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1 Visiting Sacred Cows: Infection Prevention Across the Country Bibliography Christie CD, Glover AM, Wilke MJ, Marz ML, Reising SF, Hutchinson NM. Containment of pertussis in the regional pediatric hospital during the Greater Cincinnati epidemic of Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1995; 16 (10): Hall CB. Nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus infections: the Cold War has not ended. Clin Infect Dis 2000; 31 (2): Munoz FM, Ong LT, Seavy D. Medina D. Correa A, Starke JR. Tuberculosis among adult visitors of children with suspected tuberculosis and employees at a children s hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002; 23 (10): Siegel JD, Rhinehart E, Jackson M, Chiarello L; Health Care Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings Am J Infect Control Dec; 35 (10 Suppl 2): S Whimbey E, Champlin RE, Couch RB, et al. Community respiratory virus infections among hospitalized adult bone marrow transplant recipients. Clin Infect Dis 1996; 22 (5): Yokoe D, Casper c, Dubberke E, Lee G, Munoz P, Palmore T, Sepkowitz K, Young J A, Donnelly j. Infection Prevention and control in health care facilities in which hematopoietic cell transplant recipients are treated. Bone Marrow Transplantation , Protective Environment Benet T, Nicole MC, Thiebaut A, Piens MA, Nicolini FE, Thomas X, Picot S, Michallet M, Vanhems P. Reduction of Invasive Aspergillosis Incidence among Immunocompromised Patients after Control of Environmental Exposure. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007: 45, Dadd G, McMinn P, Monterosso L. Protective isolation in hematopoietic stem cell transplants: A review of the literature and single institution experience. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing 2003: 20, Donnelly JP, Infection Prevention Protected Environment and Infection Control, Principles and Practice of Cancer Infectious Diseases, Current Clinical Oncology, 2011: Hayes Lattin B, Leis JF, Maziarz RT. Isolation in the Allogeneic transplant environment: how protective is it? Bone Marrow Transplant Sep; 36 (5): Hicheri Y, Einsels H, Martino R, Cesaro S, Ljungman P, Cordonnier C. Environmental prevention of infection in stem cell transplant recipients: a survey of the Infectious Diseases Working Party of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Transplant Infectious Disease: 2013: 15, Morgan D, Diekema D, Sepkowtiz K, Perencevich E. Adverse outcomes associated with contact precautions: A review of the literature. AJIC 2009 Mar 37 (2) Paul M, Gafter Gvili A, Goldberg,E, Yahav D. Infections in hematological cancer patients: the contribution of systematic reviews and meta analyses. Acta Haematologica, 2011: 125,

2 Russell JA, Chaudhry A, Booth K, Brown C, Woodman RC, Valentine K, Stewart D, Ruether JD, Ruether BA, Jones AR, Coppes MJ, Bowen T, Anderson R, Bouchard M, Rallison L, Stotts M, Poon MC. Early Outcomes after allogeneic stem cell transplantation for leukemia and myelodysplasis without protective isolation: a 10 year experience. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2000; 6 (2): Schlesinger A, Paul M, Gafter Gvili A, Rubinovitch B, Leibovici L. Infection control interventions for cancer patients after chemotherapy: a systematic review and meta analysis. The Lancet 2009 (9): Siegel JD, Rhinehart E, Jackson M, Chiarello L; Health Care Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings Am J Infect Control Dec; 35 (10 Suppl 2): S Stoll P, Mariano da Rocha Silla L, Cola C, Splitt B, Moreira L. Effectiveness of a Protective Environment implementation of cancer patients with chemotherapy induced neutropenia on fever and mortality incidence. American Journal of Infection Control 2013: 41, Vonberg R P, Gastmeier P. Nosocomial aspergillosis in outbreak settings. Journal of Hospital Infection 2006: 63, Yokoe D, Casper c, Dubberke E, Lee G, Munoz P, Palmore T, Sepkowitz K, Young J A, Donnelly j. Infection Prevention and control in health care facilities in which hematopoietic cell transplant recipients are treated. Bone Marrow Transplantation , Cleaning Practices B., K. (2012). Stressing science. Evidence based cleaning practices and technology advances will drive safety improvements. Health Facilities Management, 25(12), Carling, P. C. (2013). Improving healthcare environmental cleaning and disinfection: current and evolving issues. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 35(5), CDC. (2011). GUIDE TO INFECTION PREVENTION IN OUTPATIENT SETTINGS:Minimum Expectations for Safe Care. Atlanta : CDC Control, C. f. (2012). Basic Infection Control and prevention plan for outpatient oncology settings. Atlanta: CDC. Dykewicz, c. (2001). Hospital infection control in hematopeoietic stem cell transplant recipients. 4th Decennial International conference on nosocomial and halthcare associated infections. 7, pp Atlanta: CDC. Elias J. Anaissie, 1. S. (2002). Cleaning Patient Shower Facilities:A Novel Approach to Reducing Patient Exposure to Aerosolized. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Jane D. Siegel, M., Emily Rhinehart, R. M., Marguerite Jackson, P., & Linda Chiarello, R. M. (n.d.). Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings Keith M. Sullivan, C. A. (2001). Preventing Opportunistic Infections: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,. American Society of Hematology,

