| Author |
Category |
Session Title |
Pub. No. |
| Griselda Almada |
Product Evaluation |
Cost Effectiveness of Reusable Surgical Drapes Versus
Disposable Non-Woven Drapes In a Latin American Hospital |
12-122 |
| Marie Aschinger |
Outbreak Investigation |
Post Cesarean Surgical Site Infections |
10-94 |
| Farhan Aslam |
Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases |
63 Cases of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Due to
Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria |
6-47 |
| Farhan Aslam |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
Is Fecal Leukocyte Test a Great Predictor of
Clostridium Difficile Associated Diarrhea? |
13-123 |
| Farhan Aslam |
Special Populations (Infections in the
Immunocompromised Host, Pediatrics) |
The Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C In the HIV
Infected Patients: a Meta Analysis. |
15-142 |
| Farhan Aslam |
Staff Training/Competency/Compliance |
Ability of Nurses to Predict Clostridium Difficile In
ICU Patients with Diarrhea |
17-158 |
| Farhan Aslam |
Surveillance |
Retrospective Study of Clostridium Difficile Colitis In
a Community Hospital |
18-170 |
| Farhan Aslam |
Technology |
Analyzing the Clinical Utility of Routine PCR Testing
of Smear Positive AFB Sputum Samples. |
19-188 |
| Dana Barron |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Achieving Zero Central Line Associated Bloodstream
Infections In the ICU |
5-24 |
| Dana Barron |
Outbreak Investigation |
Hospital Admission Post Transrectal Ultrasound Guided
Prostate Biopsy |
10-88 |
| Vance Bergeron |
Environment of Care/Construction/Remediation |
Reducing Airborne Contamination In Hospital
Environments with An In-Room Non-Thermal Plasma Air-Treatment Unit |
7-57 |
| Vance Bergeron |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Evaluation of a Novel Mobile System For Protecting
Immune-Suppressed Patients Against Airborne Contamination |
8-80 |
| Paul Bernstein |
Surveillance |
Improving Surveillance of Hand Hygiene Compliance with
Hired Observers |
18-186 |
| Susan Boeker |
Staff Training/Competency/Compliance |
Multi-Tiered Approach to Hand Hygiene Compliance
Monitoring |
17-168 |
| Susan Boeker |
Technology |
Use of Personal Data Assistant For Monitoring of
Compliance with Expanded Precautions Practices |
19-190 |
| Daniel Boken |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Impact of Infection Control Staffing and a Hand Hygiene
Program at a Community Non-Teaching Hospital. |
8-78 |
| Dorothy Borton |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
Positive Deviance: Large Multi-Hospital System's
Approach to Sustained Behavioral Change In Infection Control Practices
Resulting In Reduced MRSa Transmission |
13-136 |
| Judie Bringhurst |
Specialized Settings (Ambulatory Care, Behavioral
Health, Long Term Care, Home care) |
Sustaining Improved Infection Control (IC) and
Prevention Compliance In Ambulatory Care: More Evidence For a Dedicated
Infection Control Professional (ICP) |
16-154 |
| Helen Brom |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
A Program For Monitoring Staff Hand Hygiene Activity at
a Small Orthopaedic Pediatric Hospital |
8-69 |
| Becky Brooks |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Operating Room Observation: a Tool to Reduce Risk of
Surgical Site Infection |
5-42 |
| Janette Brown |
Patient Safety |
Use of Modified Duty Personnel to Audit Hand Hygiene
and Isolation Compliance As Well As Other Epidemiology Focus Issues In a
Large Urban Teaching Facility |
11-118 |
| Nicole Bryan Nomides |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Outside
the Intensive Care Unit: Can We Make a Difference? |
5-34 |
| Robert Burke |
Staff Training/Competency/Compliance |
Measuring Hand Hygiene Performance: Product Volume
Tracking Vs. Direct Observation |
17-169 |
| Nancy Buzgan |
Outbreak Investigation |
Identification of a Pseudo-Outbreak of Pseudomonas
Aeruginosa In Bronchoscopy Washes In a Hospital-Based Endoscopy
Department Utilizing a Data Mining System. |
10-87 |
| Winifred Caputo |
Special Populations (Infections in the
Immunocompromised Host, Pediatrics) |
Findings of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Nasal Screening In a Veterans Administration Hospital's Chronic
