Infection Prevention 2013 – a potted overview

Alper P Diller T Steed C Kelly W Boeker S Blackhurst D . (2013) Electronic monitoring of hand hygiene for the WHO 5-moments method. Journal of Infection Prevention 14(S1): S6.

Birnbach DJ King D Vlaev I Rosen LF Harvey PD (2013) Impact of environmental olfactory cues on hand hygiene behaviour in a simulated hospital environment: a randomized study. Journal of Hospital Infection 85: 79–81.

Bradley A Stuart S Prevc K Reakes-Wells F . (2013) “Get Stoolsmart” campaign. Journal of Infection Prevention 14(S1): S3.

Dawson C (2013) To “Urgh” is human… exploring inherent and elective hand hygiene triggers: a pilot study in the NHS. Journal of Infection Prevention 14(S1): S4.

Department of Health. (2012) Updated guidance on the diagnosis and reporting of Clostridium difficile. Available at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/publications

Huang SS Septimus E Kleinman K Moody J Hickok J Avery TR Lankiewicz J Gombosev A Terpstra L Hartford F Hayden MK Jernigan JA Weinstein RA Fraser VJ Haffenreffer K Cui E Kaganov RE Lolans K Perlin JB Platt R , The CDC Prevention Epicenters Program, The ADN & Healthcare-Associated Infections Program. (2013) Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection. New England Journal of Medicine 368: 2255–65.

Kuhn P . (1983) Doorknobs: a source of nosocomial infection? Diagn Med Nov/Dec: 62–3.

Otter JA Tosas O Herdman T Williams B Tucker D Edgeworth JD French GL . (2013a) Targeted MRSA admission screening would fail to identify almost half of carriers in a London Hospital. Journal of Infection Prevention 14(S1): S4.

Otter JA Yezli S Salkeld JA French GL . (2013b) Evidence that contaminated surfaces contribute to the transmission of hospital pathogens and an overview of strategies to address contaminated surfaces in hospital settings. American Journal of Infection Control 41: S6–S11.

Otter JA Yezli S Perl TM Barbut F French GL (2013c) Is there a role for “no-touch” automated room disinfection systems in infection prevention and control? Journal of Hospital Infection 83: 1–13.

Richardson J Hodges E Rogerson G Mariyaselvam M Maduakor C Young P . (2013) Bacterial colonisation and transmission risk of intravenous connectors. Journal of Infection Prevention 14(S1): S6.

Salgado CD Sepkowitz KA John JF Cantey JR Attaway HH Freeman KD Sharpe PA Michels HT Schmidt MG . (2013) Copper surfaces reduce the rate of healthcare-acquired infections in the intensive care unit. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 34: 479–86.

Tucker D Chappel J . (2013) Hydrogen peroxide vapour (HPV) room disinfection is faster and often cheaper than conventional deep cleaning. Journal of Infection Prevention 14(S1): S7.

Verma A Fife A Baker A Harris S Desai N Graver M Farren M Wade J Philpott-Howard P Dhawan A . (2013) Challanges in management of VIM-4 carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae in a paediatric unit. Journal of Infection Prevention 14(S1): S5.

Weston D Taborn E Roberts S Maskell C . (2013) An outbreak of a new mupirocin-resistant meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clone at a district general hospital in a large acute NHS trust in the south-east of England in 2011–2012. Journal of Infection Prevention 14(S1): S4.