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Healthcare Infection
Volume 16 Number 4 2011

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Frameworks to assist adoption of infection prevention and control programs. Does the literature exist?

Peta-Anne P. Zimmerman, Heather Yeatman and Michael Jones

pp. 129-134

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The Rhys-Davies exsanguinator: a potential source of bacteria in orthopaedic operations

Jonathon de Hoog and John Mills

pp. 136-138

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Clinical features, management and infection control of Clostridium difficile infection in an Australian tertiary hospital: a prospective observational study

Genevieve McKew and Kate Clezy

pp. 140-145

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Colonised and isolated: a qualitative metasynthesis of patients' experiences of being infected with multiple drug resistant organisms and subsequent isolation

Gift Alexander Mutsonziwa and Jennifer Green

pp. 147-155

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An assessment of high touch object cleaning thoroughness using a fluorescent marker in two Australian hospitals

Cathryn L. Murphy, Deborough A. Macbeth, Petra Derrington, John Gerrard, Jacinta Faloon, Kellie Kenway, Samantha Lavender, Simon Leonard, Amanda Orr, Dayani Tobin and Philip Carling

pp. 156-163

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Infection prevention aboard a vessel

Elaine Graham Robertson

pp. 164-165

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Journal Watch

Ann Bull

pp. 167-169

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AICA National News (December 2011)

pp. i-vi

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	These articles have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication. They are still in production and have not been edited, so may differ from the final published form.
	HI12003 Accepted 20 January 2012
	Evaluating the Economics of the Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative

	Nicholas Graves, Adrian Barnett, Katherine White, Nerina Jimmieson, Katie Page, Megan Campbell, Elizabeth Stevens, Rebecca Rashleigh-Rolls, Lindsay Grayson, David Paterson

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	HI11028 Accepted 11 January 2012
	Surveillance of surgical site infections after open heart surgery

	Rosanna Loss, Guenter Marggraf, Adam Piotrowski, Jaroslav Benedik, Birgit Ross, Dorothea Hansen, Heinz Jakob, Walter Popp