3 Kuntz, j., Johnson, e., Raebel, M., Petrik, A., Yang, X., Thorp, M.,... Smith, D. (2012). Epidemiology and Healthcare costs of incident clostridium difficile infections identified in the outpatient setting. Infection control hosp epidemiol, 33(10), Mayfield, J., Leet, T., Miller, J., & Mundy, L. (2000). Environmental control to reduce transmission of clostridium difficile. Clinical Infectious Disease, 31, Miziarz, R. S. (2010). Ontrol of an outbreak of human parainfluenza virus 3 in hematopoeitic stem cell transplant recipients. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation, 16(2), PhD, J. A., PhD, S. Y., & French, G. L. (2011). The Role Played by Contaminated Surfaces in the Transmission of Nosocomial Pathogens. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 32(7), Walsh, F. (2010). Pathways to pathogen reduction. Materials Management in Health Care, 19(5), William A. Rutala, P. M. (2008). Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Zuberi, D. M. (2011). The deleterious consequences of privatization and outsourcing for hospital support work: the experiences of. Social Science & Medicine, 72(6), Isolation Practices in the Outpatient B., K. (2012). Stressing science. Evidence based cleaning practices and technology advances will drive safety improvements. Health Facilities Management, 25(12), Carling, P. C. (2013). Improving healthcare environmental cleaning and disinfection: current and evolving issues. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 35(5), CDC. (2011). GUIDE TO INFECTION PREVENTION IN OUTPATIENT SETTINGS:Minimum Expectations for Safe Care. Atlanta : CDC Control, C. f. (2012). Basic Infection Control and prevention plan for outpatient oncology settings. Atlanta: CDC. Dykewicz, c. (2001). Hospital infection control in hematopeoietic stem cell transplant recipients. 4th Decennial International conference on nosocomial and halthcare associated infections. 7, pp Atlanta: CDC. Elias J. Anaissie, 1. S. (2002). Cleaning Patient Shower Facilities:A Novel Approach to Reducing Patient Exposure to Aerosolized. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Jane D. Siegel, M., Emily Rhinehart, R. M., Marguerite Jackson, P., & Linda Chiarello, R. M. (n.d.). Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings Keith M. Sullivan, C. A. (2001). Preventing Opportunistic Infections: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,. American Society of Hematology, Kuntz, j., Johnson, e., Raebel, M., Petrik, A., Yang, X., Thorp, M.,... Smith, D. (2012). Epidemiology and Healthcare costs of incident clostridium difficile infections identified in the outpatient setting. Infection control hosp epidemiol, 33(10),

4 Mayfield, J., Leet, T., Miller, J., & Mundy, L. (2000). Environmental control to reduce transmission of clostridium difficile. Clinical Infectious Disease, 31, PhD, J. A., PhD, S. Y., & French, G. L. (2011). The Role Played by Contaminated Surfaces in the Transmission of Nosocomial Pathogens. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 32(7), Walsh, F. (2010). Pathways to pathogen reduction. Materials Management in Health Care, 19(5), William A. Rutala, P. M. (2008). Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Zuberi, D. M. (2011). The deleterious consequences of privatization and outsourcing for hospital support work: the experiences of. Social Science & Medicine, 72(6), Chlorhexidine Bathing: Bleasdale SC, Trick WE, Gonzalez IM, Lyles RD, Hayden MK and RA Weinstein. Effectiveness of Chlorhexidine Bathing to Reduce Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infections in Medical Intensive Care Unit Patients. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(19): Climo MW, Sekowitz KA, Zuccotti G, Fraser VJ, Warren DK, Perl TM, Speck K, Jernigan JA, et al. The effect of daily bathing with chlorhexidine on the acquisition of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureas, vancomycin resistant Enterococcus, and healthcare associated bloodstream infections: Results of a quasi experimental multicenter trial. Critical Care Medicine (2009) 37(6), Montecalvo MA, McKenna D, Mack L, Maquire G, Haas J, Delorenzo N, Savalteri B, Rosenthal A, et al. Chlorhexidine Bathing to reduce central venous catheter associated bloodstream infection: impact and sustainability. American Journal of Medicine (2012) May 125(5), O Grady NP, Alexander M, Burns LA, Dellinger P, Garland J, Heard SO, Lipsett PA, Masur H, et al. Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular CAthetery Related Infections. Centers for Disease Control (2011). Ritz J, Pashnik B, Padula C and K Simmons. Effectiveness of 2 methods of chlorhexidine bathing. Journal of Nursing Care Quality (2012) Apr Jun 27 (2) Vernon MO, Hayden MK, Trick WE, Hayes RA, Blom DW and RA Weinstein. Chlorhexidine Gluconate to Cleanse Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit: The Effectiveness of Source Control to Reduce the Bioburden of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166: Wolkewitz M, Harbart S and J Beyersmann. Daily chlorhexidine bathing and hospital acquired infection. New England Journal of Medicine (2013) Feb 7: 368(6): Neutropenic Diet Restau J and AP Clark. The Neutropenic Diet: Does the Evidence Support This Intervention? Clinical nurse specialist (2008)22(5),p.208 Tarr S and DH Allen. Evidence does not support the use of a neutropenic diet. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing (2009) Dec 13 (6);

5 Tomblyn M, Chiller T, Einsele H, Gress R, Sepkowitz K, Storek J, Wingard JR, Young JH and MA Boeckh. Guidelines for Preventing Infectious Complications among Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients; a Global Perspective. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant (2009) 15: Trifilio S, Helenowski MG, Gobel B, Pi J, Greenberg D and J Mehta. Questioning the Role of a Neutropenic Diet following Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 18: (2012)

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