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• 7 versus 14 days of antibiotic treatment for critically ill patients with bloodstream infection: a pilot randomized clinical trial  Academic Article
• A Canadian hospital-based HIV/hepatitis C look-back notification program.  Academic Article
• A Case-Control Study to Detect Modifiable Risk Factors for Colonization With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci  Academic Article
• A Clinical Pathway for Treating Pneumonia in the Nursing Home: Part I: The Nursing Perspective  Academic Article
• A Clinical Pathway for Treating Pneumonia in the Nursing Home: Part II: The Administrators’ Perspective and How It Differs From Nurses’ Views  Academic Article
• A Decade of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Epidemiology and Prophylaxis: Translating Evidence into Everyday Clinical Practice  Academic Article
• A Nosocomial Outbreak of Diarrheal Disease Due to Yersinia enterocolitica Serotype 0:5, Biotype 1  Academic Article
• A Phase 3 Randomized Double-Blind Comparison of Ceftobiprole Medocaril Versus Ceftazidime Plus Linezolid for the Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia  Academic Article
• A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Nursery Ritual: Wearing Cover Gowns to Care for Healthy Newborns  Academic Article
• A descriptive case study of the changing nature of nurses' work: The impact of managing infectious diseases requiring isolation  Academic Article
• A five year outbreak of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus phage type 53,85 in a regional neonatal unit  Academic Article
• A point prevalence survey of health care–associated infections in pediatric populations in major Canadian acute care hospitals  Academic Article
• A prospective study to examine the epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile contamination in the general environment of three community hospitals in southern Ontario, Canada  Academic Article
• A rapid advice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infected pneumonia (standard version)  Academic Article
• A review of staphylococcal colonization and infection rates in a family-centred maternity unit 1979-89.  Academic Article
• Adjudicating ventilator-associated pneumonia in a randomized trial of critically ill patients  Academic Article
• Algorithm to reduce unnecessary isolation days in patients with a history of colonization by antimicrobial-resistant organisms  Academic Article
• An Endemic Strain of Staphylococcus haemolyticus Colonizing and Causing Bacteremia in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients  Academic Article
• An Outbreak of Influenza A in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit  Academic Article
• An Outbreak of Vancomycin-Dependent Enterococcus faecium in a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit  Conference Paper
• An outbreak of herpes simplex virus type 1 in an intensive care nursery  Academic Article
• Anti-microbial or antiseptic impregnated central venous catheters: update on a "central" debate  Academic Article
• Antibiotic Overuse: The Influence of Social Norms  Academic Article
• Antibiotic management of suspected nosocomial ICU-acquired infection: Does prolonged empiric therapy improve outcome?  Academic Article
• Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Health Care-Associated and Community-Associated Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Hospitalized Patients in Canada, 1995 to 2008  Academic Article
• Antimicrobial surfaces to prevent healthcare-associated infections: a systematic review  Academic Article
• Bacteremia Antibiotic Length Actually Needed for Clinical Effectiveness (BALANCE) randomised clinical trial: study protocol  Academic Article
• Barriers and Facilitators to Injection Safety in Ambulatory Care Settings  Academic Article
• Barriers and facilitators to standardization of ultrasound use and probe disinfection in the ambulatory setting  Academic Article
• Candidemia at selected Canadian sites: Results from the fungal disease registry, 1992-1994  Academic Article
• Candidemia at selected Canadian sites: results from the Fungal Disease Registry, 1992-1994. Fungal Disease Registry of the Canadian Infectious Disease Society.  Academic Article
• Candidemia in patients with diabetes mellitus: epidemiology and predictors of mortality  Academic Article
• Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in Canada 2009-10: results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP)  Academic Article
• Care of Children Isolated for Infection Control: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study  Academic Article
• Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections and Non–Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections Surveillance in Canadian Tertiary Care Neonatal Intensive Care Units  Academic Article
• Central venous catheter replacement strategies  Academic Article
• Challenges to Safe Injection Practices in Ambulatory Care  Academic Article
• Ciprofloxacin and Clostridium difficile– Associated Diarrhea  Academic Article
• Clinical Outcomes Following Institution of Universal Leukoreduction of Blood Transfusions for Premature Infants  Academic Article
• Clinical Outcomes Following Institution of the Canadian Universal Leukoreduction Program for Red Blood Cell Transfusions  Academic Article
• Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Group A Streptococcal Pneumonia in Ontario, Canada  Academic Article
• Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Elderly Hospitalized Patients  Conference Paper
• Co-circulation of multiple genotypes of human rhinovirus during a large outbreak of respiratory illness in a veterans’ long-term care home  Academic Article
• Coagulase-negative staphylococci as true pathogens in newborn infants  Academic Article
• Colonization With Multiresistant Bacteria and Quality of Life in Residents of Long-Term–Care Facilities  Academic Article
• Community acquired pneumonia.  Academic Article
• Community acquired pneumonia.  Academic Article
• Community acquired pneumonia.  Academic Article