Out-Patient Dialysis Unit |
15-145 |
| Charlene Carriker |
Special Populations (Infections in the
Immunocompromised Host, Pediatrics) |
"There's a Fungus Among Us! How the Smallest Aspects of
the Environment Have a Major Impact on the Susceptible Patient." |
15-150 |
| Harriet Chan-Myers |
Antisepsis/Disinfection/Sterilization |
Evaluation of the Biocidal Efficacy of
Ortho-Phthalaldehyde Solution with Vegetative and Spore Forms of
Clostridium Difficile |
2-9 |
| Teresa Childers |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Use of Soap and Alcohol Gel Consumption Metric As a
Surrogate Measure For Hand Hygiene Compliance |
8-79 |
| Jong Rim Choi |
Safety/Healthcare Worker and/or Patient |
Knowledge and Adherence to Guidelines on the Infection
Control of Tuberculosis: Survey Among Health Care Personnel In South
Korean General Hospitals |
14-140 |
| Teresa Chou |
Patient Safety |
Violation Letter Added to the Success of a Hand Hygiene
Improvement Program |
11-114 |
| Teresa Chou |
Patient Safety |
Placement of Alcohol Hand Gel Dispensers In Each
Patient Room to Improve Hand Hygiene |
11-119 |
| Connie Clark |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
"Survey of Community Hospitals to Assess the Successes,
Strategies and Barriers In Implementing Influenza Vaccination
Programs" |
8-64 |
| Marla Clifton |
Patient Safety |
Hand Hygiene Measurement |
11-108 |
| Margaret Comstock |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
Process Improvement Project: Reduction of Surgical Site
Infections Utilizing Antimicrobial Dressings. |
13-132 |
| Shari Courser |
Surveillance |
A Real Time PCR Screening Program For MRSa In a
Community Hospital: the First Year's Results |
18-173 |
| Lisa Covington |
Special Populations (Infections in the
Immunocompromised Host, Pediatrics) |
Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections Among
Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients In Inpatient and
Outpatient Settings. |
15-149 |
| Wilfredo Cruz |
Bioterrorism/Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Title: Infection Control Challenge: a Case of Imported
Measles at a University Teaching Hospital |
3-19 |
| Wilfredo Cruz * |
Surveillance |
Results of Screening For Methicillin-Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (Mrsa) Nasal Colonization of Newborn Infants
Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Nicu): 24 Month
Period. |
18-179 |
| Ruth Curchoe |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
Using Data Mining to Improve Care and Reduce Costs |
13-127 |
| Elizabeth Curnow |
Bioterrorism/Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Using a Mass Vaccination Exercise to Increase
Compliance with Annual Flu Vaccination While Preparing For An Influx of
Potentially Infectious Patients |
3-14 |
| Elizabeth Curnow |
Staff Training/Competency/Compliance |
Evaluation of Educational Methods For Increasing
Compliance with Isolation |
17-159 |
| Thea Daha |
Patient Safety |
Prevention of Iatrogenic Hepatitis B |
11-105 |
| Jennifer Daniel |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Implementation of An Active Screening Program For
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus In the Critical Care Setting
at a Community Hospital |
8-73 |
| Kathleen Darling |
Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases |
MRSa Infections In Domestic Animals |
6-49 |
| Georgia Dash |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Reduction of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia By
Engaging Staff In Controlling and Measuring the Process of Care |
5-25 |
| Megan DiGiorgio |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
"Healthcare Worker Compliance with Contact Precautions:
Do As I Say, Not As I Do." |
8-77 |
| Janine Douglass |
Antimicrobial Resistance |
Descriptive Study of a Novel OXA-23 Carbapenemase
Strain of Acinetobacter Baumanii In a Large Acute Care Hospital In
Southeastern Michigan |
1-3 |
| Cathleen Dueweke |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
Dissolving Barriers to Effectively Reduce Unnecessary
Urinary Catheter Utilization |
13-133 |
| Diane Dumigan |
Environment of Care/Construction/Remediation |
Who Is Really Caring For Your Environment of Care?
