Session: Late Breakers I (Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections (March 18-22, 2010))

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Persistence of Acinetobacter Baumannii Complex (ABC) and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in Hospital Rooms Despite 4 Rounds of Terminal Cleaning and Disinfection (C/D): Exploring a New Strategy
Farrin Manian, MD, MPH, St John's Mercy Medical Center; Sandra Griesenauer, RN, MSN, St John's Mercy Medical Center; Diane Senkel, RN, St John's Mercy Medical Center

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Mixed-Methods Assessment of a Legislative Mandate for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Surveillance
Matthew E. Wise, PhD, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC; Ronda Cochran, MPH, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC; Anne Marie France, PhD, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Meg Stojcevski, BS, University of Chicago Medical Center; Amy Schneider, BA, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC; Melissa K. Schaefer, MD, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC; Michael Y. Lin, MD, MPH, Rush University Medical Center; Stephen G. Weber, MD, MSc, University of Chicago Medical Center; Alexander Kallen, MD, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC

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Impact of Universal Admission Screening on Nosocomial Rates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Virginia Roth, MD, The Ottawa Hospital; Natalie Oake, MSc, The Ottawa Hospital; Kathryn Suh, MD, MSc, The Ottawa Hospital; Monica Taljaard, PhD, The Ottawa Hospital; Karam Ramotar, PhD, The Ottawa Hospital; Natalie Bruce, The Ottawa Hospital; Baldwin Toye, MD, The Ottawa Hospital; Alan Forster, MD, The Ottawa Hospital

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Quantifying Exposure Risk; Surgical Masks and Respirators
Keith T. Diaz, MD, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Gerald C. Smaldone, MD, PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook

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Hand Contamination of Anesthesia Providers is an Important Modifiable Risk Factor for Intraoperative Bacterial Transmission
Randy W. Loftus, M.D., Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Matthew K. Muffly, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Matthew D. Koff, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Jeremiah R. Brown, PhD, MS, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Howard L. Corwin, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Stephen D. Surgenor, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Kathy K. Kirkland, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Mark P. Yeager, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

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