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INTERVENTION ARTICLES
O'Fallon E, Gautam S, D'Agata EMC. Colonization with multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria: prolonged duration and frequent colonization. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009;48:1375-1381.
Long R, Chong H, Hoeppner V, Shanmuganathan H, Kowalewska-Grochowska K, Shandro C, Manfreda J, Senthilselvan A, Elzainy A, Marrie T. Empirical treatment of community-acquired pneumonia and the development of fluoroquinolone-resistant tuberculosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009;48:1354-1360.
Bright TJ, Furuya EY, Kuperman GJ, Bakken S. Creating an ontology for an antibiotic prescribing decision support system. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 6;:888.
Behta M, Ross B, Chaudhry R. A Comprehensive Decision Support System for the Identification, Monitoring and Management of Patients with Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO). AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 6;:1218.
Cromer AL, Latham SC, Bryant KG, Hutsell S, Gansauer L, Bendyk HA, Steed R, Carney MC. Monitoring and feedback of hand hygiene compliance and the impact on facility-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Am J Infect Control. 2008 Nov;36(9):672-7.
Agwu AL, Lee CKK, Jain SK, Murray KL, Topolski J, Miller RE, et al. A World Wide Web–Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Improves Efficiency, Communication, and User Satisfaction and Reduces Cost in a Tertiary Care Pediatric Medical Center. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008;47:747–753.
Apisarnthanarak A, Pinitchai U, Thongphubeth K, Yuekyen C, Warren DK, and Fraser VJ. A Multifaceted Intervention to Reduce Pandrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Colonization and Infection in 3 Intensive Care Units in a Thai Tertiary Care Center: A 3-Year Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008;47:760–767.
Allerberger F, Lechner A, Wechsler-Fordos A, and Gareis R. Optimization of Antibiotic Use in Hospitals - Antimicrobial Stewardship and the EU Project ABS International. Chemotherapy 2008;54(4):260-267.
Bearman GM, Marra AR, Sessler CN, Smith WR, Rosato A, Laplante JK, Wenzel RP, Edmond MB. A controlled trial of university gloving versus contact precautions for preventing the transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms. Am J Infect Control 2007;35:650-655.
Trautmann M, Pollitt A, Loh U, Synowzik I, Reiter W, Stecher J, Rohs M, May U, Meyer E. Implementation of an intensified infection control program to reduce MRSA transmission in a German tertiary care hospital. Am J Infect Control 2007;35:643-649.
Connor DM, Binkley S, Fishman NO, Gasink LB, Linkin D, Lautenbach E. Impact of automatic orders to discontinue vancomycin therapy on vancomycin use in an antimicrobial stewardship program. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007;28:1408-1410.
Wendt C, Schinke D, Wurttemberger M, Oberdorfer K, Bock-Hensley O, von Baum H. Value of whole-body washing with chlorhexidine for the eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Sept; 28(9): 1036-1043.
Mahamat A, MacKenzie FM, Brooker K, Monnet DL, Daures JP, Gould IM. Impact of infection control interventions and antibiotic use on hospital MRSA: A multvariate interrupted time-series analysis. Internat J Antimic Agents. 2007 Aug; 30(2): 169-176.
Harrington G, Watson K, Bailey M, Land G, Borrell S, Houston L, et al. Reduction in hospitalwide incidence of infection or colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with use of antimicrobial hand-hygiene gel and statistical process control charts. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Jul; 28(7): 837-44.
Mahamat A, Mackenzie FM, Brooker K, Monnet DL, Daures JP, Gould IM. Impact of infection control interventions and antibiotic use on hospital MRSA: A multivariate interrupted time-series analysis. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2007 Jun 6. [Epub ahead of print].
Conterno LO, Shymanski J, Ramotar K, Toye B, Zvonar R, Roth, V. Impact and cost of infection control measures to reduce nosocomial transmission of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing organisms in a non-outbreak setting. J Hosp Infec. 2007 Apr; 65(4): 354-60.
Trick WE, Vernon MO, Welbel SF, DeMarais P, Hayden MK, Weinstein RA, Chicago Antimicrobial Resistance Project. Multicenter Intervention Program to Increase Adherence to Hand Hygiene Recommendations and Glove Use and to Reduce the Incidence of Antimicrobial Resistance. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2007;28:42-49.