The Role Played by Contaminated Surfaces in the Transmission of Nosocomial Pathogens

Evaluation of Hospital Room Assignment and Acquisition of Clostridium difficile Infection

(2011) Megan K. Shaughnessy et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: Norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species

(2010) David J. Weber et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Use of Purified Clostridium difficile Spores To Facilitate Evaluation of Health Care Disinfection Regimens

(2010) T. D. Lawley et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Potential for Airborne Dispersal ofClostridium difficilefrom Symptomatic Patients

(2010) Emma L. Best et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A Quantitative Approach to Defining “High-Touch” Surfaces in Hospitals

(2010) Kirk Huslage et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Room Decontamination with UV Radiation

(2010) William A. Rutala et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Twenty-four-hour observational study of hospital hand hygiene compliance

(2010) J. Randle et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India, Pakistan, and the UK: a molecular, biological, and epidemiological study

(2010) Karthikeyan K Kumarasamy et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Hospital-Acquired Infections Due to Gram-Negative Bacteria

(2010) Anton Y. Peleg et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Isolation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from rented DVDs

(2009) Khalifa Sifaw Ghenghesh et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

What is on that keyboard? Detecting hidden environmental reservoirs of Clostridium difficile during an outbreak associated with North American pulsed-field gel electrophoresis type 1 strains

(2009) Donald M. Dumford et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Measuring the effect of enhanced cleaning in a UK hospital: a prospective cross-over study

(2009) Stephanie J Dancer et al.   BMC Medicine

Reduction in the rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition in surgical wards by rapid screening for colonization: a prospective, cross-over study

(2009) Katherine Hardy et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

New Approaches to Decontamination of Rooms After Patients Are Discharged

(2009) John M. Boyce   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Aerial dispersal of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospital rooms by infected or colonised patients

(2009) JF. Gehanno et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

The role of environmental cleaning in the control of hospital-acquired infection

(2009) S.J. Dancer   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Comparison of Clinical and Microbiological Response to Treatment ofClostridium difficile–Associated Disease with Metronidazole and Vancomycin

(2008) Wafa N. Al‐Nassir et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Prior Environmental Contamination Increases the Risk of Acquisition of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

(2008) M. Drees et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Impact of Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Room Decontamination on Clostridium difficile Environmental Contamination and Transmission in a Healthcare Setting

(2008) John M. Boyce et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Improving Cleaning of the Environment Surrounding Patients in 36 Acute Care Hospitals

(2008) Philip C. Carling et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Impact of an Environmental Cleaning Intervention on the Presence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci on Surfaces in Intensive Care Unit Rooms

(2008) Eric R. Goodman et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Skin and Environmental Contamination With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Patients Receiving Oral Metronidazole or Oral Vancomycin Treatment for Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease

(2008) Ajay K. Sethi et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Colonization of patients and contamination of the patients’ environment by MRSA under conditions of single-room isolation

(2008) Ute Rohr et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Contamination of the Hospital Environment with Gastroenteric Viruses: Comparison of Two Pediatric Wards over a Winter Season

(2008) C. I. Gallimore et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Interventional evaluation of environmental contamination by vancomycin-resistant enterococci: failure of personnel, product, or procedure?

(2008) B. Hota et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Norwalk virus: How infectious is it?

(2008) Peter F.M. Teunis et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY

Risk of Hand or Glove Contamination After Contact With Patients Colonized With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus or the Colonized Patients' Environment

(2007) Mary K. Hayden et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Importance of the environment in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition: the case for hospital cleaning

(2007) Stephanie J Dancer   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES