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1621US Costs and Outcomes Associated with Clostridium difficile Infections: a Systematic Literature Review, Meta-analysis, and Mathematical Model.

scientific article published in December 2014

2124. A Bundled Intervention Was Associated with Decreased Risk of Complex Staphylococcus aureus Surgical Site Infections among Patients Undergoing Clean Operative Procedures

A Cluster of Serious Escherichia coli Infections in a Neonatal Intensive-Care Unit

scholarly article by Daniel J. Diekema et al published November 1997 in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

A cluster of exertional rhabdomyolysis affecting a Division I Football team

scientific article published in September 2013

A cluster of serious Escherichia coli infections in a neonatal intensive-care unit

scientific article published on 01 November 1997

A multicenter intervention to prevent catheter-associated bloodstream infections

scientific article published on 9 June 2006

A prospective study of outcomes, healthcare resource utilization, and costs associated with postoperative nosocomial infections

scientific article published on 17 November 2006

A successful, voluntary, multicomponent statewide effort to reduce health care-associated infections

scientific article published on 6 May 2011

Accuracy and appropriateness of antimicrobial susceptibility test reporting for bacteria isolated from blood cultures ⬇️

scientific article published in May 2004

An outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric cardiothoracic surgery unit

scientific article published in February 2002

An outbreak of severe Clostridium difficile-associated disease possibly related to inappropriate antimicrobial therapy for community-acquired pneumonia

scientific article published on 25 January 2007

Antimicrobial Therapy for Bloodstream Infection Due to Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in an Era of Increasing Methicillin Resistance: Opportunities for Antimicrobial Stewardship

Association between microbial characteristics and poor outcomes among patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

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Association of a bundled intervention with surgical site infections among patients undergoing cardiac, hip, or knee surgery

scientific article published on June 2015

Attributable mortality of nosocomial candidemia, revisited

scientific article published on 8 October 2003

Bacterial and viral co-infections complicating severe influenza: Incidence and impact among 507 U.S. patients, 2013-14.

scientific article published on 14 April 2016

Basics of Surveillance—An Overview ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 1997

Benefits of universal gloving on hospital-acquired infections in acute care pediatric units

scientific article published on 22 April 2013

Clinical significance of positive cranial bone flap cultures and associated risk of surgical site infection after craniotomies or craniectomies.

scientific article published on 04 March 2011

Clostridium difficile-associated disease in patients in a small rural hospital

scientific article published on 26 September 2007

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Iowa, USA.

scientific article

Comparative effectiveness of beta-lactams versus vancomycin for treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections among 122 hospitals

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Comparing brief, covert, directly observed hand hygiene compliance monitoring to standard methods: A multicenter cohort study

scientific article published on 10 October 2018

Creatine kinase levels during preseason camp in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I football athletes

scientific article

Current practice in Staphylococcus aureus screening and decolonization

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Deep brain stimulation hardware-related infections: 10-year experience at a single institution.

scientific article published on 9 March 2018

Descriptive Epidemiology and Case-Control Study of Patients Colonized With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scholarly article by Bryndis Sigurdardottir et al published September 2006 in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Diagnosing and reporting of central line-associated bloodstream infections

scientific article published on 23 July 2012

Effect of daily chlorhexidine bathing on hospital-acquired infection

scientific article published in February 2013

Effectiveness of a bundled intervention of decolonization and prophylaxis to decrease Gram positive surgical site infections after cardiac or orthopedic surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Effectiveness of local vancomycin powder to decrease surgical site infections: a meta-analysis.

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Effectiveness of universal screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on admission to a burn-trauma step-down unit.

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Endemic fungal infections in solid organ and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients enrolled in the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET).

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Enhanced identification of postoperative infections among inpatients

scientific article published in November 2004

Epidemiology of Acinetobacter spp.-associated healthcare infections and colonization among children at a tertiary-care hospital in Saud Arabia: a 6-year retrospective cohort study

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Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a rural state

scientific article published on 28 February 2006

Epidemiology of polyclonal gram-negative bacteremia ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Evaluation of postprescription review and feedback as a method of promoting rational antimicrobial use: a multicenter intervention

scientific article published on April 2012

Exploring inappropriate certified nursing assistant glove use in long-term care

scientific article published on September 2017

Failure of Risk-Adjustment by Test Method for C. difficile Laboratory-Identified Event Reporting

scientific article

Gentamicin/collagen sponge use may reduce the risk of surgical site infections for patients undergoing cardiac operations: a meta-analysis

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Hand hygiene before donning nonsterile gloves: Healthcareworkers' beliefs and practices

scientific article published on 05 January 2019

Hemorrhage after coronary artery bypass graft procedures

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Impact of 2018 Changes in National Healthcare Safety Network Surveillance for Clostridium difficile Laboratory-Identified Event Reporting

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Importance of control group selection for evaluating antimicrobial use as a risk factor for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

scientific article published in July 2005

Improved surveillance for surgical site infections after orthopedic implantation procedures: extending applications for automated data

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Improving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance and reporting in intensive care units

scientific article published on 27 December 2006

Improving the Assessment of Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci by Routine Screening

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In their own words: presenting the patient's perspective using research-based theatre

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In vitro selection of resistance to vancomycin in bloodstream isolates ofStaphylococcus haemolyticus andStaphylococcus epidermidis ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 1991

Incidence and Outcomes Associated With Infections Caused by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in the United States: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

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Incidence of and risk factors for community-associated Clostridium difficile infection: a nested case-control study

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Infection Control Policies and Practices for Iowa Long-Term Care Facility Residents With Clostridium difficile Infection

scientific article published on 18 September 2007

Infection Control in the Outpatient Setting ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

Influenza Vaccination Rates, Feedback, and the Hawthorne Effect

article by Philip M. Polgreen et al published January 2006 in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Intranasal mupirocin to prevent postoperative Staphylococcus aureus infections

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Invasive fungal infections among organ transplant recipients: results of the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET).

scientific article published in April 2010

Invasive non-Aspergillus mold infections in transplant recipients, United States, 2001-2006.

scientific article published in October 2011

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain ST398 is present in midwestern U.S. swine and swine workers

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevention practices in hospitals throughout a rural state

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Molecular Epidemiology of Gram‐Negative Bacteremia

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Molecular epidemiology of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from immunocompromised patients

scientific article published on 01 February 1992

Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Veterans Administration Medical Center

scientific article published in September 2002

Outbreak of invasive disease caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in neonates and prevalence in the neonatal intensive care unit

scientific article published in April 2003

Preoperative risk factors for nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published in June 2004

Prevalence of the use of central venous access devices within and outside of the intensive care unit: results of a survey among hospitals in the prevention epicenter program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

scientific article published on December 2003

Preventing catheter-associated bloodstream infections: a survey of policies for insertion and care of central venous catheters from hospitals in the prevention epicenter program

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Preventing healthcare-associated infections through human factors engineering

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Product Evaluation ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 October 1997

Prospective surveillance for invasive fungal infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, 2001-2006: overview of the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET) Database.

scientific article

Real-Time Surveillance of Influenza Morbidity: Tracking Intensive Care Unit Resource Utilization

scientific article published on 11 August 2017

Recurrent Gram‐Negative Bacteremia: Incidence and Clinical Patterns

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs): Lessons learned from a national collaborative of regional HAI programs ⬇️

scientific article published on July 20, 2011

Reply to "letter to the editor" by Baker and Chen regarding "Effectiveness of local vancomycin powder to decrease surgical site infections: a meta-analysis".

scientific article published on 6 February 2014

Research Agenda for Microbiome Based Research for Multidrug-resistant Organism Prevention in the Veterans Health Administration System

scientific article published in February 2018

Restriction endonuclease analysis of Staphylococcus aureus plasmid DNA from three continents.

scientific article published on January 1992

Risk factors and outcomes associated with surgical site infections after craniotomy or craniectomy.

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Risk factors for acquiring vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on a burn surgery step-down unit

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Risk factors for groin wound infection after femoral artery catheterization: a case-control study

scientific article published on 6 January 2006

Risk factors for surgical site infections after pediatric spine operations

scientific article published on January 2015

Screening Patients Undergoing Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty with Perioperative Urinalysis and the Effect of a Practice Change on Antimicrobial Use.

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Severe Influenza in 33 US Hospitals, 2013-2014: Complications and Risk Factors for Death in 507 Patients.

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Nosocomial Infections: Implications for Prevention

scientific article published in December 2004

Staphylococcus aureus in the nose and throat of Iowan families

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and surgical-site infections

scientific article published on November 2003

Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization and colonization or infection at other body sites in patients on a burn trauma unit

scientific article published in August 2009

Surgical site infections and cellulitis after abdominal hysterectomy

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Surgical site infections and their prevention

scientific article published on August 2012

Survey of high school athletic programs in Iowa regarding infections and infection prevention policies and practices

scientific article published on January 2013

Survey of long-term-care facilities in Iowa for policies and practices regarding residents with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci

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The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory and Infection Control: Emerging Pathogens, Antimicrobial Resistance, and New Technology ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 1997

The Epidemiology of Hemorrhage Related to Cardiothoracic Operations ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

The Iowa Disinfection Cleaning Project: Opportunities, Successes, and Challenges of a Structured Intervention Program in 56 Hospitals

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The epidemiology and outcomes of invasive Candida infections among organ transplant recipients in the United States: results of the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET).

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The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on a burn trauma unit

scientific article published on 21 September 2012

Universal glove and gown use and acquisition of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the ICU: a randomized trial

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Use of a pandemic preparedness drill to increase rates of influenza vaccination among healthcare workers

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Variable screening and decolonization protocols for Staphylococcus aureus carriage prior to surgical procedures

scientific article published on 20 May 2014

Varying rates of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea at prevention epicenter hospitals

scientific article published in August 2005

Verrucous plaques on the nose and palate

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

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