Volume 38


Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2017


CONTENTS Original Articles


1137 Implementation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nneka I. Nzegwu, Michelle R. Rychalsky, Loren A. Nallu, Xuemei Song, Yanhong Deng, Amber M. Natusch, Robert S. Baltimore, George R. Paci and Matthew J. Bizzarro


1144 Commentary: A Blueprint for Targeted Antimicrobial Stewardship in Neonatal Intensive Care Units Candace L. Johnson and Lisa Saiman


1147 The Antimicrobial Scrub Contamination and Transmission (ASCOT) Trial: AThree-Arm, Blinded, Randomized Controlled TrialWith Crossover Design to Determine the Efficacy of Antimicrobial-Impregnated Scrubs in Preventing Healthcare Provider Contamination Deverick J. Anderson, Rachel Addison, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Bobby Warren, Batu Sharma-Kuinkel, Laura J. Rojas, Susan D. Rudin, Sarah S. Lewis, RebekahW. Moehring, David J.Weber,William A. Rutala, Robert A. Bonomo, Vance G. Fowler and Daniel J. Sexton, and the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program


1155 AModel to Predict Central-Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Among PatientsWith Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters: The MPC Score Erica Herc, Payal Patel, Laraine L. Washer, Anna Conlon, Scott A. Flanders and Vineet Chopra


1167 Can National Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Data Differentiate Hospitals in the United States? Max Masnick, Daniel J. Morgan, John D. Sorkin, Mark D. Macek, Jessica P. Brown, Penny Rheingans and Anthony D. Harris, for the CDC Prevention Epicenter Program


1172 Structure, Process, and Outcome Quality of Surgical Site Infection Surveillance in Switzerland Stefan P. Kuster, Marie-Christine Eisenring, Hugo Sax, Nicolas Troillet and Swissnoso


1182 Decontamination of Hospital SurfacesWith Multijet Cold Plasma: A Method to Enhance Infection Prevention and Control? Orla J. Cahill, Tânia Claro, Attilio A. Cafolla, Niall T. Stevens, Stephen Daniels and Hilary Humphreys


1188 Determinants of Implementation of Isolation Precautions Against Infections by Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms: A Hospital-Based, Multicenter, Observational Study Thomas Bénet, Raphaele Girard, Solweig Gerbier-Colomban, Cédric Dananché, Elisabeth Hodille, Olivier Dauwalder and Philippe Vanhems


1196 Prediction of Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection Using Comprehensive Electronic Medical Records in an Integrated Healthcare Delivery System Gabriel J. Escobar, Jennifer M. Baker, Patricia Kipnis, John D. Greene, T. Christopher Mast, Swati B. Gupta, Nicole Cossrow, Vinay Mehta, Vincent Liu and Erik R. Dubberke


1204 The Impact of a Computerized Clinical Decision Support Tool on Inappropriate Clostridium difficile Testing Duncan R. White, Keith W. Hamilton, David A. Pegues, Asaf Hanish and Craig A. Umscheid


1209 Incidence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella Infections in the United States: A Systematic Literature Review Jennifer McDanel, Marin Schweizer, Victoria Crabb, Richard Nelson, Matthew Samore, Karim Khader, Amy E. Blevins, Daniel Diekema, Hsiu-Yin Chiang, Rajeshwari Nair and Eli Perencevich


Cover image: Detail of Lister Introduces Antisepsis, from “The History of Medicine” by Robert Thom, used with permission from University of Michigan Museum of Art.


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