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• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·APIC Masthead

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• • ·Information for Authors

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• Message from APIC

  • ·The value of your APIC membership

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• Major Articles

  • ·Asymptomatic Clostridium difficile colonization in a tertiary care hospital: Admission prevalence and risk factors

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    Surbhi Leekha, Kimberly C. Aronhalt, Lynne M. Sloan, Robin Patel, Robert Orenstein

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  • ·Understanding factors that impact on health care professionals’ risk perceptions and responses toward Clostridium difficile and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A structured literature review

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    Emma Burnett, Nora Kearney, Bridget Johnston, Joanne Corlett, Stephen MacGillivray

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  • ·Cohorting based on nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus status: An opportunity to share more than a room

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    Dima Kabbani, Susan K. Weir, Gretchen Berg, Gina C. Chien, Judith Strymish, Kalpana Gupta

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  • ·MRSA nasal colonization burden and risk of MRSA infection

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    Edward Stenehjem, David Rimland

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  • ·Comparing the transmission potential of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii among inpatients using target environmental monitoring

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    Wenjun Sui, Junrui Wang, Haili Wang, Mei Wang, Yanfei Huang, Jie Zhuo, Xinxin Lu

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  • ·Practices to prevent multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Thailand: A national survey

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    Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Thana Khawcharoenporn, Linda M. Mundy

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  • ·Prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in spinal cord injury units

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    Martin E. Evans, Stephen M. Kralovic, Loretta A. Simbartl, D. Scott Obrosky, Margaret C. Hammond, Barry Goldstein, Charlesnika T. Evans, Gary A. Roselle, Rajiv Jain

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  • ·Chinks in the armor: Percutaneous injuries from hollow bore safety-engineered sharps devices

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    Lisa Black

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  • ·Time lag for posting transmission-based isolation precaution signs

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    Maryam Behta, Rebecca Landzberg, Haomiao Jia, Melissa Marine, Barbara Ross, Rohit Chaudhry, Bevin Cohen, Elaine Larson

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  • ·Haemophilus influenzae as an airborne contamination in child day care centers

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    Danuta O. Lis, Rafał L. Górny

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  • ·Duration of colonization by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae after hospital discharge

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    Gabriel Birgand, Laurence Armand-Lefevre, Isabelle Lolom, Etienne Ruppe, Antoine Andremont, Jean-Christophe Lucet

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• Commentaries

  • ·The changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: 50 years of a superbug

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    Luke F. Chen

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  • ·Isolation anterooms: Important components of airborne infection control

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    Shobha S. Subhash, Gio Baracco, Kevin P. Fennelly, Michael Hodgson, Lewis J. Radonovich

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• Brief Reports

  • ·Zeroing in on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: US Department of Veterans Affairs’ MRSA Prevention Initiative

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    Stephen M. Kralovic, Martin E. Evans, Loretta A. Simbartl, Meredith Ambrose, Rajiv Jain, Gary A. Roselle

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  • ·Evaluation of a universal vs a targeted hepatitis C virus screening strategy among pregnant women at the Vienna University Hospital

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    Magda Diab-Elschahawi, Verena Dosch, Claudia Honsig, Birgit Jatzko, Luigi Segagni, Ojan Assadian, Elisabeth Presterl

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  • ·Environment cleaning without chemicals in clinical settings

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    Elizabeth Gillespie, Jill Wilson, Anita Lovegrove, Carmel Scott, Mardi Abernethy, Despina Kotsanas, Rhonda L. Stuart

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  • ·Risk factors for surgical site infection after delayed sternal closure

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    Michael E. Bowman, Ivan M. Rebeyka, David B. Ross, Luis G. Quinonez, Sarah E. Forgie

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  • ·Assessment of the burden of mandatory reporting of health care-associated infection using the National Healthcare Safety Network in Massachusetts

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    Johanna Vostok, William Lapsley, Nora McElroy, Shauna Onofrey, Eileen McHale, Nicole Johnson, Alfred DeMaria

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Yield of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on moist swabs versus dry swabs

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    Lenora Codrington, Danica Kuncio, Jennifer Han, Irving Nachamkin, Pam Tolomeo, Baofeng Hu, Ebbing Lautenbach

    
  • ·The capability of MRSA active surveillance to reduce MRSA infection in Japan

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    Keiji Kanemitsu, Natsuo Yamamoto, Yuji Imafuku, Kotaro Mitsutake, Akiko Miyazato, Hiromu Takemura, Shigemi Terakubo, Takahide Matsuda, Yano Kazuhisa, Yoichi Hirakata, Mitsuo Kaku

    
  • ·Role of clinical diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia

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    Noyal Mariya Joseph, Sujatha Sistla, Tarun Kumar Dutta, Ashok Shankar Badhe, Subhash Chandra Parija

    
  • ·HIV seroconversion in a health care worker who underwent postexposure prophylaxis following needlestick injury

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    Maria Carlota Borba Brum, Fábio Fernandes Dantas Filho, Zaira Balem Yates, Maria Cecília Verçoza Viana, Eunice Beatriz Martin Chaves, Damásio Macedo Trindade

    
  • ·Comparative efficacy of commercially available alcohol-based hand rubs and World Health Organization-recommended hand rubs

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    Sven Eggerstedt

    
  • ·Reply to letter to the editor on “comparative efficacy of commercially available alcohol-based hand rubs and World Health Organization-recommended hand rubs”

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    Sarah L. Edmonds, David R. Macinga, William R. Jarvis

    
  • ·Inclusion of chlorhexidine gluconate in alcohol-based presurgical hand antiseptics: Can a product be considered “superior” if it does not meet established efficacy requirements?

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    David R. Macinga, Sarah L. Edmonds

    
  • ·Response to letter, “Inclusion of chlorhexidine gluconate in alcohol-based presurgical hand antiseptics: Can a product be considered ‘superior’ if it does not meet established efficacy requirements?”

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    Linda K.M. Olson

    
  • ·Assessment of infection risk from environmental contamination using rapid ATP surface measurements

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    Danish J. Malik

    
  • ·Response to “Assessment of infection risk from environmental contamination using rapid ATP surface measurements”

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    Carmen V. Sciortino

    

• Online-Only Articles

  • ·Trend of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia in an institution with a high rate of MRSA after the reinforcement of antibiotic stewardship and hand hygiene

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    Yong Chan Kim, Min Hyung Kim, Je Eun Song, Jin Young Ahn, Dong Hyun Oh, Oh Mee Kweon, Dongsuk Lee, Sun Bean Kim, Hye-won Kim, Su Jin Jeong, Nam Su Ku, Sang Hoon Han, Eun Suk Park, Dongeun Yong, Young Goo Song, Kyungwon Lee, June Myung Kim, Jun Yong Choi

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  • ·Compliance with hygiene guidelines: The effect of a multimodal hygiene intervention and validation of direct observations

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    Sara Mernelius, Per-Olof Svensson, Gunhild Rensfeldt, Ewa Davidsson, Barbro Isaksson, Sture Löfgren, Andreas Matussek

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