JSTOR: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 35, No. S3, October 2014

JSTOR: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 35, No. S3, October 2014

Special Supplements to AJIC and ICHE Feature AHRQ-Funded HAI Research

Results from AHRQ-funded projects to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are featured in October special supplements to theAmerican Journal of Infection Control, the journal of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, and Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Both supplements combined present a total of 34 original articles authored by the researchers who led AHRQ-funded HAI projects primarily from fiscal years 2007 to 2010. AHRQ’s James Cleeman, M.D., and James Battles, Ph.D., as well as two colleagues from AHRQ contractors IMPAQ and RAND, served as guest editors and co-authored the introduction to each supplement. The special supplements are part of a three-year synthesis project to review and aggregate the findings and results of this group of HAI projects, present important results for dissemination to the field and report HAI knowledge gaps identified by project teams. As another part of the synthesis, AHRQ previously published “Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs,” a collection of 19 original articles focused on the methods and implementation approaches used by the HAI investigators.

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   Introduction to “Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Results and Lessons Learned from AHRQ’s HAI Program”(pp. S1-S2)  

   James B. Battles, PhD; James I. Cleeman, MD; Katherine L. Kahn, MD; Daniel A. Weinberg, PhD, MBA

   Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677817

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   The Association between Age, Sex, and Hospital-Acquired Infection Rates: Results from the 2009–2011 National Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System(pp. S3-S9)  

   Sheila Eckenrode, RN; Anila Bakullari, BS; Mark L. Metersky, MD; Yun Wang, PhD; Michelle M. Pandolfi, MSW, MBA; Deron Galusha, MS; Lisa Jaser, Pharm; Noel Eldridge, MS

   Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677831

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   Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare-Associated Infections in the United States, 2009–2011(pp. S10-S16)  

   Anila Bakullari, BS; Mark L. Metersky, MD; Yun Wang, PhD; Noel Eldridge, MS; Sheila Eckenrode, RN; Michelle M. Pandolfi, MSW, MBA; Lisa Jaser, PharmD; Deron Galusha, MS; Ernest Moy, MD, MPH

   Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677827

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   Does Chlorhexidine Bathing in Adult Intensive Care Units Reduce Blood Culture Contamination? A Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trial(pp. S17-S22)  

   Edward J. Septimus, MD; Mary K. Hayden, MD; Ken Kleinman, ScD; Taliser R. Avery, MS; Julia Moody, MS; Robert A. Weinstein, MD; Jason Hickok, MBA, RN; Julie Lankiewicz, MPH; Adrijana Gombosev, BS; Katherine Haffenreffer, BS; Rebecca E. Kaganov, BA; John A. Jernigan, MD, MS; Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD; Richard Platt, MD, MS; Susan S. Huang, MD, MPH

   Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677822

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   Cost Savings of Universal Decolonization to Prevent Intensive Care Unit Infection: Implications of the REDUCE MRSA Trial(pp. S23-S31)  

   Susan S. Huang, MD, MPH; Edward Septimus, MD; Taliser R. Avery, MPH; Grace M. Lee, MD, MPH; Jason Hickok, MBA, RN; Robert A. Weinstein, MD; Julia Moody, MS; Mary K. Hayden, MD; Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD; Richard Platt, MD, MS; G. Thomas Ray, MBA

   Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677819

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   Resistance to Zinc and Cadmium in Staphylococcus aureus of Human and Animal Origin(pp. S32-S39)  

   Rajeshwari Nair, MPH; Dipendra Thapaliya, MPH; Yutao Su; Tara C. Smith, PhD

   Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677834

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   Nascent Regional System for Alerting Infection Preventionists about Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria: Implementation and Initial Results(pp. S40-S47)  

   Marc B. Rosenman, MD; Kinga A. Szucs, MD; S. Maria E. Finnell, MD, MS; Shahid Khokhar, BA; James Egg, BS; Larry Lemmon, BS; David C. Shepherd, DO, MBA; Jeff Friedlin, DO; Xiaochun Li, PhD; Abel N. Kho, MD, MS

   Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677833

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   Multidrug-Resistant Organism Infections in US Nursing Homes: A National Study of Prevalence, Onset, and Transmission across Care Settings, October 1, 2010–December 31, 2011(pp. S48-S55)  

   Daver Kahvecioglu, PhD; Kalpana Ramiah, DrPH, MPH, MSc, CPH, CHES; Darcy McMaughan, PhD; Steven Garfinkel, PhD; Veronica E. McSorley, MPH; Quy Nhi Nguyen, MPH; Manshu Yang, PhD; Christopher Pugliese, MPP; David Mehr, MD, MS; Charles D. Phillips, PhD, MPH

   Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677835

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    Using Antibiograms to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing in Skilled Nursing Facilities(pp. S56-S61)  

    Jon P. Furuno, PhD; Angela C. Comer, MPH; J. Kristie Johnson, PhD, D(ABMM); Joseph H. Rosenberg, BS; Susan L. Moore, PhD, MSPH; Thomas D. MacKenzie, MD, MSPH; Kendall K. Hall, MD, MS; Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, PhD

    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677818

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    Antibiotic Prescribing in 4 Assisted-Living Communities: Incidence and Potential for Improvement(pp. S62-S68)  

    Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH; Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD; David Reed, PhD; Anna Song Beeber, PhD, RN; Latarsha Chisholm, PhD; Christine Kistler, MD, MASc; Christine Khandelwal, MD; David J. Weber, MD, MPH; C. Madeline Mitchell, MURP

    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677821

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    Pediatrician Perceptions of an Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention(pp. S69-S78)  

    Julia E. Szymczak, PhD; Kristen A. Feemster, MD, MPH, MSHP; Theoklis E. Zaoutis, MD, MSCE; Jeffrey S. Gerber, MD, PhD

    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677826

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    Variability in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis by Primary Care Pediatricians(pp. S79-S85)  

    Julie L. Fierro, MD, MPH; Priya A. Prasad, MPH; A. Russell Localio, PhD; Robert W. Grundmeier, MD; Richard C. Wasserman, MD, MPH; Theoklis E. Zaoutis, MD, MSCE; Jeffrey S. Gerber, MD, PhD

    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677820

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    Lessons Learned from Implementing Clostridium difficile–Focused Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions(pp. S86-S95)  

    B. Ostrowsky, MD, MPH, FSHEA; R. Ruiz, PhD, ScM; S. Brown, MPH; P. Chung, PharmD, MS; E. Koppelman, MSW; C. van Deusen Lukas, EdD; Y. Guo, PharmD; H. Jalon, MS; Z. Sumer, MS; C. Araujo; I. Sirtalan, PhD; C. Brown, MD; P. Riska, MD; B. Currie, MD, MPH

    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677828

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    Urinary Catheter Indications in the United States: Results from a National Survey of Acute Care Hospitals(pp. S96-S98)  

    M. Todd Greene, PhD, MPH; Hiroko Kiyoshi-Teo, PhD, RN; Heidi Reichert, MA; Sarah Krein, PhD, RN; Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH

    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677823

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    Regional Variation in Urinary Catheter Use and Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection: Results from a National Collaborative(pp. S99-S106)  

    M. Todd Greene, PhD, MPH; Mohamad G. Fakih, MD, MPH; Karen E. Fowler, MPH; Jennifer Meddings, MD, MS; David Ratz, MS; Nasia Safdar, MD; Russell N. Olmsted, MPH; Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH

    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677825

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    Outcomes of Patients with Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia: Worse Disease or Sicker Patients?(pp. S107-S115)  

    Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH; Sarah Haessler, MD; Tara Lagu, MD, MPH; Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc; Penelope S. Pekow, PhD; Aruna Priya, MA, MSc; Daniel Skiest, MD; Marya D. Zilberberg, MD, MPH

    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677829

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    Measurement of Implementation Components and Contextual Factors in a Two-State Healthcare Quality Initiative to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia(pp. S116-S123)  

    Kisha Jezel Ali, MS; Donna O. Farley, PhD, MPH; Kathleen Speck, MPH; Mary Catanzaro, RN, BSMT, CIC; Karol G. Wicker, MHS; Sean M. Berenholtz, MD, MHS, FCCM

    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677832

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    Can Additional Information Be Obtained from Claims Data to Support Surgical Site Infection Diagnosis Codes?(pp. S124-S132)  

    David K. Warren, MD, MPH; Katelin B. Nickel, MPH; Anna E. Wallace, MPH; Daniel Mines, MD, MSCE; Victoria J. Fraser, MD; Margaret A. Olsen, PhD, MPH

    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677830

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    A Socio-Technical, Probabilistic Risk Assessment Model for Surgical Site Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers(pp. S133-S141)  

    Ebru K. Bish, PhD; Hadi El-Amine, MS; Laura A. Steighner, PhD; Anthony D. Slonim, MD

    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677824

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