• Comparative Genomics of Canadian Epidemic Lineages of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus  Academic Article
• Correlating incidence densities and point-prevalence for the surveillance of catheter-associated urinary tract infections  Academic Article
• Decontamination interventions for the reuse of surgical mask personal protective equipment: a systematic review  Academic Article
• Detection and Characterization of Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Canada: Results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, 1995-2006  Academic Article
• Detection of Clinically Relevant Genotypes of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Nosocomial Surveillance Specimens by PCR  Academic Article
• Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from growth on mannitol salt oxacillin agar using PCR for nosocomial surveillance  Conference Paper
• Development of a tool to assess evidence for causality in studies implicating sink drains as a reservoir for hospital-acquired gammaproteobacterial infection  Academic Article
• Do physicians clean their hands? Insights from a covert observational study  Academic Article
• Does the formulation of enteral feeding products influence infectious morbidity and mortality rates in the critically ill patient? A critical review of the evidence  Academic Article
• Doripenem: A New Carbapenem in the Treatment of Nosocomial Infection  Academic Article
• Effect of a Multifaceted Intervention on Adherence to Hand Hygiene among Healthcare Workers: A Cluster-Randomized Trial  Academic Article
• Effect of acidified enteral feedings on gastric colonization in the critically ill patient  Academic Article
• Effect of early surgery after hip fracture on mortality and complications: systematic review and meta-analysis  Academic Article
• Effectiveness and Safety of an Extended ICU Visitation Model for Delirium Prevention: A Before and After Study*  Academic Article
• Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a Clostridium difficile vaccine candidate in a hospital setting  Academic Article
• Emergence of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae, South-Central Ontario, Canada1  Academic Article
• Enteral nutrition in the critically ill patient: A critical review of the evidence  Academic Article
• Epidemiology of community- and nursing home-acquired pneumonia in older adults  Academic Article
• Eradication of an epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from a geriatric university hospital: evidence from a 10-year follow-up  Academic Article
• Estimating the Effect of Healthcare-Associated Infections on Excess Length of Hospital Stay Using Inverse Probability–Weighted Survival Curves  Academic Article
• Evaluation of new diagnostic technologies  Academic Article
• Evaluation of the Protected Brush Catheter and Bronchoalveolar Lavage in the Diagnosis of Nosocomial Pneumonia  Academic Article
• Examination of staphylococcal stethoscope contamination in the emergency department (pilot) study (EXSSCITED pilot study)  Academic Article
• Executive Summary: Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society  Academic Article
• Gastric Alkalinization, Pneumonia, and Systemic Infections: The Controversy  Academic Article
• Gastric Colonization by Gram-Negative Bacilli and Nosocomial Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit Patient  Academic Article
• Hand hygiene in the intensive care unit: prospective observations of clinical practice  Academic Article
• Hand hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and practices among hospital inpatients: A descriptive study  Academic Article
• Hand hygiene practices of health care workers in long-term care facilities  Academic Article
• Health Care–AssociatedClostridium difficileInfection in Adults Admitted to Acute Care Hospitals in Canada: A Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program Study  Academic Article
• Histamine-2-Receptor Antagonists and Antacids in the Critically Ill Population: Stress Ulceration versus Nosocomial Pneumonia  Academic Article
• Hospital quality indicators: a systematic review  Academic Article
• Hospital-acquired bacterial meningitis in neurosurgical patients  Academic Article
• Hospital-acquired infections at an oncological intensive care cancer unit: differences between solid and hematological cancer patients  Academic Article
• Hospital-acquired pneumonia in adults: diagnosis, assessment of severity, initial antimicrobial therapy, and preventive strategies. A consensus statement, American Thoracic Society, November 1995.  Academic Article
• How to use an article on therapy or prevention  Academic Article
• Identification badges: a potential fomite?  Academic Article
• Identifying changes in the role of the infection preventionist through the 2014 practice analysis study conducted by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc  Academic Article
• Impact of a surgeon-trained observer on accuracy of colorectal surgical site infection rates  Academic Article
• Impact of an evidence-based intervention on urinary catheter utilization, associated process indicators, and infectious and non-infectious outcomes  Academic Article
• Implementation of the Canadian Contingency Plan for a Case of Suspected Viral Hemorrhagic Fever  Academic Article
• Improving adherence to hand hygiene among health care workers  Academic Article
• Improving patients' safety locally: changing clinician behaviour  Academic Article
• Incidence of and Risk Factors for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients  Academic Article
• Increasing Influenza Immunization for Long-Term Care Facility Staff Using Quality Improvement  Academic Article
• Infection in Hospitalized Trauma Patients: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Complications  Academic Article
• Infection in an aging population  Academic Article
• Infection prevention and control practices related to Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian acute and long-term care institutions  Academic Article
• Infectious disease outbreaks and increased complexity of care  Academic Article
• Infectious diseases and the anaesthetist  Academic Article
