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• 7 versus 14 days of antibiotic treatment for critically ill patients with bloodstream infection: a pilot randomized clinical trial  Journal Articles
• A Canadian hospital-based HIV/hepatitis C look-back notification program.  Journal Articles
• A Case-Control Study to Detect Modifiable Risk Factors for Colonization With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci  Journal Articles
• A Clinical Pathway for Treating Pneumonia in the Nursing Home: Part I: The Nursing Perspective  Journal Articles
• A Clinical Pathway for Treating Pneumonia in the Nursing Home: Part II: The Administrators’ Perspective and How It Differs From Nurses’ Views  Journal Articles
• A Decade of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Epidemiology and Prophylaxis: Translating Evidence into Everyday Clinical Practice  Journal Articles
• A Nosocomial Outbreak of Diarrheal Disease Due to Yersinia enterocolitica Serotype 0:5, Biotype 1  Journal Articles
• A Phase 3 Randomized Double-Blind Comparison of Ceftobiprole Medocaril Versus Ceftazidime Plus Linezolid for the Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia  Journal Articles
• A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Nursery Ritual: Wearing Cover Gowns to Care for Healthy Newborns  Journal Articles
• A descriptive case study of the changing nature of nurses' work: The impact of managing infectious diseases requiring isolation  Journal Articles
• A five year outbreak of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus phage type 53,85 in a regional neonatal unit  Journal Articles
• A point prevalence survey of health care–associated infections in pediatric populations in major Canadian acute care hospitals  Journal Articles
• 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  Journal Articles
• A rapid advice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infected pneumonia (standard version)  Journal Articles
• A review of staphylococcal colonization and infection rates in a family-centred maternity unit 1979-89.  Journal Articles
• A severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nosocomial cluster with inter-facility spread: Lessons learned  Journal Articles
• Adjudicating ventilator-associated pneumonia in a randomized trial of critically ill patients  Journal Articles
• Algorithm to reduce unnecessary isolation days in patients with a history of colonization by antimicrobial-resistant organisms  Journal Articles
• An Endemic Strain of Staphylococcus haemolyticus Colonizing and Causing Bacteremia in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients  Journal Articles
• An Outbreak of Influenza A in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit  Journal Articles
• An Outbreak of Vancomycin-Dependent Enterococcus faecium in a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit  Conferences
• An outbreak of herpes simplex virus type 1 in an intensive care nursery  Journal Articles
• Anti-microbial or antiseptic impregnated central venous catheters: update on a "central" debate  Journal Articles
• Antibiotic Overuse: The Influence of Social Norms  Journal Articles
• Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections.  Journal Articles
• Antibiotic management of suspected nosocomial ICU-acquired infection: Does prolonged empiric therapy improve outcome?  Journal Articles
• Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Health Care-Associated and Community-Associated Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Hospitalized Patients in Canada, 1995 to 2008  Journal Articles
• Antimicrobial surfaces to prevent healthcare-associated infections: a systematic review  Journal Articles
• Bacteremia Antibiotic Length Actually Needed for Clinical Effectiveness (BALANCE) randomised clinical trial: study protocol  Journal Articles
• Barriers and Facilitators to Injection Safety in Ambulatory Care Settings  Journal Articles
• Barriers and facilitators to standardization of ultrasound use and probe disinfection in the ambulatory setting  Journal Articles
• Candidemia at selected Canadian sites: Results from the fungal disease registry, 1992-1994  Journal Articles
• Candidemia at selected Canadian sites: results from the Fungal Disease Registry, 1992-1994. Fungal Disease Registry of the Canadian Infectious Disease Society.  Journal Articles
• Candidemia in patients with diabetes mellitus: epidemiology and predictors of mortality  Journal Articles
• Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in Canada 2009-10: results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP)  Journal Articles
• Care of Children Isolated for Infection Control: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study  Journal Articles
• Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections and Non–Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections Surveillance in Canadian Tertiary Care Neonatal Intensive Care Units  Journal Articles
• Central venous catheter replacement strategies  Journal Articles
• Challenges to Safe Injection Practices in Ambulatory Care  Journal Articles
• Ciprofloxacin and Clostridium difficile– Associated Diarrhea  Journal Articles
• Clinical Outcomes Following Institution of the Canadian Universal Leukoreduction Program for Red Blood Cell Transfusions  Journal Articles
• Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Group A Streptococcal Pneumonia in Ontario, Canada  Journal Articles
• Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Elderly Hospitalized Patients  Conferences
• Co-circulation of multiple genotypes of human rhinovirus during a large outbreak of respiratory illness in a veterans’ long-term care home  Journal Articles
• Coagulase-negative staphylococci as true pathogens in newborn infants  Journal Articles
• Colonization With Multiresistant Bacteria and Quality of Life in Residents of Long-Term–Care Facilities  Journal Articles
