Special Issue
4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and
Healthcare-Associated Infections
March 5-9, 2000,
Atlanta, Georgia
Prevention
is Primary | State of the Art
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About the
Fourth Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and
Healthcare-Associated Infections, S. Solomon |
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Infection Control and Changing Health-Care Delivery Systems, W.R.
Jarvis |
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The Impact
of Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infections, R.P. Wenzel |
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The
Changing
Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus? H. Chambers |
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Emergence of
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci, L.B. Rice |
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Controlling
Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals: Infection Control and Use of
Antibiotics, R.A. Weinstein |
Prevention
is Primary
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Impact of Hospital Care on Incidence of Bloodstream Infection:
The Evaluation of Processes and Indicators in Infection Control Study,
S.B. Kritchevsky |
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New
Technologies to Prevent Intravascular Catheter-Related Bloodstream
Infection, L.A. Mermel |
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Ventilator-Associated
Pneumonia or Not? Contemporary Diagnosis, C.G. Mayhall |
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Preventing
Infections in Non-Hospital Settings: Long-Term Care, L.E. Nicolle |
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Infection
Control in Home Care, E. Rhinehart |
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Automated
Methods for Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections, R. Platt |
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New Surgical Techniques and Surgical Site Infections,
S.M. Gordon |
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Preventing
Surgical Site Infections: A Surgeon's Perspective, R.L. Nichols |
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Hygiene of the Skin: When Is Clean Too Clean? E. Larson |
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Antiseptic
Technology: Access, Affordability, and Acceptance, J.M. Boyce |
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Improving Adherence to Hand Hygiene Practice: A Multidisciplinary Approach, D.
Pittet |
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"Cloud"
Health-Care Workers, R.J. Sherertz |
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Preventing Nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in International Settings,
W.H. Seto |
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Epidemiology
and Prevention of Pediatric Viral Respiratory Infections in
Health-Care Institutions, D.A. Goldmann |
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HIV
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in the 21st Century, D.K. Henderson |
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Tuberculosis
Control in the 21st Century, K.A. Sepkowitz |
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Hospital
Infection Control in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients,
C.A. Dykewicz |
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Emerging
Health Care-Associated Infections in the Geriatric Population,
L.J.
Strausbaugh |
State of the Art
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Emerging
Waterborne Infections in Health-Care Settings, A.M. Emmerson |
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Biofilms and
Device-Associated Infections, R.M. Donlan |
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Applying
Economic Principles to Health Care, D. Scott |
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Economic
Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance, J.E. McGowan, Jr. |
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Cost-Effective Infection Control Success Story: A Case Presentation, F. Slater |
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Feeding Back Surveillance Data To Prevent Hospital-Acquired
Infections, R.
Gaynes |
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Promoting Quality Through Measurement of Performance and
Response: Prevention Success
Stories, C. Richards |
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Clinical Microbiology in Developing Countries,
L.K. Archibald |
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New
Technology for Detecting Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens in the Clinical
Microbiology Laboratory, L. Peterson |
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Molecular Approaches to Diagnosing and Managing Infectious Diseases: Practicality and Costs, M.A. Pfaller |
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Building
Communication Networks: International Network for the Study and
Prevention of Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance (INSPEAR), H. M.
Richet |
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Molecular
Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus,
B. Shopsin |
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Increasing Resistance to Vancomycin and Other Glycopeptides in Staphylococcus aureus,
F.C. Tenover |
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Controversies about Extended-Spectrum and AmpC
Beta-Lactamases, K.S. Thomson |
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Emerging
Mechanisms of Fluoroquinoline Resistance, D.C. Hooper |
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Engineering
Out The Risk of Infection with Urinary Catheters, D.G. Maki |
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New Disinfection and Sterilization Methods,
W.A. Rutala |
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Engineering
Infection Control Through Facility Design, G.A. Noskin |
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Can Managed
Health Care Help Manage Health-Care-Associated Infections? R.
Platt |
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Health-Care Quality Promotion through Infection Prevention: Beyond 2000,
J.L. Gerberding |
News and Notes
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The
Cover:
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818-65) |
