Current Issue December 2011, Vol. 39, No. 10

Issue Highlights

Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the zero-tolerance era
December 2011 (Vol. 39 | No. 10 | Pages 817-822)
Alexandre R. Marra, Thiago Zinsly Sampaio Camargo, Priscila Gonçalves, Ana Maria Cristina B. Sogayar, Denis Faria Moura, Luciana Reis Guastelli, Carla Andrea C. Alves Rosa, Elivane da Silva Victor, Oscar Fernando Pavão dos Santos, Michael B. Edmond
Personal protective equipment use and allocation in home health during disasters
December 2011 (Vol. 39 | No. 10 | Pages 823-831)
Terri Rebmann, Barbara Citarella, Sharon Alexander, Barbara Russell, Jacie C. Volkman
Expressed breast milk on a neonatal unit: A hazard analysis and critical control points approach
December 2011 (Vol. 39 | No. 10 | Pages 832-838)
Veerle Cossey, Axel Jeurissen, Marie-José Thelissen, Chris Vanhole, Annette Schuermans
Measuring compliance with transmission-based isolation precautions: Comparison of paper-based and electronic data collection
December 2011 (Vol. 39 | No. 10 | Pages 839-843)
Barbara Ross, Melissa Marine, Mei Chou, Bevin Cohen, Rohit Chaudhry, Elaine Larson, Timothy Landers, Maryam Behta
Management and outcome of a varicella exposure in a neonatal intensive care unit: Lessons for the vaccine era
December 2011 (Vol. 39 | No. 10 | Pages 844-848)
Susan M. Kellie, Monear Makvandi, Martha L. Muller

Transmission of hepatitis B virus associated with assisted monitoring of blood glucose at an assisted living facility in New York State
27 January 2012
Joshua K. Schaffzin, Karen L. Southwick, Ernest J. Clement, Franciscus Konings, Lilia Ganova-Raeva, Guoliang Xia, Yury Khudyakov, Geraldine S. Johnson
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission has been reported after patient-to-patient blood exposure during assisted monitoring of blood glucose (AMBG). Three assisted-living facility (ALF) resi...
Appropriate time-interval application of alcohol hand gel on reducing influenza-like illness among preschool children: A randomized, controlled trial
24 January 2012
Denla Pandejpong, Somwang Danchaivijitr, Nirun Vanprapa, Temyos Pandejpong, Earl Francis Cook
Background: We studied the efficacy of different time-interval applications of alcohol hand gel as a strategy for the prevention of influenza-like illness (ILI) in preschool-age children. Methods: We ...
Comparative efficacy of commercially available alcohol-based hand rubs and World Health Organization-recommended hand rubs: Formulation matters
24 January 2012
Sarah L. Edmonds, David R. Macinga, Patricia Mays-Suko, Collette Duley, Joseph Rutter, William R. Jarvis, James W. Arbogast
Background: Use of alcohol-based hand rubs (ABHRs) effectively reduces transmission of pathogenic microorganisms. However, the impact of alcohol concentration and format on product efficacy is current...
Survival of influenza virus on hands and fomites in community and laboratory settings
24 January 2012
Dhritiman V. Mukherjee, Bevin Cohen, Mary Ellen Bovino, Shailesh Desai, Susan Whittier, Elaine L. Larson
Background: Transmission dynamics modeling provides a practical method for virtual evaluation of the impact of public health interventions in response to prospective influenza pandemics and also may h...
A public health initiative to increase annual influenza immunization among hospital health care personnel: The San Diego Hospital Influenza Immunization Partnership
24 January 2012
Mark H. Sawyer, K. Michael Peddecord, Wendy Wang, Michelle DeGuire, Michelle Miskewitch-Dzulynsky, David D. Vuong
Background: A public health department–supported intervention to increase influenza immunization among hospital-based health care practitioners (HCPs) in San Diego County took place between 2005 and 2...

View More Articles in Press...

The effectiveness of hand hygiene procedures in reducing the risks of infections in home and community settings including handwashing and alcohol-based hand sanitizers
December 2007 (Vol. 35 | No. 10 | Pages S27-S64)
Sally F. Bloomfield, Allison E. Aiello, Barry Cookson, Carol O'Boyle, Elaine L. Larson
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections
May 2011 (Vol. 39 | No. 4 | Pages S1-S34)
Naomi P. O'Grady, Mary Alexander, Lillian A. Burns, E. Patchen Dellinger, Jeffrey Garland, Stephen O. Heard, Pamela A. Lipsett, Henry Masur, Leonard A. Mermel, Michele L. Pearson, Issam I. Raad, Adrienne G. Randolph, Mark E. Rupp, Sanjay Saint, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) (Appendix 1)
- Full Text
- PDF (430 KB)
Nursing and physician attire as possible source of nosocomial infections
September 2011 (Vol. 39 | No. 7 | Pages 555-559)
Yonit Wiener-Well, Margalit Galuty, Bernard Rudensky, Yechiel Schlesinger, Denise Attias, Amos M. Yinnon
Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: Norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species
June 2010 (Vol. 38 | No. 5 | Pages S25-S33)
David J. Weber, William A. Rutala, Melissa B. Miller, Kirk Huslage, Emily Sickbert-Bennett
Injection practices among clinicians in United States health care settings
December 2010 (Vol. 38 | No. 10 | Pages 789-798)
Gina Pugliese, Cathie Gosnell, Judene M. Bartley, Scott Robinson

On the Cover

New Issue Alert

Free Trial Issue

APIC Information

APIC’s mission is to improve health and patient safety by reducing risks of infection and other adverse outcomes. The Association’s more than 13,000 members have primary responsibility for infection prevention, control and hospital epidemiology in healthcare settings around the globe. APIC’s members include nurses, epidemiologists, physicians, quality and patient safety professionals, healthcare executives, microbiologists, clinical pathologists, laboratory technologists, and public health practitioners. APIC advances its mission through education, research, consultation, collaboration, public policy, practice guidance and credentialing.

Journal Access

Full-text articles are available to APIC members and personal subscribers starting Volume 8, Number 1, February 1980.

Activate Online Access

APIC member? Login at APIC to receive seamless access to AJIC.

First-time User? Create an account here.

Institutional subscribers: Click here to access your journal subscription

Click here for additional information.

Publishing Information

The American Journal of Infection Control is published by Elsevier for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.

Access this journal onSciVerse ScienceDirect

Environmental Cleaning

Sponsored Article Collection
Now Open Access
Click here

Brought to you by

Attention Authors

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control now recommends you submit all manuscripts electronically.
Submit Manuscript

You may also use this system to track your manuscript through the review process.
Track Manuscript

You may also view author guidelines or track your article, post acceptance, by visiting:
Author Gateway

Press Releases

Two Out of Three Medical Students Do Not Know When to Wash Their Hands

Acinetobacter baumannii Found Growing in Nearly Half of Infected Patient Rooms

Doctors' and Nurses' Hospital Uniforms Contain Dangerous Bacteria a Majority of the Time, Study Shows

Studies Shed Light on Hand Hygiene Knowledge and Infection Risk in Hospitals and Elementary Schools

Study Finds Fire Stations Contaminated with MRSA

Study Finds Dangerous Bacteria on Cell Phones of Hospital Patients

More

Resource Center

HICPAC BSI Guidelines 2011

About AJIC

American Journal of Infection Control covers key topics and issues in infection control and epidemiology. Infection control professionals, including physicians, nurses, and epidemiologists, rely on AJIC for peer-reviewed articles covering clinical topics as well as original research.

More