• Influence of Airway Management on Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia  Academic Article
• Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers: Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Benefit Underpinning Policies of Enforcement  Academic Article
• International Society of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection Following Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass  Academic Article
• Interobserver Reliability of Radiologists’ Interpretations of Mobile Chest Radiographs for Nursing Home–Acquired Pneumonia  Academic Article
• Is Surveillance for Multidrug‐Resistant Enterobacteriaceae an Effective Infection Control Strategy in the Absence of an Outbreak?  Conference Paper
• Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society  Academic Article
• Managing vancomycin-resistant enterococci. A winning team approach.  Academic Article
• Mandatory vaccination of health care workers.  Academic Article
• Measuring influenza immunization coverage among health care workers in acute care hospitals and continuing care organizations in Canada  Academic Article
• Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusColonization or Infection in Canada: National Surveillance and Changing Epidemiology, 1995–2007  Academic Article
• Microbial Preparations (Probiotics) for the Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of 6,851 Participants  Academic Article
• Minimizing the risk of Q fever in the hospital setting.  Academic Article
• Modeling Transmission of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus AureusAmong Patients Admitted to a Hospital  Conference Paper
• Molecular Epidemiology of Candidemia: Evidence of Clusters of Smoldering Nosocomial Infections  Academic Article
• Molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteraemia: results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, 1999-2009  Academic Article
• Morbidity and Mortality of Patients With Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections Admitted to the ICU  Academic Article
• Morbidity and mortality in severely burned children with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea  Academic Article
• Mortality and morbidity in acutely ill adults treated with liberal versus conservative oxygen therapy (IOTA): a systematic review and meta-analysis  Academic Article
• Mupirocin-Resistant, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains in Canadian Hospitals  Academic Article
• Nosocomial Pneumonia Guidelines  Academic Article
• Nosocomial Pneumonia and the Role of Gastric pH  Academic Article
• Nosocomial Transmission of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-1-ProducingKlebsiella pneumoniaein Toronto, Canada  Academic Article
• Nosocomial influenza infection  Academic Article
• Nosocomial pneumonia, prophylaxis against gastric erosive disease, and clinically important gastrointestinal bleeding  Academic Article
• Nursing home-acquired pneumonia: an emergency department treatment algorithm  Academic Article
• Nutritional Support and Outcomes in Malnourished Medical Inpatients  Academic Article
• Obesity as a Risk Factor for Nosocomial Infections in Trauma Patients  Academic Article
• Older Adults Who Reside in Long-Term Care Facilities: A High- Risk Population for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease  Academic Article
• Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Containing blaNDM-1, Ontario, Canada  Academic Article
• Outbreak of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Regional Burn Center  Academic Article
• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Risk for Nurses after Trivalent Vaccination  Academic Article
• Patterns of Handwashing Behavior and Visits to Patients on a General Medical Ward of Healthcare Workers  Academic Article
• Periprosthetic Infection following Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: The Impact of Limiting the Postoperative Surveillance Period  Academic Article
• Persistent colonization and the spread of antibiotic resistance in nosocomial pathogens: Resistance is a regional problem  Academic Article
• Pneumonia Observational Incidence and Treatment: A Multidisciplinary Process Improvement Study  Academic Article
• Pneumonia care and the nursing home: a qualitative descriptive study of resident and family member perspectives  Academic Article
• Pneumonia in Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities  Academic Article
• Point prevalence survey for healthcare-associated infections within Canadian adult acute-care hospitals☆☆☆  Conference Paper
• Portable Ultraviolet Light Surface-Disinfecting Devices for Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections: A Health Technology Assessment.  Academic Article
• Postexposure management of healthcare personnel to infectious diseases  Academic Article
• Prevalent nosocomial clusters among causative agents for candidemia in Hamilton, Canada  Academic Article
• Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Survey of Clinical Practice Guidelines  Academic Article
• Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: Current practice in Canadian intensive care units  Academic Article
• Probiotics in hospitalized adult patients: a systematic review of economic evaluations  Academic Article
• Prophylactic oral health procedures to prevent hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia: A systematic review  Academic Article
• Prospective Surveillance for Primary Bloodstream Infections Occurring in Canadian Hemodialysis Units  Academic Article
• Psychosocial effects of SARS on hospital staff: survey of a large tertiary care institution  Academic Article
• Quinolone Use as a Risk Factor for Nosocomial Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea  Academic Article
• Respiratory syncytial virus nosocomial outbreak in neonatal intensive care: A review of the incidence, management, and outcomes  Academic Article
• Response to Alert on Possible Infections with Mycobacterium chimaera From Contaminated Heater-Cooler Devices in Hospitals Participating in the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP)  Academic Article
