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  1. There are few reports on the feasibility of conducting successful infection control (IC) interventions in rural community hospitals.

    Authors: Kurt B Stevenson, Katie Searle, Grace Curry, John M Boyce, Stephan Harbarth, Gregory J Stoddard and Matthew H Samore
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2014 3:10
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. Hand hygiene is the cornerstone of infection control and reduces rates of healthcare associated infection. There are limited data evaluating hand hygiene adherence and hand hygiene campaign effect in resource-...

    Authors: Karen Schmitz, Russell R Kempker, Admasu Tenna, Edward Stenehjem, Engida Abebe, Lia Tadesse, Ermias Kacha Jirru and Henry M Blumberg
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2014 3:8
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  4. Health care worker (HCW) colonization with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a documented cause of hospital outbreaks and contributes to ongoing transmission. At Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) it ...

    Authors: Julie Hart, Keryn J Christiansen, Rosie Lee, Christopher H Heath, Geoffrey W Coombs and J Owen Robinson
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2014 3:7
    Content type: Research Published on:

  6. The role of the hospital environment in transmission of ESBL-Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-KP) and ESBL-Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) is poorly defined. Recent data however suggest that in the hospital setting, ESBL-K...

    Authors: Joshua T Freeman, Jessica Nimmo, Eva Gregory, Audrey Tiong, Mary De Almeida, Gary N McAuliffe and Sally A Roberts
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2014 3:5
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  7. Failures to follow recommendations for reprocessing of surgical instruments may place patients at risk for exposure to pathogenic microorganisms. When such failures occur, medical facilities often face conside...

    Authors: Curtis J Donskey, Marian Yowler, Yngve Falck-Ytter, Sirisha Kundrapu, Robert A Salata and William A Rutala
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2014 3:4
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  8. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control would like to thank the following colleagues for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for the journal in 2013.

    Authors: Andreas Voss
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2014 3:1
    Content type: Reviewer acknowledgement Published on:

  9. In the Netherlands a successful MRSA Search and Destroy policy is applied in healthcare institutes. We determined the effect of an adjustment in the MRSA Search and Destroy policy for patients in the outpatien...

    Authors: Miranda ML van Rijen and Jan AJW Kluytmans
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2014 3:3
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. Multiple observational studies have associated antiviral treatment of patients hospitalized with influenza with improved outcome, including reduced mortality. During the 2009–2010 H1N1 pandemic increased use o...

    Authors: Geoffrey Taylor, Robyn Mitchell, Rachel Fernandes, Allison McGeer, Charles Frenette, Kathryn N Suh, Alice Wong, Kevin Katz, Krista Wilkinson, Barbara Amihod and Denise Gravel
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2014 3:2
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  11. To describe the clinical epidemiology, environmental surveillance and infection control interventions undertaken in a six-year persistence of bla-IMP-4 metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae wi...

    Authors: Grace HY Leung, Timothy J Gray, Elaine YL Cheong, Peter Haertsch and Thomas Gottlieb
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:35
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. A recently modified World Health Organization (WHO) Formulation I was examined as 80% and 97% solutions against poliovirus type 1, adenovirus type 5 and murine norovirus according to the new European Norm prEN...

    Authors: Jochen Steinmann, Britta Becker, Birte Bischoff, Thomas Magulski, Joerg Steinmann and Eike Steinmann
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:34
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  13. We analyzed the impact associated with an intervention based on process control and performance feedback to decrease central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates.

    Authors: Soraya Cherifi, Michele Gerard, Sylvie Arias and Baudouin Byl
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:33
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  15. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now a global threat. Its emergence rests on antimicrobial overuse in humans and food-producing animals; globalization and suboptimal infection control facilitate its spread. W...

    Authors: Angela Huttner, Stephan Harbarth, Jean Carlet, Sara Cosgrove, Herman Goossens, Alison Holmes, Vincent Jarlier, Andreas Voss and Didier Pittet
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:31
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  16. According to French national recommendations, the detection of a patient colonized with glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE) leads to interruption of new admissions and transfer of contact patients (CPs) t...