Developing Standardized Cleaning Procedures and Effective Monitoring
Techniques |
7-56 |
| Mary-Lark Dupont |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
VAP NO MORE: One Healthcare Organization's Approach to
Zero Ventilator Associated Pneumonia |
5-21 |
| L'Tanya English |
Outbreak Investigation |
Association of Transesophageal Echocardiography and
Escherichia Coli Infections-a Breakdown In Infection Control |
10-100 |
| Kathy Estling |
Surveillance |
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Prevalence Study at a Large Acute Care Medical Center and a Subsidiary
Hospital |
18-184 |
| Loretta Fauerbach |
Antimicrobial Resistance |
Multidrug-Resistant Organism Policies and Practices
2007 at Healthcare Facilities That Participate In the SHEA APIC
Communication Network |
1-7 |
| Loretta Fauerbach |
Outbreak Investigation |
Opportunistic Fungal Infections In a Hospital Pediatric
Population: Risk Factors, Prevention, and Control |
10-95 |
| Donna Fellerman |
Patient Safety |
Positive Deviance In Action: a Behavioral Approach to
Combating MRSa In a Neurocritical Care Unit |
11-116 |
| Joan Finney |
Outbreak Investigation |
Controlling Legionella Through Use of An On-Site
Monochloramine Generator: a Hospital's Five Year Follow-Up After An
Outbreak |
10-96 |
| Marlene Fishman |
Staff Training/Competency/Compliance |
Effective Recognition of Clean Equipment |
17-160 |
| Marlene Fishman |
Staff Training/Competency/Compliance |
Creative Methods to Improve Performance |
17-161 |
| Elaine Flynn |
Specialized Settings (Ambulatory Care, Behavioral
Health, Long Term Care, Home care) |
Spreading the Word Not the Germs: Acute Rehabilitation
Facility’s Use of Positive Deviance Approach to SMASH MRSa
Transmission |
16-152 |
| Leslie Forrester |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Clean Hands For Life™: Results of a Regional Hand
Hygiene Campaign |
8-65 |
| Ayumi Fukao |
Environment of Care/Construction/Remediation |
The Management of Bed-Bath Towel For Controlling
Healthcare-Associated Infection Caused By Bacillus Species |
7-55 |
| Caroline Galeon |
Outbreak Investigation |
Actions Speak Louder Than Words In An Outbreak
Management of Norovirus at a Long Term Care Facility |
10-102 |
| Mary Anne Giannini |
Special Populations (Infections in the
Immunocompromised Host, Pediatrics) |
Is Transmission of MRSa Via Toliet Seats Likely, and
Can It Be Prevented? |
15-144 |
| Barbara Gordon |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
ACollaborative Approach to Increasing Appropriate Usage
of Prophylactic Antibiotics |
13-131 |
| Wendi Gornick |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Mandatory Healthcare Worker (HCW) Participation In
Influenza Immunization (Fluimm) Program |
8-66 |
| Brenda Grant |
Outbreak Investigation |
"An Ambulatory Surgery Facility’s Experience with
Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome (TASS) Following Cataract Surgery." |
10-103 |
| Jayvee Guerrero |
Outbreak Investigation |
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Transmission on ENT/Plastics/Head and Neck Unit In a Tertiary Care
Hospital - Ontario, Canda |
10-101 |
| Min Kyoung Han |
Outbreak Investigation |
Control of An Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant
Acinetobacter Baumannii In Medical Intensive Care Unit |
10-98 |
| Shannon Hansen |
Antimicrobial Resistance |
Getting to Zero: Targeted, Active MRSa Preoperative
Surveillance |
1-5 |
| Sophie Harnage |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Innovative Central Line Bundle Achieves Zero Rate of
Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections For 24 Months |
5-27 |
| Renae Harris |
Cost-Effectiveness/Cost Benefit Analysis |
Analysis of Surgical Site Infection Rates and Cost
Benefits Associated with Plain Gauze Dressings Compared to Gauze
Dressings Impregnated with Polyhexamethylene Biguinanide (PHMB) |
4-20 |
| Cibina Harris |
Patient Safety |
A Collaborative, Multidisciplinary Infection Control
Escalation Plan to Enforce Zero Tolerance of Multi-Drug Resistant
Organisms In Adult Intensive Care Units |
11-117 |
| Lisa Hellickson |
Antisepsis/Disinfection/Sterilization |
Cross-Contamination of Clostridium Difficile Spores on
Bed Linen During Laundering |