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1.	Published 12 March 2008 Hand hygiene audits utilising medical student observers and measuring product consumption Healthcare Infection 13(1) Annabelle D. Donaldson, Dale A. Fisher, Corinna Scharmer, Toon Mae Ng and Paul A. Tambyah
2.	Published 23 June 2011 A novel approach to auditing the compliance of hand hygiene and staff behaviour change Healthcare Infection 16(2) Robyn Ann Donnellan, Jackie Ludher and Michael Brydon
3.	Published 28 March 2011 Hand decontamination: influence of common variables on hand-washing efficiency Healthcare Infection 16(1) Thomas Miller, Daniel Patrick and Douglas Ormrod
4.	Published 23 June 2011 The challenges of implementing a national hand hygiene initiative in rural and remote areas: Is it time for a new approach to auditing? Healthcare Infection 16(2) Jenny Stackelroth and Ramon Z. Shaban
5.	Published 26 September 2011 The National Hand Hygiene Initiative Healthcare Infection 16(3) Philip Russo
6.	Published 23 June 2011 ASID (HICSIG)/AICA Position Statement: Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in patients Healthcare Infection 16(2) Brett Mitchell, Chris Ware, Alistair McGregor, Saffron Brown, Anne Wells, Rhonda L. Stuart, Fiona Wilson and Matthew Mason
7.	Published 28 March 2011 Nurses' uniforms – The missing link in breaking the chain of hospital acquired infection? Healthcare Infection 16(1) Cindy Halliwell and Robyn Nayda
8.	Published 16 January 2012 Frameworks to assist adoption of infection prevention and control programs. Does the literature exist? Healthcare Infection 16(4) Peta-Anne P. Zimmerman, Heather Yeatman and Michael Jones
9.	Published 12 March 2009 Standard precautions and infection control Healthcare Infection 14(1) Jennifer Hoy and Jacqui Richmond
10.	Published 20 December 2010 Changing learning to improve practice – Hand hygiene education in Queensland medical schools Healthcare Infection 15(4) Lisa Hall, Lisha Keane, Scott Mayoh and Dolly Olesen
11.	Published 16 January 2012 Infection prevention aboard a vessel Healthcare Infection 16(4) Elaine Graham Robertson
12.	Published 26 September 2011 Peripherally inserted central catheter complications highlight the need for ongoing support: results of a chart audit Healthcare Infection 16(3) Karen Jennings, Tina Cann and Wendy Smyth
13.	Published 16 January 2012 An assessment of high touch object cleaning thoroughness using a fluorescent marker in two Australian hospitals Healthcare Infection 16(4) Cathryn L. Murphy, Deborough A. Macbeth, Petra Derrington, John Gerrard, Jacinta Faloon, Kellie Kenway, Samantha Lavender, Simon Leonard, Amanda Orr, Dayani Tobin and Philip Carling
14.	Published 1 June 2007 Healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (MRSA) control in Australia and New Zealand - 2007 Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Conference forum convened by Healthcare Infection Control Special Interest Group (HICSIG) Australian Infection Control 12(2) John Ferguson
15.	Published 23 June 2011 Predictors of compliance handwashing practice among healthcare professionals Healthcare Infection 16(2) Mahmoud Al-Hussami, Muhammad Darawad and Iyad I. Almhairat
16.	Published 26 September 2011 Using Centers for Disease Control National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance surgical site infection risk-adjustment for a group of related orthopaedic procedures Healthcare Infection 16(3) Anthony Morton, Mary Waterhouse, Geoffrey Playford and Kerrie Mengersen
17.	Published 26 September 2011 A 9-year infection-control surveillance program in Sydney-based residential aged-care facilities Healthcare Infection 16(3) Judith Forrest, Anne Tucker and Alan J. M. Brnabic
18.	Published 26 September 2011 Clostridium difficile infection in Tasmanian public hospitals 2006–2010 Healthcare Infection 16(3) Brett Mitchell, Chris Ware, Alistair McGregor, Saffron Brown and Anne Wells
19.	Published 28 March 2011 *ASID/AICA position statement – Infection control guidelines for patients with Clostridium difficile* infection in healthcare settings** Healthcare Infection 16(1) Rhonda L. Stuart, Caroline Marshall, Mary-Louise McLaws, Claire Boardman, Philip L. Russo, Glenys Harrington and John K. Ferguson
20.	Published 16 January 2012 *Clinical features, management and infection control of Clostridium difficile* infection in an Australian tertiary hospital: a prospective observational study** Healthcare Infection 16(4) Genevieve McKew and Kate Clezy
21.	Published 22 September 2010 A survey of sharps including needlestick injuries in nurses in New South Wales, Australia Healthcare Infection 15(3) Maya Guest, Ashley Kable and Mary McLeod
22.	Published 16 January 2012 The Rhys-Davies exsanguinator: a potential source of bacteria in orthopaedic operations Healthcare Infection 16(4) Jonathon de Hoog and John Mills
23.	Published 12 March 2009 Infection control standards for Australian prisons: forgotten, but not forgiving Healthcare Infection 14(1) Michael H. Levy and Daniel Mogg
