• A bundle of care to reduce colorectal surgical infections
• A case of granulomatous prostatitis complicating Brucella in Korea
• A Cluster of Cases of Diarrhea Caused by Clostridium difficile in Patients Admitted from Community to a Intensive-Care Unit: Genetic Analysis on the Microbes and the Implications of this Clustered Infectious Diarrhea
• A comparison of residual antimicrobial activity in some chlorhexidine-containing antiseptic formulations
• A comprehensive staff vaccination program to enhance patient safety
• A Decade of Collaboration in Country Victoria
• A Developmental Framework for the Infection Control Professional
• A Novel Automated Computer System for Detection of M. Tuberculosis in Acid-Fast Stain Procedures via Color-Based Segmentation
• A prediction model for detecting patients with vancomycin-resistant Enterococci on admission to intensive care units
• A Strategy for Prevention and Control of Catheter Related Blood Stream Infection (CRBSI) in ICU Patients
• A Survey to Review Healthcare Workers' Practice on Blood Cultures Sampling
• Aanthrax Outbreak in Indonesia
• Active Surveillance Culture in Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit (NSICU): Findings of Analysis Based on Acinetobacter Baumannii, MRSA Nasal Carriage and VRE
• Activities for Decrease the Occurrence of Nosocomial Pneumonia in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
• Acute scrub typhus in South Korea : EKG changes
• Admission Screening – A Promising Way to Control Infection from New Admission
• An aged care infection surveillance program in rural Victoria
• An analysis of Needle Stick injuries occuring in an Indian Corporate Hospital over a period of 3 years ,10 months
• An Approach to Compare the Antimicrobial Efficacies of Chlorhexidine Gluconate
• An outbreak of Enterobacter cloacae urinary tract infections associated with contaminated ureteroscopy in a regional hospital in Southern Taiwan
• Another mode of antibiotics associated diarrhea
• Antibiotic mesh retards bacterial biofilm formation on surgical implants
• Antimicrobial Usage and Gram Negative Bacilli in vitro Susceptibility after the Introduction of Ertapenem into a Hospital Formulary in Taiwan
• Assessment Survey of Injection Safety and Safety of Phlebotomies, Lancet Procedures, Intravenous Injections and Infusions in Government Health Facilities in the Philippines
• BAM: And The Bugs Are Gone - A comparison of the efficacy of cleaning products on Multi Resistant Organisms
• Best practice of the promotion for infection control on practices Among healthcare personnel and incidence of VAP at tertiary care in Thailand
• Building Safer Nursing Practice: Using Proven Methodologies on Intravenous Flushing Procedure
• Bye-bye UTI: Prevention of catheter associated urinary tract infections in hospitalised patients
• Candidemia in cancer patients : risk factors, and multifaceted intervention
• Catching the culprits in the water – Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreaks in two intensive care units in a tertiary hospital in Singapore
• Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections And The Efficacy Of Infection Control Program In Neonate Intensive Care Unit
• CLABSI prevention - audit results for routine management of central venous access devices (CVAD) in an Australian metropolitan hospital
• Clean Hearts-Keeping little hearts infection free
• Cleaning Up Australian Hospitals: Lessons From Six Months District-Wide Use Of Fluorescent Target Monitoring
• Clinical characteristics and outcome of sepsis due to staphylococcus aureus urinary tract infection
• Clinical pathways pave the way for improving exposure management
• Clinical Study of Distribution and Drug Resistance of Pathogens isolated from Hepatobiliary Surgery Department (2009~2010)
• Combined application of infection control interventions - to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia
• Comparison of Bactericidal Effect of Alcohol Gel according to the Amount and Drying Time in Healthcare Personnel Hand Hygiene
• Comparison of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections according to implementation the Urinary Catheter Management Protocol in Intensive Care Unit, Korea
• Compliance Survey with Hand Hygiene at Hue Central Hospital under Calls of World Health Organization Staffs On May 5th, 2010
• Cost Effectiveness Of Antibiotic Usage Based On Germs Pattern In Siloam Hospitals Surabaya, Indonesia
• Cost Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccine in Bumrungrad International Hospital Year 2004-2010
• Cost of cardiac wound infections in children
• Deposits and Withdrawals: A Human Milk Bank
• Developing and Testing Of Vascular Access Infection (VAI) Bundle in the National Kidney Foundation, Singapore (NKFS) Ambulatory Dialysis Setting: A Singapore Experience
• Distribution of Legionella Species and Serogroups Isolated from Environmental Cultures in Taiwan
• Effective Control for Decrease of MRSA Isolation rate in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Effectiveness of an alcohol-based hand hygiene programme in reducing nosocomial infections in the Urology Ward of Binh Dan Hospital, Vietnam
• Effectiveness of Comprehensive Implementation of Individualized Bundling Infection Control Measures for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections in General Medical Wards
• Effectiveness of oral care using tooth brush in preventing healthcare- associated pneumonia in patients with head trauma