2-13 |
| Lita Henman |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
The Journey to Zero: Implementing Culture Change to
Decrease Catheter Related Bloodstream Infections In the Medical/Surgical
ICU |
5-23 |
| Suzanne Hetticher |
Outbreak Investigation |
NICU Exposure to Active Laryngeal Mycobacterium
Tuberculosis In a Large Tertiary Urban Teaching Facility |
10-91 |
| Sherry Hillis |
Patient Safety |
A Focused Effort with Simple Interventions Produces
Dramatic Results In Lowering Hospital Onset Methicillin Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infections. |
11-106 |
| Christy Hodges |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Six Sigma and Infection Control: a Hybrid Program For
the Prevention of Orthopedic Hip and Knee Infections |
5-43 |
| Debi Hopfner |
Patient Safety |
Patient Safety and the Power of "Partnership" a
Multidisciplinary Approach For Removing Unnecessary Central Lines |
11-115 |
| Kathleen Hutchins |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
A Comprehensive Oral Care Program Reduces Rates of
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia In Intensive Care Unit Patients |
8-76 |
| Nancy Hutchinson |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
Real-Time Reporting Drives Zero Tolerance |
13-135 |
| M. Khalid Ijaz |
Antisepsis/Disinfection/Sterilization |
Clostridium Difficile: Evaluation of Sporicidal
Activity of Disinfectants |
2-10 |
| Lorrie Ingram |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
Standardization of Isolation Practices In the
Perioperative Service Line |
13-128 |
| Connie Izzo |
Technology |
Use of a Data Mining System to Improve the Process of
Public Health Reporting In a Large Teaching Facility |
19-191 |
| Sarah Jadin |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
The Association of Hypotension and the Development of
Surgical Site Infection Following Colon Surgery |
5-38 |
| Ihn Sook Jeong |
Safety/Healthcare Worker and/or Patient |
Comparison of Adherence to Standard Precaution Among
Surgeons and Operating Room Nurses, Republic of Korea |
14-138 |
| Ihn Sook Jeong |
Safety/Healthcare Worker and/or Patient |
Use of Hands-Free Technique Among Operating Room
Nurses, Republic of Korea |
14-139 |
| Jae Sim Jeong |
Specialized Settings (Ambulatory Care, Behavioral
Health, Long Term Care, Home care) |
Exposure to and Need For Education on Infection Control
Among Home Visiting Nurses In Public Health Centers, South Korea |
16-153 |
| Nancy Johnson |
Special Populations (Infections in the
Immunocompromised Host, Pediatrics) |
Klebsiella Bacteremia In a Renal Care Center:
Epidemiologic Investigation, and Termination with Antibiotic Lock
Use |
15-146 |
| Lynne Karanfil |
Bioterrorism/Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Utilizing a Global Influenza Vaccination Strategy For
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness In a Multi-Hospital System |
3-16 |
| Tami Kelly |
Antimicrobial Resistance |
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Reduction
In a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
1-1 |
| Christine Kettunen |
Outbreak Investigation |
Small Outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) Skin Infections Among Athletes In Community Schools |
10-92 |
| Cathie King |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Assessment of the Impact of a Silicone Silver Foley
Catheter System Vs. a Latex Foley Catheter System on the HA-Cautis Rates
at a Midwest Hospital. |
5-41 |
| Cynthia Kohan |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Utilizing Silver Technology to Reduce Catheter Related
Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI's) |
5-29 |
| Joan Kowalczyk |
Bioterrorism/Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
WIIFM (What's In It For Me?): Emergency Preparedness
Education Using Social Marketing Concept |
3-15 |
| Joan Kowalczyk |
Outbreak Investigation |
Who's In Charge? Using Hospital Incident Command System
(HICS) For Tuberculosis Investigation In a Healthcare Worker |
10-84 |
| Georgine Kruedelbach |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Pilot Study to Validate Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Surveillance Findings In a Community Hospital. Kruedelbach, G.,
