Volume 39
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2018
CONTENTS Joint Statement
1398 Training infection prevention leaders for the present and future: United in patient safety Keith S. Kaye and Janet Haas
Original Articles
1400 The positive effects of an antimicrobial stewardship program targeting outpatient hemodialysis facilities Erika M. C. D’Agata, Curt C. Lindberg DMan, Claire M. Lindberg, Gemma Downham, Brandi Esposito, Douglas Shemin and Sophia Rosen
1406 From ward to washer: The survival of Clostridium difficile spores on hospital bed sheets through a commercial UK NHS healthcare laundry process Joanna Tarrant, Richard O. Jenkins and Katie T. Laird
1412 Whole-genome sequencing for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreak investigation in a neonatal intensive care unit Theresa Madigan, Scott A. Cunningham, Robin Patel, Kerryl E. Greenwood-Quaintance, Jean E. Barth, Priya Sampathkumar, Nicolynn C. Cole, Peggy C. Kohner, Christopher E. Colby, Garth F. Asay, Jennifer L. Fang, Christine A. Baker, Angela L. Heinrich, Kelly A. Fjerstad, Maria J. Lujero, Nicholas Chia, Patricio R. Jeraldo, Heidi Nelson and W. Charles Huskins
1419 Improvement of gram-negative susceptibility to fluoroquinolones after implementation of a pre-authorization policy for fluoroquinolone use: A decade-long experience Rachael A. Lee, Morgan C. Scully, Bernard C. Camins, Russell L. Griffin, Danielle F. Kunz, Stephen A. Moser, Craig J. Hoesley, Todd P. McCarty and Peter G. Pappas
1425 Transmission of resistant Gram-negative bacteria to healthcare personnel gowns and gloves during care of residents in community-based nursing facilities Natalia Blanco, J. Kristie Johnson, John D. Sorkin, Alison D. Lydecker, Lauren Levy, Lona Mody and Mary-Claire Roghmann
1431 Poor clinical outcomes associated with community-onset urinary tract infections due to extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae Judith A. Anesi, Ebbing Lautenbach, Irving Nachamkin, Charles Garrigan, Warren B. Bilker, Jacqueline Omorogbe, Lois Dankwa, Mary K. Wheeler, Pam Tolomeo and Jennifer H. Han, for the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program
1436 Reassessing the need for active surveillance of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase–producing Enterobacter- iaceae in the neonatal intensive care population Xiaoyan Song, Lamia Soghier, Tara Taylor Floyd, Tracie R. Harris, Billie L. Short and Roberta L. DeBiasi
Cover image: A replica of the original 1854 Broad Street Pump has stood at the corner of Broadwick and Lexington Streets in Soho, London since 1992. The John SnowPub can be seen in the background. Image “John Snowmemorial and pub,” copyright Justinc -made available under aCreativeCommons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0Generic license.
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