    Authors: Gabriel Birgand, Raymond Ruimy, Michael Schwarzinger, Isabelle Lolom, Gisèle Bendjelloul, Nadira Houhou, Laurence Armand-Lefevre, Antoine Andremont, Yazdan Yazdanpanah and Jean-Christophe Lucet
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:30
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  17. The optimal way for antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) to interact with existing infectious disease physician (IDP) services within the same institution is unknown. In our institution, IDPs and our pros...

    Authors: Chay Leng Yeo, Jia En Wu, Gladys Wei-Teng Chung, Douglas Su-Gin Chan, Hui Hiong Chen and Li Yang Hsu
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:29
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  18. Clinicians often prescribe antimicrobials for outpatient wound infections before culture results are known. Local or national MRSA rates may be considered when prescribing antimicrobials. If clinicians prescri...

    Authors: Marin L Schweizer, Eli N Perencevich, Michael R Eber, Xueya Cai, Michelle D Shardell, Nikolay Braykov and Ramanan Laxminarayan
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:28
    Content type: Research Published on:

  19. The number of bacteria recovered from a stainless steel coupon after touching a pigskin substrate with an examination glove coated on its outside with polyhexanide (PHMB), as compared to the number of bacteria...

    Authors: Johannes Leitgeb, Rupert Schuster, Aik-Hwee Eng, Bit-New Yee, Yee-Peng Teh, Verena Dosch and Ojan Assadian
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:27
    Content type: Research Published on:

  20. Published data to date have provided a limited comparison between non-microbiologic methods—particularly visual inspection—and a microbiologic comparator to evaluate the effectiveness of environmental cleaning...

    Authors: Graham M Snyder, Aleah D Holyoak, Katharine E Leary, Bernadette F Sullivan, Roger B Davis and Sharon B Wright
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:26
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of community and hospital acquired infections. One of the important sources of staphylococci for nosocomial infection is nasal carriage among hospital personnel. Emergence ...

    Authors: Agumas Shibabaw, Tamrat Abebe and Adane Mihret
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:25
    Content type: Research Published on:

  22. Nowadays Enterococcus faecium has become one of the most emerging and challenging nosocomial pathogens. The aim of this study was to determine risk factors in haematology patients who are at risk of an Enterococc...

    Authors: Xuewei Zhou, Jan P Arends, Lambert FR Span and Alexander W Friedrich
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:24
    Content type: Research Published on:

  23. Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae represent an increasing threat to public health and to the treatment of serious nosocomial infections. The aim of this study was to screen for the presence of carbapenem...

    Authors: Magdalena Nüesch-Inderbinen, Katrin Zurfluh, Herbert Hächler and Roger Stephan
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:23
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  24. Money is one of the most frequently passed items in the world. The aim of this study was to ascertain the survival status of bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Vancomycin- Resistant E...

    Authors: Habip Gedik, Timothy A Voss and Andreas Voss
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:22
    Content type: Research Published on:

  25. While Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has come to prominence as major epidemics have occurred in North America and Europe over the recent decade, awareness and surveillance of CDI in Asia have remained poor...

    Authors: Deirdre A Collins, Peter M Hawkey and Thomas V Riley
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2:21
    Content type: Review Published on:

  29. Authors: DK Minta, M Sylla, A Camara, AM Traoré, M Diakité, H Cissé, L Bengaly, M Sacko, B Traoré, AS Kaya, AT Sidibé, HA Traoré, T Sidibé and MM Keita
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):P320
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 1

  41. Authors: A Mohamed Lamine, Fetta Sadaoui, Nora Boubechou, Abdeldjallil Bezzaoucha, Chawki Ahmed Kaddache and Rachida Boukari
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):P94
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 1

  47. Authors: G Kim, B Oh, JS Song, PG Choe, WB Park, HB Kim, N-J Kim, EC Kim and M-D Oh
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2013 2(Suppl 1):O47
    Content type: Oral presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 2 Supplement 1

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