Forlenza, A., Newbury,J., Kole, M., & Streed, S. Lee Memorial Health
System, Fort Myers, Florida |
5-32 |
| Elise Kumar |
Outbreak Investigation |
Famous Last Words: "This Outbreak Is Happening Half-Way
Around the World. It's Not Happening Here". a Report on a Cluster of
Community Acquired Fusarium Keratitis Identified at a University
Hospital In New Jersey |
10-104 |
| Patricia Lafaro |
Outbreak Investigation |
Using Active Microbiological Surveillance During An
Outbreak of Healthcare-Associated Extended Spectrum
Beta-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae Infections |
10-93 |
| Virginia Lipke |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Sustained Reduction In Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
(VAP) Using a Two-Hospital, Multidisciplinary Approach That Includes
Oral Care and Regular Staff Education |
5-31 |
| Virginia Lipke |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
The Reduction of Surgical Site Infections By Bundling
Active Surveillance For Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and
Preoperative 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Preoperative In Obstetrics and
Elective Surgery |
8-67 |
| Virginia Lipke |
Product Evaluation |
A Comparative Study of Antimicrobial Reduction Using 2%
CHG and 4% CHG Products As Pre-Operative Skin Cleansing Agents |
12-120 |
| Cheryl Littau |
Product Evaluation |
Use of An In Vitro Porcine Skin Method to Evaluate the
Antimicrobial Efficacy Impact of Alcohol-Based Hand Gels Used In
Combination with a 4% CHG Antiseptic Hand Soap |
12-121 |
| Martha Long |
Surveillance |
Comparison of Traditional and Data-Mining Approaches to
Surveillance In a Tertiary Care Hospital |
18-171 |
| Ben Luchsinger |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Microbiological Testing of a Mechanical Valve Luer
Access Device Containing Two Antimicrobial Agents, Silver Ions and
Chlorhexidine |
5-45 |
| Justin Lucy |
Antimicrobial Resistance |
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Rates at a
Large Midwestern Hospital System |
1-4 |
| MJoan Mallick |
Staff Training/Competency/Compliance |
The Seven Principles of Highly Effective Journal
Clubs |
17-166 |
| Stacy Martin |
Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases |
Utilizing Evidence Based Guidelines to Reduce MRSa
Rates: One Cancer Center's Experience |
6-48 |
| Stacy Martin |
Special Populations (Infections in the
Immunocompromised Host, Pediatrics) |
Parainfluenza III Investigation at a Comprehensive
Cancer Center |
15-147 |
| Jennie Mayfield |
Surveillance |
Evaluation of a Computerized Surveillance Program For
Clostridium Difficile Infection Surveillance |
18-181 |
| Louise McBeath |
Surveillance |
Invasive Fungal Infections In Severely Neutropenic
Haematology Inpatients - a Pilot Study of a New Method of
Surveillance |
18-177 |
| Jackie McFarlin |
Outbreak Investigation |
Acinetobacter Outbreak on a Spinal Cord Unit -
Environmental Hygiene Challenge |
10-85 |
| Jackie McFarlin |
Staff Training/Competency/Compliance |
Behavior Change For Improved Hand Hygiene Compliance-
Engaging Staff In Learning |
17-162 |
| Cheryl McKendrick |
Patient Safety |
Impact of Surgical Dressings on Coronary Artery Bypass
Graft Surgery with Resultant Influence on Patient Safety |
11-112 |
| Todd Meyer |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Microbiological Testing of a Wound Drain Coated with An
Antimicrobial Agent |
5-46 |
| Hiroshige Mikamo |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Randomized, Multicenter Trial of Antibiotic Prophylaxis
For Abdominal Extended Hysterectomy In Patients with Gynecological
Malignancies: Single Dose Vs 4 Doses of a Second-Generation
Cephalosporin |
8-62 |
| Linda Miller |
Bioterrorism/Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Avian Flu-Knocking on Our Door! Lessons In Avian
Influenza Surveillance |
3-17 |
| Han Min-kyoung |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Decreased |
8-72 |
| Concepcion Moore |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
A Systems Approach to Process Improvement In Decreasing
Blood Culture Contamination (BCC) Rates at An Academic Medical
Center |
13-125 |