24.	Published 28 March 2011 Acinetobacter infections – Epidemiology and pathogenesis of a significant healthcare-associated pathogen Healthcare Infection 16(1) Blake W. Buchan, Nathan A. Ledeboer and Charles E. Edmiston
25.	Published 26 September 2011 Infection rates in residential aged care facilities, Grampians region, Victoria, Australia Healthcare Infection 16(3) Mary Smith, Ann L. Bull, Michael Richards, Pauline Woodburn and Noleen J. Bennett
26.	Published 16 January 2012 Colonised and isolated: a qualitative metasynthesis of patients' experiences of being infected with multiple drug resistant organisms and subsequent isolation Healthcare Infection 16(4) Gift Alexander Mutsonziwa and Jennifer Green
27.	Published 20 December 2010 *A literature review supporting the proposed national Australian definition for Staphylococcus aureus* bacteraemia** Healthcare Infection 15(4) Brett Mitchell, Anne Gardner, Peter Collignon, Lee Stewart and Marilyn Cruickshank
28.	Published 12 March 2009 Hospital-acquired infections: are prevention strategies matching incidence rates? Healthcare Infection 14(1) Joyce B. Suchitra and Nanjaiah Lakshmidevi
29.	Published 26 August 2009 Economic rationale for infection control in Australian hospitals Healthcare Infection 14(3) Nicholas Graves, Kate Halton, David Paterson and Michael Whitby
30.	Published 20 December 2010 *Active surveillance detects a large proportion of MRSA and Acinetobacter species* in the intensive care unit** Healthcare Infection 15(4) Julie Wang and Caroline Marshall
31.	Published 20 December 2010 Promotion of seasonal influenza vaccination among staff in residential care homes for elderly in Hong Kong Healthcare Infection 15(4) H. Chen, Sammy Ng, Mark E. King, Carol Fong, W.P. Ng, K.H. Szeto, Sara Ho, Jane Leung, C.K. Lam, Shelley Chan, W.M. Chan and T.Y. Wong
32.	Published 29 March 2010 Screen and clean to beat MRSA: success story from The Netherlands Healthcare Infection 15(1) Gertie van Knippenberg-Gordebeke
33.	Published 22 September 2010 Bed-making in the hospital setting – Does it pose infectious risks? Healthcare Infection 15(3) Dorothea Hansen, Joschka Krude, Barbara Blahout, Therese Leisebein, Sebiha Dogru-Wiegand, Thomas Bartylla, Monika Raffenberg, Daniel Benner, Andreas Biedler and Walter Popp
34.	Published 22 September 2010 Achieving best practice in the management of infant-feeding equipment Healthcare Infection 15(3) Carmel Scott, Jenny Bradford and Elizabeth Gillespie
35.	Published 22 September 2010 Increasing vaccination among healthcare workers – Review of strategies and a study of selected Victorian hospitals Healthcare Infection 15(3) K. L. N. S. K. De Alwis, David Dunt, Noleen Bennett and Ann Bull
36.	Published 18 June 2008 Management of central venous catheters in adult intensive care units in Australia: policies and practices Healthcare Infection 13(2) Katharina Bolz, Prabha Ramritu, Kate Halton, David Cook and Nicholas Graves
37.	Published 23 June 2011 Reporting of occupational exposures to sharp injuries among Jordanian healthcare workers Healthcare Infection 16(2) Moayad A. Wahsheh, Zeinab M. Hassan and Maysoun H. Atoum
38.	Published 21 December 2009 A literature review of central venous catheter dressings: implications for haemodialysis in the tropics Healthcare Infection 14(4) Joleen McArdle and Anne Gardner
39.	Published 23 June 2011 Journal Watch Healthcare Infection 16(2) Ann Bull
40.	Published 16 January 2012 Journal Watch Healthcare Infection 16(4) Ann Bull
41.	Published 18 June 2008 Increasing hand hygiene compliance to reduce infection rates: is valid comparison of compliance methods possible? A literature review Healthcare Infection 13(2) Lesley Bastian, Kay Edgecombe and Margaret Bowden
42.	Published 18 June 2008 Improved surveillance and mandated use of sharps with engineered sharp injury protections: a national call to action Healthcare Infection 13(2) Cathryn Murphy
43.	Published 1 September 2005 Prevention of scalpel blade injuries: Staff ignorance of the Australian/New Zealand Standard Australian Infection Control 10(3) Dennis Tseng, Michael Sinnott, James Collier, Daryl Wall and Michael Whitby
44.	Published 1 September 2007 Infection surveillance in residential aged care Australian Infection Control 12(3) P. Louise Wright
45.	Published 29 March 2010 Reduction of microbial transmission in childcare using an improved hand drying protocol Healthcare Infection 15(1) Daniel Patrick, Thomas Miller and Douglas Ormrod
46.	Published 28 March 2011 H1N1 influenza – Awareness among newly employed healthcare workers in Lagos State, Nigeria Healthcare Infection 16(1) K. O. Wright, C. E. Enabulele and M. Akinyinka
47.	Published 1 March 2001 Current Australian nosocomial infection surveillance activities: a survey of Australian Infection Control Association (AICA) members Australian Infection Control 6(1) Helen Cadwallader and Suzanne Nikoletti
48.	Published 11 June 2009 Link nurse programs: worth the effort? Healthcare Infection 14(2) Mark Friedewald
