INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Which healthcare workers work with acute respiratory illness? Evidence from Canadian acute-care hospitals during 4 influenza seasons: 2010-2011 to 2013-2014.

Optimizing vascular-access device decision-making in the era of midline catheters.

Attributable mortality due to fluoroquinolone and extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in hospital-onset Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp bacteremia: A matched cohort study in 129 Veterans Health Administration medical centers.

Identification of four patients with colistin-resistant Escherichia coli containing the mobile colistin resistance mcr-1 gene from a single health system in Michigan.

Antimicrobial resistance patterns of urine culture specimens from 27 nursing homes: Impact of a two-year antimicrobial stewardship intervention.

Healthcare provider diagnostic testing practices for identification of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile in children: an Emerging Infections Network survey.

Teamwork and safety climate affect antimicrobial stewardship for asymptomatic bacteriuria.

Antimicrobial stewardship staffing: How much is enough?

Increasing burden of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Enterococcus faecium in hospital-acquired bloodstream infections (2000-2014): A national dynamic cohort study.

Using social media to disseminate research in infection prevention, hospital epidemiology, and antimicrobial stewardship.

Dispersal of gram-negative bacilli from contaminated sink drains to cover gowns and hands during hand washing.

Evaluation of a multifaceted approach to antimicrobial stewardship education methods for medical residents.

Oral antibiotics prior to colorectal surgery: Do they have to be combined with mechanical bowel preparation?

A comparison of the accuracy of two electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems.

A national survey of testing and management of asymptomatic carriage of C. difficile.

Antibiotic stewardship teams and Clostridioides difficile practices in United States hospitals: A national survey in The Joint Commission antibiotic stewardship standard era.

Estimating the Attributable Disease Burden and Effects of Interhospital Patient Sharing on Clostridium difficile Infections.

Point-prevalence study of antimicrobial use in public hospitals in southern Sri Lanka identifies opportunities for improving prescribing practices.

Sequential use of povidone-iodine and chlorhexidine for cutaneous antisepsis: A systematic review.

Outcomes of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing Enterobacteriaceae colonization among patients abdominal surgery patients.

Guideline implementation is effective at reducing proton pump inhibitor use in hematology-oncology units: A multidisciplinary intervention for reducing Clostridioides difficile risk.

A framework to develop semiautomated surveillance of surgical site infections: An international multicenter study.

Comparison of hospital surgical site infection rates and rankings using claims versus National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance data.

Cefazolin as surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in hysterectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Impact of a Central-Line Insertion Site Assessment (CLISA) score on localized insertion site infection to prevent central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI).

Inappropriate intravenous antimicrobial starts: An antimicrobial stewardship metric for hemodialysis facilities.

Reduced isolation room turnover time using Lean methodology.

Are reusable blood collection tube holders the culprit for nosocomial hepatitis C virus transmission?

Antibiotic assessment at hospital discharge-Room for stewardship intervention.

The effectiveness of a novel colorant additive in the daily cleaning of patient rooms.

Analysis of multisite intervention studies using generalized linear mixed models.

The association between implementation of second-tier prevention practices and CLABSI incidence: A national survey.

Reduction in Clostridium difficile infection rates following a multifacility prevention initiative in Orange County, California: A controlled interrupted time series evaluation.

Cardiovascular daytime varying effect in cardiac surgery on surgical site infections and 1-year mortality: A prospective cohort study with 22,305 patients.

Pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera through aerators of hand-washing machines at a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation center.

Laboratory practices for identification and reporting of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.

Infections after pediatric ambulatory surgery: Incidence and risk factors.

Droplet precautions on site instead of single room isolation for respiratory tract infections.

Burden of healthcare-associated infections at six tertiary-care hospitals in Saudi Arabia: A point prevalence survey.

Assessment of stool color in Clostridioides difficile infection: A pilot study.

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology (SHEA) and Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology mourn a founding editor: Gina Pugliese, RN, MS (1948-2019).

A comprehensive unit-based safety program for the reduction of surgical site infections in plastic surgery and hand surgery.

Lessons learned from a prolonged norovirus GII.P16-GII.4 Sydney 2012 variant outbreak in a long-term care facility in Portugal, 2017.

Changes in vascular accesses and in incidence rates of dialysis-related bloodstream infections in Québec, Canada, 2011-2017.

The holy grail of hand hygiene compliance: Just-in-time peer coaching that leads to behavior change.

Mycobacterium saskatchewanense strain associated with a chronic kidney disease patient in an Italian transplantation hospital and almost misdiagnosed as Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Methods of estimating vancomycin use in an inpatient setting: days of therapy versus therapeutic drug monitoring-based exposure days.