| Shawn Westadt Mueller |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Predictors In Trauma
Patients |
5-39 |
| Kathi Mullaney |
Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases |
Diarrhea & C. Difficult: a Four Year Experience
with C.Difficile |
6-50 |
| Kathi Mullaney |
Safety/Healthcare Worker and/or Patient |
Flu Vaccination Trends Among Hospital Staff In a
Medical Center |
14-141 |
| Alba Muzzi |
Special Populations (Infections in the
Immunocompromised Host, Pediatrics) |
Surveillance For Nosocomial Legionella Pneumophila: a 6
Years Report from a Large Italian Hospital and Impact of the Copper -
Silver Ionization System |
15-148 |
| Miki Nagao |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Improvement of Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis ; a
Single University Hospital Project In Japan |
8-60 |
| Mary Nennig |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Infections Associated with Cardiac Catheterization
Laboratory Procedures |
5-44 |
| Denise Noy |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Excellent Hand Hygiene Practice Is Achievable |
8-63 |
| Catherine O'Neal |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
A Review of Isolation Cart Stocking Practices and
Assessment of An Alert to Improve Adequacy of Isolation Supplies In a
Tertiary Care Hospital. |
13-134 |
| C. Orr |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Health Care Associated Pneumonia Prevention Using a
Comprehensive Oral Hygiene Protocol |
8-68 |
| Belinda Ostrowsky |
Bioterrorism/Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
A Two-Way Communication Network to Meet the Needs of
the Infection Prevention & Control and Hospital Epidemiology During
Times of Crisis and Routine Events Through Surveys and Technical
Advances: the SHEA APIC Communication Network 2007 |
3-18 |
| Charles Palenik |
Antisepsis/Disinfection/Sterilization |
Microbial Contamination of Computer Keyboards and Mice
Present In Dental Clinics |
2-12 |
| Richelle Pappalau |
Safety/Healthcare Worker and/or Patient |
Healthcare System Implements a Hand Hygiene
Campaign |
14-137 |
| Soon Mi Park |
Staff Training/Competency/Compliance |
Knowledge on the Isolation Precaution Among Health Care
Workers In South Korea |
163 |
| Eun suk PARK |
Staff Training/Competency/Compliance |
Development of Education Programs For the Infection
Control Nurses In Korea |
17-167 |
| Marianne Pavia |
Patient Safety |
Reducing Healthcare Associated Infection Rates In a
Pediatric Long -Term Care Facility with Alcohol-Based Hand
Sanitizers |
11-107 |
| Allen Peden |
Environment of Care/Construction/Remediation |
A Novel Approach to Standardized Online
Construction/Renovation Permitting Via a Large System Intranet. |
7-52 |
| Tamara Persing |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections - Zero
Tolerance and Counting... Staying There Remains the Challenge. |
5-26 |
| Kathy Petersen |
Outbreak Investigation |
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: Discovery and Implications
of Laboratory Contamination |
10-83 |
| Ann Marie Pettis |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
The Importance of Postoperative Hyperglycemia In Other
Than Cardiac Surgery. |
5-30 |
| Vera Lynn Pischke |
Surveillance |
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
Surveillance In An Inpatient Rehabilitation (Rehab) Program: Baseline
Data and Post Intervention Success |
18-185 |
| Kyle Puckett |
Specialized Settings (Ambulatory Care, Behavioral
Health, Long Term Care, Home care) |
"Charting the Course of Nosocomial Multidrug Resistant
Organism Transmission In a Long Term Acute Care Hospital" |
16-156 |
| Sonia Pulgar |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Epidemiology of Hospitalized Skin and Soft Tissue
Infections In the US |
5-37 |
| Anna Quori |
Outbreak Investigation |
Acinetobacter Baumannii Outbreak at a General Surgical
Ward In a Tertiary Hospital |
10-97 |
| Salah Qutaishat |
Environment of Care/Construction/Remediation |
Healthcare-Associated Infection Challenges: a
Nationwide Survey of Healthcare Professionals |
7-58 |
| Jennifer Raffaelli |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
Isolation Compliance: Mission Is Possible |
13-130 |
| Brannon Raney |