• Response to Schmidt et al.: Antimicrobial surfaces – huge potential, significant uncertainty  Academic Article
• Risk Factors for ICU-Acquired Pneumonia  Academic Article
• Risk Factors for Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents among Nursing Home Residents  Academic Article
• Risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection during an outbreak in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery  Academic Article
• Risk factors for hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a case-control study  Academic Article
• Risk of bacteremia from temporary hemodialysis catheters by site of insertion and duration of use: A prospective study  Academic Article
• Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract  Academic Article
• Selective decontamination of the digestive tract in severely burned pediatric patients  Academic Article
• Self-disinfecting sink drains reduce thePseudomonas aeruginosabioburden in a neonatal intensive care unit  Academic Article
• Semmelweis revisited: the ethics of infection prevention among health care workers.  Academic Article
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Preparedness, Management, and Impact  Academic Article
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome and critical care medicine: The Toronto experience  Academic Article
• Shortening the Application Time of Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs to 15 Seconds May Improve the Frequency of Hand Antisepsis Actions in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit  Academic Article
• Small bowel feeding and risk of pneumonia in adult critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials  Academic Article
• Sources of viral respiratory infections in Canadian acute care hospital healthcare personnel  Academic Article
• Staphylococcus aureus in Community-Acquired Pneumonia  Academic Article
• Stop Orders to Reduce Inappropriate Urinary Catheterization in Hospitalized Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial  Academic Article
• Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis: Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Nosocomial Pneumonia Best Evidence Synthesis  Academic Article
• Stress ulcer prophylaxis in the intensive care unit: an international survey of 97 units in 11 countries  Academic Article
• Surgical Mask vs N95 Respirator for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Workers  Academic Article
• Surgical site infection prevention: a survey to identify the gap between evidence and practice in University of Toronto teaching hospitals  Academic Article
• Surveillance Definitions of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities: Revisiting the McGeer Criteria  Academic Article
• Surveillance for Hospital Outbreaks of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Ontario, Canada, 1992 to 2000  Academic Article
• Susceptibility of Molecularly Characterized Hospital-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusIsolates to Dalbavancin  Academic Article
• The Streptococcus milleri Population of a Cystic Fibrosis Clinic Reveals Patient Specificity and Intraspecies Diversity  Academic Article
• The 2018 Global Point Prevalence Survey of antimicrobial consumption and resistance in 47 Canadian hospitals: a cross-sectional survey  Academic Article
• The COVID-19 pandemic: Important considerations for contact lens practitioners  Academic Article
• The Clinical Utility of Invasive Diagnostic Techniques in the Setting of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia  Academic Article
• The Effect of Selenium Therapy on Mortality in Patients With Sepsis Syndrome  Academic Article
• The Incidence of First Hickman Catheter-Related Infection and Predictors of Catheter Removal in Cancer Patients  Academic Article
• The effect of acidified enteral feeds on gastric colonization in critically ill patients: Results of a multicenter randomized trial  Academic Article
• The evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian hospitals: 5 years of national surveillance.  Academic Article
• The evolving epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian hospitals during a postepidemic period (2009–2015)  Academic Article
• The outcome and long-term follow-up of 94 patients with recurrent and refractory Clostridium difficile infection using single to multiple fecal microbiota transplantation via retention enema  Academic Article
• The role of colonization pressure in nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus  Academic Article
• The urban geography of SARS: paradoxes and dilemmas in Toronto's health care  Academic Article
• The use of the temporal scan statistic to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clusters in a community hospital  Academic Article
• Transfusion of fresher vs older red blood cells in hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis  Academic Article
• Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome during Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation  Academic Article
• Trends in health care–associated infections in acute care hospitals in Canada: an analysis of repeated point-prevalence surveys  Academic Article
• Two Nursing Home Outbreaks of Respiratory Infection withLegionella sainthelensi  Academic Article
• Universal Glove and Gown Use and Acquisition of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in the ICU  Academic Article
• Validation and implementation of group electronic hand hygiene monitoring across twenty-four critical care units  Academic Article
• Value of an active surveillance policy to document clearance of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci amongst inpatients with prolonged admissions  Academic Article
• Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Transmission and Risk Factors in Contacts of VRE Carriers  Academic Article
• Ventilator associated pneumonia: perspectives on the burden of illness  Academic Article
• Wound Coverage Technologies in Burn Care  Academic Article
• [The role of trovafloxacin in the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia].  Academic Article