Volume 2 Supplement 1

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control: Abstracts from the 2nd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC 2013)

Meeting abstracts

Edited by Didier Pittet, Stephan Harbarth and Andreas Voss

Publication of this supplement has been funded by the International Consortium for Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC). The Supplement Editors declare that they have no competing interests.

2nd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC 2013). Go to conference site.

Geneva, Switzerland25-28 June 2013

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O051: European medical students and antibiotic stewardship: a multicentre survey of knowledge, attitudes and beliefs

Authors: OJ Dyar, C Pulcini, P Howard and D Nathwani

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O51

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O052: Use of surgical-site infection rates to rank hospital performance across several types of surgery

Authors: AM van Dishoeck, MB Koek, EW Steyerberg, BH van Benthem, MC Vos and HF Lingsma

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O52

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O053: What surgical site infection rates in colorectal surgery should be considered for benchmarking standards?

Authors: E Shaw, JM Badia, M Piriz, R Escofet, E Limón, F Gudiol and M Pujol

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O53

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O054: Surgical site infections (SSI) and risk factors in breast cancer surgery (BCS): French survey surviso 2011

Authors: M-Y Louis, F Lemarie, P Berger and B Clarisse

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O54

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O055: Can incidence of surgical site infections (SSI) in hospitals be predicted from point prevalence surveillance data of SSI?

Authors: H Jamaladin, JA Ferreira, LD Kuijper, MC Vos and M Koek

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O55

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O056: The introduction of a surgical site infection prevention bundle on a nationwide scale

Authors: T Hopmans, L Soetens, J Wille, P van den Broek, M Koek and B van Benthem

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O56

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O057: Clinical evaluation of the antiseptic efficacy and local tolerability of a polihexanide-based antiseptic in comparison to a chlorhexidine-based antiseptic on intact skin

Authors: FHH Brill, D Egli-Gany and M Hintzpeter

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O57

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O058: Delivering a central line-associated bacteraemia quality improvement programme in three intensive care units, Auckland City and Star Ship Children’s Hospitals, Auckland, New Zealand

Authors: S Roberts

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O58

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O059: Introducing an intervention bundle to reduce the incidence of catheter related infections

Authors: E Smid, J Wille, S Greeff de, T Hopmans and M Koek

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O59

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O060: Reduction of central-line associated bloodstream infections in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia

Authors: WA Mazi, Z Bejum, D Abdulmutalib, A Hisham, S Maghari, M Al Thumali and A Senok

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O60

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O061: Impact of process control (PC) implementation and strategies to improve hand hygiene adherence (HHA), in device-associated infections (DAI) in an intensive care unit of adults (AICU)

Authors: C Giuffre, ED Efrón, AM Azario, R Jordan, JV Martinez, S Verbanaz, P Giorgio and M Khoury

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O61

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O062: Contamination of umbilical catheters by Staphylococcus epidermidis in neonatology: is there a link with a change in the standard of care?

Authors: I Soulake, A Gayet-Ageron, N Bochaton, S Touveneau, P Rimensberger, R Pfister, D Pittet and W Zingg

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O62

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O063: Healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in Finland, 1999-2011 – adjusted ranking of hospitals by Staphylococcus aureus rates

Authors: T Kärki, J Ollgren and O Lyytikäinen

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O63

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O064: Validation and assessment of the new surveillance paradigm for ventilator-associated events

Authors: MS Van Mourik, PM Klein Klouwenberg, DS Ong, MJ Schultz, J Horn, OL Cremer and MJ Bonten

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O64

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O065: Using adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP)-bioluminescence assay to compare outcomes of two strategies to perform environmental cleaning in a hospital setting

Authors: R Nativ, I Livshiz Riven and A Borer

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O65

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O066: Thermal disinfection of bedpans: European ISO 15883-3 guideline requirements are insufficient to ensure elimination of ARE and OXA-48 outbreak-strains

Authors: LB van der Velden, MH Nabuurs-Franssen, A van Leeuwen, M Isken and A Voss

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O66

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O067: Poorly processed reusable dispensers for surface disinfection tissues are a possible source of infection

Authors: G Kampf, H von Baum and C Ostermeyer

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O67

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O068: Implementation of antimicrobial copper in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Authors: P Efstathiou, M Anagnostakou, E Kouskouni, C Petropoulou, K Karageorgou, Z Manolidou, S Papanikolaou, M Tseroni, E Logothetis and V Karyoti

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O68

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O069: Efficacy of cleaning methods post-inoculation of pathogenic microorganisms of conventional and novel cleankeys computer keyboards

Authors: J De Grood, L Ward, S Harman, C Duchscherer, M Ward, J McClure, K Hope, J Kim, J Vayalumkal, K Zhang, T Louie and J Conly

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O69

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Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O70

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O071: Standard precautions (SP) vs ‘search-and-destroy’ strategy for control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in nursing homes (NH): a randomized controlled study

Authors: C Bellini, C Petignat, E Masserey, C Büla, B Burnand, D Blanc and G Zanetti

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O71

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O072: A targeted MRSA surveillance in long-term-care facilities - Polish example