Antimicrobial Resistance |
Genotypes and Mupirocin Susceptibility of
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Patients
Screened on Admission to a Veterans' Administration Hospital |
1-2 |
| Phillip Rauk |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Chlorhexidine Gluconate Preoperative Skin Preparation
In Obstetrical Cesarean Section Patients Results In 100% Prevention of
Surgical Site Infections |
8-70 |
| James Reisen |
Specialized Settings (Ambulatory Care, Behavioral
Health, Long Term Care, Home care) |
From Graves to Nursing Home For 6 Months: Period
Prevalence of Risk Factors For Urinary Tract Infection In a Long-Term
Care Facility |
16-155 |
| Marian Rodgers |
Outbreak Investigation |
Investigation and Control of a Diarrhea Outbreak In a
Long Term Care Facility: a Tale of Two Causes |
10-90 |
| Cindy Rojas |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Using Surveillance Methodology to Implement An
Infection Control and Latex Free Initiative: Healthcare-Associated,
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections In a Community Hospital
Setting |
5-40 |
| Victor Rosenthal |
Surveillance |
Effectiveness of Outcome and Process Surveillance For
Reducing Urinary Tract Infection Rates In 42 Icus from 11 Countries.
Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium
(INICC). |
18-174 |
| Victor Rosenthal |
Surveillance |
Effectiveness of Process Surveillance For Increasing
Hand Hygiene Compliance In 50 Intensive Care Units of 12 Developing
Countries. Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control
Consortium (INICC). |
18-175 |
| Victor Rosenthal |
Surveillance |
Effectiveness of Outcome and Process Surveillance For
Reducing Overall Device-Associated Infection and Mortality Rates In a
Hospital In Morocco. Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection
Control Consortium. |
18-176 |
| Victor Rosenthal |
Surveillance |
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Rates In 88 Intensive
Care Units of 18 Developing Countries. Findings of the International
Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) |
18-178 |
| Debra Runyan |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Central Line-Related Bloodstream Infections - the Road
to Elimination |
5-22 |
| Philip Russo |
Surveillance |
Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates and
Device Utilisation Ratios Over a Four Year Period In Intensive Care
Units In Large Public Hospitals: VICNISS Coordinating Centre, Victoria,
Australia. |
18-172 |
| Marcia Ryder |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Microscopic Examination of Microbial Colonization on
Needleless Connectors. |
5-36 |
| Diane Salisbury |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
The Effect of Instant Hand Sanitizer Format on
Nosocomial Infection Rate: Do Foam and Gel Instant Hand Sanitizers Have
Equivalent Efficacy? |
8-71 |
| Diane Salisbury |
Outbreak Investigation |
"A Cost Containment Initiative Increases the Surgical
Site Infection Rate Following Casearean Sections" |
10-86 |
| Diane Salisbury |
Staff Training/Competency/Compliance |
Reducing Blood Culture Contamination: the Easy Way Or
the Hard Way?? |
17-165 |
| Mark Sampson |
Antisepsis/Disinfection/Sterilization |
Effectiveness of Hypochlorous Acid and Glutaraldehyde
High Level Disinfectants Against a Pseudomonas Aeruginosa AER Biofilm
Test Model. |
2-8 |
| Mariann Schmitz |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infection In An
Intensive Care Unit: Impact and Analysis of a Prevention Bundle |
5-28 |
| Nancy Schneider |
Mandatory Public Reporting of Healthcare Associated
Infections/Consumer Education |
State Mandated Reporting of Infections: How It Changes
Our Work |
9-81 |
| Steven Schweon |
Patient Safety |
"Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention: Making the Process
Easier to Swallow." |
11-111 |
| Lee Sholtz |
Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases |
Multi-Disciplinary Interventions For the Management and
Prevention of Clostridium Difficile-Associated Disease at An Academic
Medical Center |
6-51 |
| Nisreen Sidani |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea at a Tertiary
Care Center In Lebanon |
8-75 |
| Theresa Sieber |