• Community acquired pneumonia.  Journal Articles
• Community acquired pneumonia.  Journal Articles
• Community acquired pneumonia.  Journal Articles
• Comparative Genomics of Canadian Epidemic Lineages of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus  Journal Articles
• Correlating incidence densities and point-prevalence for the surveillance of catheter-associated urinary tract infections  Journal Articles
• Decontamination interventions for the reuse of surgical mask personal protective equipment: a systematic review  Journal Articles
• Detection and Characterization of Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Canada: Results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, 1995-2006  Journal Articles
• Detection of Clinically Relevant Genotypes of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Nosocomial Surveillance Specimens by PCR  Journal Articles
• Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from growth on mannitol salt oxacillin agar using PCR for nosocomial surveillance  Conferences
• Development of a tool to assess evidence for causality in studies implicating sink drains as a reservoir for hospital-acquired gammaproteobacterial infection  Journal Articles
• Does the formulation of enteral feeding products influence infectious morbidity and mortality rates in the critically ill patient? A critical review of the evidence  Journal Articles
• Doripenem: A New Carbapenem in the Treatment of Nosocomial Infection  Journal Articles
• Drain associated meningitis and ventriculitis remains a pivotal problem in neurointensive care: to understand their causes we need better surveillance data.  Journal Articles
• Effect of a Multifaceted Intervention on Adherence to Hand Hygiene among Healthcare Workers: A Cluster-Randomized Trial  Journal Articles
• Effect of acidified enteral feedings on gastric colonization in the critically ill patient  Journal Articles
• Effect of early surgery after hip fracture on mortality and complications: systematic review and meta-analysis  Journal Articles
• Effectiveness and Safety of an Extended ICU Visitation Model for Delirium Prevention: A Before and After Study*  Journal Articles
• Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a Clostridium difficile vaccine candidate in a hospital setting  Journal Articles
• Efficacy of Staphylococcus aureus nasal decolonization at hospital admission on reduction of any infections within 90 days - a systematic review and meta-analysis.  Journal Articles
• Emergence of Carbapenemase-ProducingEnterobacteriaceae, South-Central Ontario, Canada1  Journal Articles
• Enteral nutrition in the critically ill patient: A critical review of the evidence  Journal Articles
• Epidemiology of community- and nursing home-acquired pneumonia in older adults  Journal Articles
• Eradication of an epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from a geriatric university hospital: evidence from a 10-year follow-up  Journal Articles
• Evaluation of new diagnostic technologies  Journal Articles
• Evaluation of the Protected Brush Catheter and Bronchoalveolar Lavage in the Diagnosis of Nosocomial Pneumonia  Journal Articles
• Examination of staphylococcal stethoscope contamination in the emergency department (pilot) study (EXSSCITED pilot study)  Journal Articles
• 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  Journal Articles
• Gastric Alkalinization, Pneumonia, and Systemic Infections: The Controversy  Journal Articles
• Gastric Colonization by Gram-Negative Bacilli and Nosocomial Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit Patient  Journal Articles
• Genomic analyses reveal high diversity and rapid evolution of Pichia kudriavzevii within a neonatal intensive care unit in Delhi, India.  Journal Articles
• Hand hygiene in the intensive care unit: prospective observations of clinical practice  Journal Articles
• Hand hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and practices among hospital inpatients: A descriptive study  Journal Articles
• Hand hygiene practices of health care workers in long-term care facilities  Journal Articles
• Health Care–AssociatedClostridium difficileInfection in Adults Admitted to Acute Care Hospitals in Canada: A Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program Study  Journal Articles
• Histamine-2-Receptor Antagonists and Antacids in the Critically Ill Population Stress Ulceration Versus Nosocomial Pneumonia  Journal Articles
• Hospital quality indicators: a systematic review  Journal Articles
• Hospital-acquired infections at an oncological intensive care cancer unit: differences between solid and hematological cancer patients  Journal Articles
• Hospital-acquired pneumonia in adults: diagnosis, assessment of severity, initial antimicrobial therapy, and preventive strategies. A consensus statement, American Thoracic Society, November 1995.  Journal Articles
• How is ceftobiprole used in Canada: the CLEAR study final results  Journal Articles
• How to use an article on therapy or prevention  Journal Articles
• Identification badges: a potential fomite?  Journal Articles
• Impact of a surgeon-trained observer on accuracy of colorectal surgical site infection rates  Journal Articles
• Impact of an evidence-based intervention on urinary catheter utilization, associated process indicators, and infectious and non-infectious outcomes  Journal Articles
• Impact of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in global surgical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic  Journal Articles
• Implementation of the Canadian Contingency Plan for a Case of Suspected Viral Hemorrhagic Fever  Journal Articles
• Improving adherence to hand hygiene among health care workers  Journal Articles
• Improving patients' safety locally: changing clinician behaviour  Journal Articles
