darpón Sierra, J.M. Santos Pombo, C. Ezpeleta Baquedano, B. Pérez Huerta

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Use of terminal tap water filter systems for prevention of nosocomial legionellosis

    Page :159-162

    R.-P. Vonberg, T. Eckmanns, J. Bruderek, H. Rüden, P. Gastmeier

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan
• • ·Patient notification exercise following a dentist’s admission of the periodic use of unsterilized equipment

    Page :163-168

    K.M. Roy, S. Ahmed, S.O. Cameron, L. Shaw, D. Yirrell, D. Goldberg

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• • ·Knowledge and opinions of surgical patients regarding nosocomial infections

    Page :169-171

    V. Merle, V. Van Rossem, M.-P. Tavolacci, P. Czernichow

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·National hospital infection surveillance on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Page :172-175

    H. Kobayashi

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• • ·Mortality rate, length of stay and extra cost of sternal surgical site infections following coronary artery bypass grafting in a private medical centre in Turkey

    Page :176-179

    D. Coskun, J. Aytac, A. Aydınlı, A. Bayer

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• • ·Efficacy of 10 different cleaning processes in a washer-disinfector for flexible endoscopes

    Page :180-181

    Jürgen Staffeldt

     
• • ·Reply to J. Staffeldt

    Page :181-182

    B. Zühlsdorf, H. Martiny

    
• • ·National infection control initiatives within countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean

    Page :182-185

    M.A. Borg, B.D. Cookson, E.A. Scicluna, The ARMed Project Steering Group and Collaborators 1

    
• • ·Nosocomial cross-infection of a child with cystic fibrosis with Haemophilus influenzae serotype e

    Page :185-186

    P. Bajanca, F. Teixeira, M. Caniça

     
• • ·MRSA carriage in a pet therapy dog

    Page :186-188

    D.A. Enoch, J.A. Karas, J.D. Slater, M.M. Emery, A.M. Kearns, M. Farrington

    
• • ·First report of catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sepsis

    Page :188-189

    M. Yilmaz, G. Aygun, T. Utku, Y. Dikmen, R. Ozturk