Staff Training/Competency/Compliance |
Incorporating Patient Safety and Quality Into An
Infection Control Liaison Program |
17-157 |
| Theresa Sieber |
Surveillance |
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Surveillance Protocol For Discontinuation of Contact Precautions In a
Perioperative Assessment Department |
18-180 |
| Kimberly Simon |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Implementation of a "Bundle Approach" to Reduce
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Infections In a Community Hospital
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) |
5-33 |
| Ronda Sinkowitz-Cochran |
Staff Training/Competency/Compliance |
The Impact of a Hand Hygiene Online Course As Part of a
Multi-Center Randomized Trial to Reduce the Transmission of
Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria |
17-164 |
| Maire Soosaar |
Environment of Care/Construction/Remediation |
Water Intrusions In Clinical Areas: a Collaborative
Approach to Process Improvement |
7-54 |
| Maureen Spencer |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
An Online Communication System For Local Infection
Control Practitioners |
8-59 |
| Paul Sportmann |
Surveillance |
Simple, Accurate Mrsa Screening Test Based on
Bacteriophage Amplification Technology |
18-182 |
| Kurt Stevenson |
Surveillance |
Modeling ICD-9-CM Secondary Infection Codes For
Screening of Surgical Site Infections |
18-187 |
| Amy Suiter |
Antisepsis/Disinfection/Sterilization |
The Rapid Action of Alcohols In a Modified Time Kill
Method. |
2-11 |
| Jill Sullivan |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Effectiveness of Active Surveillance For Methicillin
Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Modified Contact Precautions
As a Control Measure |
8-61 |
| Janet Szychowski |
Environment of Care/Construction/Remediation |
Improving the Infection Control Construction Permit
Process In a University Medical Center |
7-53 |
| Ellen Trovillion |
Patient Safety |
Developing Best Practice Hand Hygiene Process Measures
For a Large Healthcare System |
11-109 |
| Felicisima Valena |
Surveillance |
MRSa Nares Colonization: Continuous Or Transient?
Observations In Hemodialysis Patients |
18-183 |
| Fidelina Valencia |
Technology |
Hand Hygiene Stations: Building a Culture of Hand
Hygiene In a Large Urban Teaching Facility |
19-189 |
| Vickie VanDeventer |
Device-Related Infections and/or Site Specific
Infections |
Do You Have Sweet Knees? How One Hospital Decreased
Total Joint Infections and Made An Interesting Discovery |
5-35 |
| Sheila Vereen |
Outbreak Investigation |
A Pseudomonas Outbreak on the Surgical Intensive Care
Unit (SICU) |
10-99 |
| Katherine Ward |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
Does Implementation of a Standing Order Protocol
Improve Screening And/Or Administration of the Pneumococcal Vaccine of
Hospitalized Patients with Pneumonia? |
13-129 |
| Armelia Warren-Law |
Outbreak Investigation |
Clostridium Difficile: One Hospital's Story |
10-82 |
| Azalea Wedig |
Outbreak Investigation |
Pseudo-Outbreak of Mycobacterium Gordonae Associated
with Ice Machines |
10-89 |
| Patricia Wells |
Infection Prevention and Control Programs |
Improving Healthcare Workers Influenza Vaccination
Compliance In Acute Care Settings |
8-74 |
| Rita White |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
Surgeon Peer Review: An Initiative to Improve
Communication and Provide Feedback on Potentially Preventable Surgical
Site Infection Risk Factors. |
13-124 |
| Jeanine Woltmann |
Quality Management Systems/Process Improvement/Adverse
Outcomes |
"SCIP to Better Outcomes" |
13-126 |
| Stephen Yamada |
Patient Safety |
Semmelweis Hand Hygiene Project |
11-110 |
| Terry Yamauchi |
Patient Safety |
Six Years Experience with Animal-Assisted Therapy In a
Children's Hospital: Is There Patient Risk? |
11-113 |
| Monica Yates |
Antimicrobial Resistance |
The Impact of Screening Patients For Multidrug
Resistant Organisms Within the Health-Care Setting |
1-6 |
| Carole Yeung |
Specialized Settings (Ambulatory Care, Behavioral
Health, Long Term Care, Home care) |
Promoting Influenza Vaccination and Evaluating
Compliance Rates In a Homecare and Hospice Network |
16-151 |
