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This section of our web site posts articles relating to infection control and epidemiology that may be of interest to you and your program. All articles posted are either in the public domain or are posted with permission for use on this site. You will need to seek permission if you wish to use an article that is posted on our site "with permission".

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Adenovirus Type 7 Genomic-Type Variant, New York City, 1999

Jennifer Ann Marie Calder,* Dean D. Erdman,† Joel Ackelsberg,†‡1 Stephen William Cato,*2 Vicki-Jo Deutsch,†* Anthony John Lechich,* and Barbara Susan Schofield**Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, New York, New York, USA; †Centers for Disease...

Mass Antibiotic Treatment for Group A Streptococcus Outbreaks in Two Long-Term Care Facilities¹

Andrea Smith,*† Aimin Li,‡ Ornella Tolomeo,* Gregory J. Tyrrell,§† Frances Jamieson,‡ and David Fisman*¶*City of Hamilton Social and Public Health Services Department, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; †University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Toronto,...

Emerging Health Care-Associated Infections in the Geriatric Population

Larry James Strausbaugh Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, USA The increasing number of persons >65 years of age form a special population at risk for nosocomial and other health care-associated...

Preventing Infections in Non-Hospital Settings: Long-Term Care

Lindsay E. Nicolle University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Infection concerns in long-term care facilities include endemic infections, outbreaks, and colonization and infection with antimicrobial-drug resistant...

Implementation of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act in long-term care facilities

Gail Bennett, RN, MSN, CIC and Ann Brown, RN *Posted with permission from Infection Control Resource. The publication Infection Control Resource is funded by an educational grant from Kendall, a business unit of Tyco Healthcare, LP....

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Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals: Infection Control and Use of Antibiotics

Robert A. Weinstein Cook County Hospital and Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ilinois, USA Antimicrobial-drug resistance in hospitals is driven by failures of hospital hygiene, selective pressures created by overuse of...

Intensive care: Intensive sharps-injury risks

Gwen Beiningen, RN, MS, CIC *Posted with permission from Infection Control Resource. The publication Infection Control Resource is funded by an educational grant from Kendall, a business unit of Tyco Healthcare, LP....

General Infection Control Articles

Infection Control and Changing Health-Care Delivery Systems

William R. Jarvis Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA In the past, health care was delivered mainly in acute-care facilities. Today, health care is delivered in...

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