Authors: J Wojkowska-Mach, M Pobiega, D Romaniszyn, A Chmielarczyk and PB Heczko

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O72

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O073: An outbreak of norovirus strain GII.4 Sydney in a geriatric teaching hospital

Authors: B Huttner, S Cordey, V Sauvan, L Pagani, A Iten, L Kaiser, J-L Reny and S Harbarth

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O73

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O074: EPIPA, a point prevalence survey of urinary, pulmonary and skin infections in 334 French nursing homes

Authors: A Vincent, O Baud, N Armand, G Gavazzi, A Savey and P Fascia

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O74

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O075: Successful implementation of the World Health Organization hand hygiene improvement strategy in a teaching hospital, China

Authors: F Qiao, Z Zong, W Yin, W Huang and H Zhuang

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O75

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O076: Impact of the implementation of the who hand hygiene promotion strategy in the Hong Kong pilot site: 2006-2012

Authors: JWM Tai, D Pittet, WH Seto, V Cheng and P Ching

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O76

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O077: The impact of a multi-faceted approach on the reduction of peripheral line-associated MRSA bloodstream infections in a high endemic setting

Authors: E Tartari and MA Borg

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O77

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O078: 6 years of national German hand hygiene campaign-where do we come from and where are we heading to?

Authors: C Reichardt, M Behnke, K Bunte-Schönberger and P Gastmeier

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O78

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O079: The rapid delivery of national evidence based recommendations for HAI care bundles

Authors: C Kilpatrick, H Murdoch and A Paterson

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O79

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O080: Amplification of patient safety and infection prevention systems in southwest uganda: the power of district based in-hospital training

Authors: I Spillman, M Ahimbisibwe, A Fry, SB Syed, S Hoyle, S Walker and T Tumwesigye

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O80

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O081: Reduction of clostridium difficile infections with enhanced evidence-based practices and antimicrobial stewardship

Authors: K Alexander-Mills, A Kish, F Palmieri, A Foster, D Viola and F Petersen-Fitzpatrick

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O81

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O082: Theories behind effectiveness: understanding behavioural change interventions to improve quality of care

Authors: F Secci, R Edwards, W Zingg, D Pittet and A Holmes

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O82

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O083: Prohibit (preventing hospital-acquired infections by intervention and training): preliminary results of a European multi-center study on the effectiveness of a hand hygiene campaign and a central venous catheter bundle

Authors: T van der Kooi, M Wolkewitz, B van Benthem, S de Greeff, H Grundmann and W Zingg

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O83

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O084: Implementing a hand hygiene programme in the critical care department of galway university hospitals, Ireland: an interesting and challenging journey

Authors: TW Boo, J Davitt, C Greally, M Commane, B Hanahoe, T van der Kooi and J Bates

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O84

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O085: A network-based approach using intra-hospital patient transfers to identify high-risk wards during nosocomial outbreaks

Authors: M Ciccolini, J Arends, H Grundmann and AW Friedrich

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O85

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O086: Antibiotic use and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) carriage during a large outbreak in a dutch hospital

Authors: J van Balveren, LB van der Velden, HW Fleuren, MH Nabuurs-Franssen, A Voss and T Sprong

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O86

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O087: An acinetobacter spp. (GIM-1) pseudo-outbreak due to contamination of a pneumatic transport system (PTS) in a large university hospital

Authors: BC Gärtner, S Jungmann, A Dawson, A Halfmann, C Petit, M Kaase, SG Gatermann, M Klotz, L von Müller, P Lüttchens, R Veith and M Herrmann

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O87

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O088: Bad design, bad practices, bad bugs – Elizabethkingia meningoseptica outbreak in ICU

Authors: S Salmon, M Balm, C Teo, R Mahdi and D Fisher

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O88

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O089: Recurrent transmission of group a streptococcus pyogenes (GAS) during surgery by a health care worker (HCW)

Authors: C Landelle, P Lesprit, P Legrand, P Brehaut, D Ducellier, J-F Papon, E Allaire, E Girou, J-P Becquemin and C Brun-Buisson

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O89

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O090: Impact on nurses of ebola outbreak

Authors: D Pululu, S Mukendi, P Formenty, S Eremin and CL Pessoa-Silva

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O90

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O091: Healthcare associated infections: an overview (videoclip)

Authors: C Palos, A Bispo, E Noriega, A Arnaut, A Cabral and P Nobre

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O91

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O092: Clean hands: an university extension project

Authors: AFV Tipple, JLU Spagnoli, ZCP Neves, JEM Santos, FCR Cesar, JPDA Trindade and KCDO Batista

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O92

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O093: Hand rub dance: an edutainment tool to remember the steps of hand hygiene procedure

Authors: A-G Venier, C Bervas, A Chasseuil and P Parneix

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O93

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O094: Avatar approach on hand hygiene

Authors: BS Ana and C Palos

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O94

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O095: Isolation videoclip for visitors and patients

Authors: BS Ana and CA Palos

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O95

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O096: Care of patients with tracheostomy

Authors: M Abraham

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O96

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Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O97

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Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O98

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O099: Making a training CD-ROM on activity waste at risk care

Authors: B Chardon

Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O99

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