• Effectiveness of the hand hygiene compliance program at the National Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi, Vietnam
• Efficacy of Repeated Application of Povidone-Iodine on Skin: a Preliminary Study
• Epidemiologic characteristics of healthcare-associated infections in a hematology ward in the Seoul National University Hospital: result of prospective surveillance study, 2005-2008
• Epidemiologic surveillance of nosocomial infections in a mixed intensive care unit of a university hospital
• Epidemiology and characteristics of HIV/AIDS patients in central province of Iran
• Evaluation of Adenosine Triphosphate Based Devices for Monitoring Cleanliness of Medical Instruments
• Evaluation of Glove use in Australian Acute Healthcare Facilities
• Evaluation of Hand Hygiene Australia National Gold Standard Auditor Training Workshops
• Evaluation on the use of Polypropylene-based Disposable Wipers for Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection in a Haemodialysis Centre
• Exploration of attitude factors for Hand Hygiene Performance among Nurses in Intensive Care Units
• Extend Fruit from Flag System
• Extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (XDRAB): drug-resistant mechanism and risk factors of hospital-acquired XDRAB infections, Taiwan
• Filling Up The Pipeline: A Pilot Model For Mentoring The Next Generation of Infection Preventionists
• Glass Particles Contamination in Single Dose Ampoules: Patient Safety Concern
• GOARN Training in Cambodia
• Hand Hygiene Compliance and Reduction of HAI at University Malaya Medical Centre in Malaysia
• Hand hygiene performance, attitudes and perceptions among doctors in the Mid North Coast (MNC) and Northern NSW (NNSW) Local Health Districts (LHD) of NSW
• Has Clinical Practice with Operative Sharps Management reflected current national and international standards?
• Have we got our MRO Management wrong?
• Health Care Worker Perceptions of 'Health Care Worker Safety
• Health Care Worker Safety Management Situation in Indonesia, 2011
• Health-care associated Clostridium difficile infection in a medical center in Southern Taiwan
• Healthcare-Associated Infection Surveillance in Small and Medium sized Hospitals
• Healthcare-associated transmission of MRSA in ICU : Molecular epidemiological analysis
• Hong Kong Infection Control Nurses’ Association (HKICNA) – The Evolution
• Hydronephrosis associated urinary tract infection: Cause, Clinical and microbiologic features in one university hospital
• Impact of a behavioral intervention on the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit
• Impact of Collaborative Quality Improvement Project on Incidence and Mortality of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in 18 Hospitals in Thailand
• Impact of Inappropriate Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy on Mortality of the Patients with Bacteremia: A Retrospective Study
• Impact of the intervention to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia
• Impact of timing and choice of antibiotic prophylaxis on Cesarean section surgical site infection in a Hong Kong Teaching Hospital
• Implementation of active surveillance culturesin a Surgical Intensive Care Unit to reduce MRSA transmission in a Singapore hospital
• Implementation WHO Surgical Safety Checklist at a University Hospital in Thailand
• Implementing Hand Hygiene Strategies in the Operating Theatre
• Improved Environmental Hygiene in Patient Area
• Improvement and benefits of hand hygiene compliance through a bundle of interventions: experience from a medical center in Taiwan
• Improving Antibiotic Stewardship by Involvement of the Nurse at the Bedside
• Incidence and prevalence of hospital associated infection among post-natal mothers in a unit of a tertiary care institution
• Incidence, risk factors and outcome of ventilator associated pneumonia in intensive care units at National Hospital of Pediatrics, Vietnam
• Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of nosocomial blood stream infection in intensive care units, National Hospital of Pediatrics, Vietnam
• Increased killing of biofilm in vitro by combining topical silver dressings with topical negative pressure (TNP)
• Increasing mupirocin resistance in Singapore
• Infection control education program: lecture is not enough
• Infection control for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in advanced emergency medical service center monitored by molecular analysis
• Infection control in Hanoi, Vietnam: Bras and masks on the washing line
• Infection Prevention and Control Strategies to Impede Transmission of Multiple-drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs) in Long Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) for the Elderly: a Systematic Review
• Insulin pen safety devices
• Investigation of an outbreak of Port-A related health-associated bloodstream infection in gynecological wards of a medical center
• Investigation of an outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infection due to contamination of intravenous pain-control fluids
• Investigation of an Outbreak of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Respiratory Care Center
• Is Biofilm the cause of double capsules surrounding breast implants?
• Is historical research relevent to infection prevention?
• JUMP'N a Hand Hygiene Quality Iniative that Makes the Leap!