49.	Published 1 December 2004 Management of sharps in ambulance care: a State-wide survey of paramedic knowledge and reported practice Australian Infection Control 9(4) Ramon Z. Shaban, Debra K. Creedy and Michele J. Clark
50.	Published 1 March 2002 Improving infection control practices through staff link programmes Australian Infection Control 7(1) M. Tanuvasa Lene
51.	Published 12 March 2009 Hand Hygiene Australia: Synopsis Healthcare Infection 14(1) Phil Russo
52.	Published 26 August 2009 Reducing harm to patients from health care associated infection: the role of surveillance. Chapter 3: Surgical site infection – an abridged version Healthcare Infection 14(3) Marilyn Cruickshank, John Ferguson and Ann Bull
53.	Published 26 September 2011 Journal Watch Healthcare Infection 16(3) Ann Bull
54.	Published 1 March 2003 New graduate nurses and infection control: knowledge versus practice Australian Infection Control 8(1) Mark Friedewald and Carolyn Elwin
55.	Published 1 September 2005 A microbiological survey of stethoscopes in Australian teaching hospitals: potential for nosocomial infection? Australian Infection Control 10(3) Justin T. Denholm, Anthony Levine, Ian H. Kerridge, Chris Ashhurst-Smith, John Ferguson and Catherine D'Este
56.	Published 21 December 2009 Hand profiling: A novel tool used to demonstrate hand hygiene technique Healthcare Infection 14(4) Elizabeth Gillespie, Despina Kotsanas, Jill Wilson, Michael Buist and Rhonda Stuart
57.	Published 21 December 2009 *Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus* colonisation in Tasmanian rural hospitals** Healthcare Infection 14(4) Brett Mitchell, Alistair McGregor and Geoffrey Coombs
58.	Published 1 June 2003 A study of the rates of infection and phlebitis associated with peripheral intravenous therapy at the Royal Hobart Hospital Australian Infection Control 8(2) Fiona Taylor
59.	Published 12 March 2008 Constructing clinical indicators for multiresistant organisms. Where do we begin? Healthcare Infection 13(1) Despina Kotsanas, Rhonda L. Stuart, Tony M. Korman and Elizabeth E. Gillespie
60.	Published 28 March 2011 Journal Watch Healthcare Infection 16(1) Ann Bull
61.	Published 1 June 2001 Control charts for nosocomial infection surveillance Australian Infection Control 6(2) A. Morton and M. Curtis
62.	Published 26 August 2009 Clostridium difficile infection: an update for infection control practitioners Healthcare Infection 14(3) Helen Van Gessel, Thomas Riley and Alistair McGregor
63.	Published 23 June 2010 A systematic review of maternal intrinsic risk factors associated with surgical site infection following Caesarean sections Healthcare Infection 15(2) Prabha Lakhan, Jennifer Doherty, Mark Jones and Archie Clements
64.	Published 22 September 2010 Signal infection surveillance – Trial to assess suitability in a small Western Australian hospital Healthcare Infection 15(3) Vanessa Sparke
65.	Published 1 September 2007 What is the Victorian infection control professional’s scope of practice? Australian Infection Control 12(3) Louise Hobbs
66.	Published 12 March 2009 National program to reduce infections in patients Healthcare Infection 14(1) Marilyn Cruickshank
67.	Published 29 March 2010 *Validation of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus* bloodstream infection surveillance in Western Australian public hospitals** Healthcare Infection 15(1) Helen Van Gessel, Rebecca L. McCann, Allison M. Peterson and Leigh S. Goggin
68.	Published 11 June 2009 Two years of surgical site infection surveillance in Western Australia: analysing variation between hospitals Healthcare Infection 14(2) Lynne Dailey, Helen van Gessel and Allison Peterson
69.	Published 1 September 1999 Intravascular device-related primary bacteraemia rates in a general intensive care unit Australian Infection Control 4(3) Glenys A. Harrington, Philip L. Russo, Denis W. Spelman, Natalie Adams, Sue Brack and Paul Tynan
70.	Published 1 September 2001 Post discharge surveillance methods: a critique Australian Infection Control 6(3) Denise Noy, Debra Creedy and Chris Purcell
71.	Published 1 June 2004 Measurement of nursing staff occupational exposures in the operating suite following introduction of a prevention programme Australian Infection Control 9(2) Julie Hunt and Cathryn Murphy
72.	Published 1 September 2004 Readers' Forum: The Emperor's New Clothes: surgical scrubs Australian Infection Control 9(3) Di Dreimanis, Wendy Beckingham and Peter Collignon
73.	Published 1 March 2006 Control charts in hospital epidemiology and infection management: an update Australian Infection Control 11(1) Anthony Morton
74.	Published 21 December 2009 Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections: an important indicator for infection control. Chapter 2: Bloodstream infections – an abridged version Healthcare Infection 14(4) Peter Collignon, Marilyn Cruickshank and Dianne Dreimanis
75.	Published 26 August 2009 Meeting national recommendations for surgical site infection surveillance: examples and lessons from the Victorian Healthcare-associated Infection Surveillance System Healthcare Infection 14(3) Leon J. Worth, Ann L. Bull, Sue M. Thorpe and Michael J. Richards