• Knowledge and performance level of infection control of oriental medical doctors and nurses in Korea
• Knowledge, attitudes and practice of infection control among the Healthcare staff of the theatres in a tertiary-care Institution
• Lessons learnt from management of healthcare-associated Acinetobacter baumannii outbreaks
• Long-term detection of Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection Rate by Statistic Process Control
• Long-term Improvement of Surgical Site Infection in Bumrungrad International Hospital Year 2002-2010
• Meeting the Standards: High Level Disinfection for Trans-vaginal Probes
• MRSA Screening To Inpatient At Admission Siloam Hospitals Surabaya, Indonesia
• Multiple Metastatic Infective Foci due to MRSA Bacteraemia in a Leukaemic Baby
• Mycobacterium fortuitum Breast abscess Following Nipple-piercing
• N95 Respirators Utilization in Japanese Hospitals, 2011: A Questionnaire Survey
• New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase-1: Hospital Kuala Lumpur Experience
• New technologies in Infection Control
• New tricks for old staff: assessment of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases in existing healthcare workers at a Victorian hospital
• Nosocomial Infection of Wertheim Operation’s Patients in Ubonrachathani Cancer Center Thailand during BE 2006-2011
• Occupational exposures to blood and body fluids among healthcare workers
• Outbreak Investigation of Serratia marcescens in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Peripheral vascular catheter (PVC) related phlebitis among surgical patients
• Point Prevalence of Healthcare Associated Infections at University Malaya Medical Centre in Malaysia
• Point-of-use Water Filters: Costly or Cost Effective?
• Pre-operative MRSA Screening in Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Preliminary Study on Hepatitis C (HC) among Immuno – compromised Patients at the National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka - A Two year Prospective Study
• Prevalence and resistance mechanism of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolated from a Korean tertiary care hospital
• Prevalence Survey of ESBL-producing Organisms from 2005 to 2010
• Prevention of Waterborne Pathogens Contaminationin Liver Transplant Unit Water Supply
• Protecting Our Babies by Protecting Our Women: Implementation of the Government Funded Pertussis Vaccine in a Maternity Hospital
• Reducing time to detection of Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae
• Removal of the Bloody Soil among Thin Space of Surgical Instruments After Use
• Risk factor analysis of rectal colonization with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus among patients at a medical intensive care unit in the Seoul National University Hospital
• Risk factors for acquisition of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a medical intensive care unit
• Risk factors for acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci among patients in intensive care units: a prospective observational study
• Room for Improvement – Reducing MRSA HAIs
• Soap vs Alcohol Based Hand Rub – What Do Australian Healthcare Workers Use the Most?
• Sources of Healthcare associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in an Australian tertiary referral hospital
• Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia at an Australian cancer centre: early experience of surveillance & prevention strategies
• Successful strategies in Intensive Care - a Multimodal Approach
• Surveillance of occupational blood and body fluid exposures among health care workers at the National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka (NCISL) A prospective study from 2000 to 2010
• Sustaining Hand Hygiene - Difficult but not Impossible
• Targeted Active Surveillance Culture for VRE(Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci) infection control in Intensive care unit, Korea
• The collaborative quality improvement project on incidence of Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in 19 Bangkok Metropolitan Hospitals, Thailand
• The development of an on-line database and mobile web application for the collection and analysis of hand hygiene compliance data
• The Distribution of Multidrug-resistant Organisms from Blood Culture at Small and Medium-sized Hospitals
• The effect of administrative measures to reduce infection with vancomycin resistant enterococci
• The effect of the changing activities for the improvement of hand hygiene
• The Effect of ‘hand hygiene improvement program(HHIP)’ on the reduction of healthcare-associated Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) bacteremia in hospital environment
• The EFFECTIVENESS OF HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN ON INFLUENZA VACCINATION UPTAKE OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN MATILDA INTERNATIONAL HOSTPITAL, HONG KONG
• The effectiveness of MRSA active surveillance culture and decontamination in neurosurgical intensive care units for two years
• The Effects of Hand Washing Program with Individual Feedback on Frequency and Method of Hand Washing of Nurses, MRSA Acquired Incidence Rate and MRSA Colonization Pressure
• The importance of toxin testing of Clostridium difficile isolated from hospitalized patients with enterocolitis in Southern Taiwan
• The occurrence of blood stream infections during treatment with tigecycline
• The publication of CICO's Biweekly Update facilitates communications among hospital infection control team
• The use of "hand hygiene dance video" by University Hospitals of Geneva, (VigiGerme®), in teaching “My 5 moments in hand hygiene”
• The Value of Contact Precautions in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
• The way of educating foreigners living in Japan on the prevention of infectious disease
• To investigate the possible infectious route of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia
• Tuberculous Liver Abscess in a Neutropenic Patient who developed Concurrent Infections
• Understanding and Influencing Public Policy – Critical Skills For The Modern Infection Control Practitioner
• Views and experiences of infection control nurses in Karachi, Pakistan (3rd world country)
• Viral Shedding in Chinese Young Adults with mild 2009 H1N1 Influenza
• What is the role of education in hand hygiene compliance?
• Which Is the Most Efficient Air Sterilization Method in Plateau Hospital in Tibet
• ‘‘Bundle Approach’’ to Reduce Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Medical Intensive Care Unit

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