• Incidence of and Risk Factors for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients  Journal Articles
• Increasing Influenza Immunization for Long‐Term Care Facility Staff Using Quality Improvement  Journal Articles
• Infection in Hospitalized Trauma Patients: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Complications  Journal Articles
• Infection in an aging population  Journal Articles
• Infection prevention and control practices related to Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian acute and long-term care institutions  Journal Articles
• Infectious disease outbreaks and increased complexity of care  Journal Articles
• Infectious diseases and the anaesthetist  Journal Articles
• Influence of Airway Management on Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia  Journal Articles
• Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers: Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Benefit Underpinning Policies of Enforcement  Journal Articles
• International Society of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection Following Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass  Journal Articles
• Interobserver Reliability of Radiologists’ Interpretations of Mobile Chest Radiographs for Nursing Home–Acquired Pneumonia  Journal Articles
• Is Surveillance for Multidrug‐Resistant Enterobacteriaceae an Effective Infection Control Strategy in the Absence of an Outbreak?  Conferences
• 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  Journal Articles
• Managing vancomycin-resistant enterococci. A winning team approach.  Journal Articles
• Mandatory vaccination of health care workers.  Journal Articles
• Measuring influenza immunization coverage among health care workers in acute care hospitals and continuing care organizations in Canada  Journal Articles
• Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusColonization or Infection in Canada: National Surveillance and Changing Epidemiology, 1995–2007  Journal Articles
• Microbial Preparations (Probiotics) for the Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of 6,851 Participants  Journal Articles
• Minimizing the risk of Q fever in the hospital setting.  Journal Articles
• Modeling Transmission of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus AureusAmong Patients Admitted to a Hospital  Conferences
• Molecular Epidemiology of Candidemia: Evidence of Clusters of Smoldering Nosocomial Infections  Journal Articles
• Molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteraemia: results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, 1999-2009  Journal Articles
• Morbidity and Mortality of Patients With Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections Admitted to the ICU  Journal Articles
• Morbidity and mortality in severely burned children with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea  Journal Articles
• Mortality and morbidity in acutely ill adults treated with liberal versus conservative oxygen therapy (IOTA): a systematic review and meta-analysis  Journal Articles
• Mupirocin-Resistant, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains in Canadian Hospitals  Journal Articles
• Need for strict aseptic separation of the 2 procedures in simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery  Journal Articles
• Nosocomial Pneumonia Guidelines  Journal Articles
• Nosocomial Pneumonia and the Role of Gastric pH  Journal Articles
• Nosocomial influenza infection  Journal Articles
• Nosocomial pneumonia, prophylaxis against gastric erosive disease, and clinically important gastrointestinal bleeding  Journal Articles
• Nursing home-acquired pneumonia: an emergency department treatment algorithm  Journal Articles
• Nutritional Support and Outcomes in Malnourished Medical Inpatients  Journal Articles
• Obesity as a Risk Factor for Nosocomial Infections in Trauma Patients  Journal Articles
• Older Adults Who Reside in Long‐Term Care Facilities: A High‐ Risk Population for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease  Journal Articles
• Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Containing blaNDM-1, Ontario, Canada  Journal Articles
• Outbreak of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Regional Burn Center  Journal Articles
• Pain and the thermally injured patient-a review of current therapies.  Conferences
• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Risk for Nurses after Trivalent Vaccination  Journal Articles
• Patterns of Handwashing Behavior and Visits to Patients on a General Medical Ward of Healthcare Workers  Journal Articles
• Periprosthetic Infection following Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: The Impact of Limiting the Postoperative Surveillance Period  Journal Articles
• Persistent colonization and the spread of antibiotic resistance in nosocomial pathogens: Resistance is a regional problem  Journal Articles
• Pneumonia Observational Incidence and Treatment: A Multidisciplinary Process Improvement Study  Journal Articles
• Pneumonia care and the nursing home: a qualitative descriptive study of resident and family member perspectives  Journal Articles
• Pneumonia in Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities  Journal Articles
• Point prevalence survey for healthcare-associated infections within Canadian adult acute-care hospitals☆☆☆  Conferences
• Population genomic analyses reveal high diversity, recombination and nosocomial transmission among Candida glabrata (Nakaseomyces glabrata) isolates causing invasive infections  Journal Articles
• Portable Ultraviolet Light Surface-Disinfecting Devices for Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections: A Health Technology Assessment.  Journal Articles
• Postexposure management of healthcare personnel to infectious diseases  Journal Articles
• Prevalent nosocomial clusters among causative agents for candidemia in Hamilton, Canada  Journal Articles
• Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Survey of Clinical Practice Guidelines  Journal Articles
• Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: Current practice in Canadian intensive care units  Journal Articles
• Probiotics in hospitalized adult patients: a systematic review of economic evaluations  Journal Articles
• Prophylactic oral health procedures to prevent hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia: A systematic review  Journal Articles
• Prospective Surveillance for Primary Bloodstream Infections Occurring in Canadian Hemodialysis Units  Journal Articles
• Psychosocial effects of SARS on hospital staff: survey of a large tertiary care institution  Journal Articles
• Quinolone Use as a Risk Factor for Nosocomial Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea  Journal Articles
• Real Numbers Tell Real Stories in Health Services Management  Journal Articles
• Respiratory syncytial virus nosocomial outbreak in neonatal intensive care: A review of the incidence, management, and outcomes  Journal Articles
• 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)  Journal Articles
• Response to Schmidt et al.: Antimicrobial surfaces – huge potential, significant uncertainty  Journal Articles
• Risk Factors for ICU-Acquired Pneumonia  Journal Articles
• Risk Factors for Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents among Nursing Home Residents  Journal Articles
• Risk of bacteremia from temporary hemodialysis catheters by site of insertion and duration of use: A prospective study  Journal Articles
• Screening policies, preventive measures and in-hospital infection of COVID-19 in global surgical practices  Journal Articles
• Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract  Journal Articles
• Selective decontamination of the digestive tract in severely burned pediatric patients  Journal Articles
• Self‐disinfecting sink drains reduce the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bioburden in a neonatal intensive care unit  Journal Articles
• Semmelweis revisited: the ethics of infection prevention among health care workers.  Journal Articles
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Preparedness, Management, and Impact  Journal Articles
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome and critical care medicine: The Toronto experience  Journal Articles
• 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  Journal Articles
• Silver‐coated endotracheal tube versus non‐coated endotracheal tube for preventing ventilator‐associated pneumonia among adults: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials  Journal Articles
• Small bowel feeding and risk of pneumonia in adult critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials  Journal Articles
• Sources of viral respiratory infections in Canadian acute care hospital healthcare personnel  Journal Articles
• Stop Orders to Reduce Inappropriate Urinary Catheterization in Hospitalized Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial  Journal Articles
• Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis: Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Nosocomial Pneumonia Best Evidence Synthesis  Journal Articles
• Stress ulcer prophylaxis in the intensive care unit: an international survey of 97 units in 11 countries  Journal Articles
• Surgical Mask vs N95 Respirator for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Workers  Journal Articles
• Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective, international, multicentre cohort study  Journal Articles
• Surgical site infection prevention: a survey to identify the gap between evidence and practice in University of Toronto teaching hospitals  Journal Articles
• Surveillance Definitions of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities: Revisiting the McGeer Criteria  Journal Articles
• Surveillance for Hospital Outbreaks of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Ontario, Canada, 1992 to 2000  Journal Articles
• The Streptococcus milleri Population of a Cystic Fibrosis Clinic Reveals Patient Specificity and Intraspecies Diversity  Journal Articles
• The 2018 Global Point Prevalence Survey of antimicrobial consumption and resistance in 47 Canadian hospitals: a cross-sectional survey  Journal Articles
• The COVID-19 pandemic: Important considerations for contact lens practitioners  Journal Articles
• The Clinical Utility of Invasive Diagnostic Techniques in the Setting of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia  Journal Articles
• The Effect of Selenium Therapy on Mortality in Patients With Sepsis Syndrome  Journal Articles
• The Incidence of First Hickman Catheter-Related Infection and Predictors of Catheter Removal in Cancer Patients  Journal Articles
• The effect of acidified enteral feeds on gastric colonization in critically ill patients: Results of a multicenter randomized trial  Journal Articles
• The evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian hospitals: 5 years of national surveillance.  Journal Articles
• The evolving epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian hospitals during a postepidemic period (2009–2015)  Journal Articles
• 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  Journal Articles
• The urban geography of SARS: paradoxes and dilemmas in Toronto's health care  Journal Articles
• The use of the temporal scan statistic to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clusters in a community hospital  Journal Articles
• Transfusion of fresher vs older red blood cells in hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis  Journal Articles
• Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome during Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation  Journal Articles
• Trends in health care–associated infections in acute care hospitals in Canada: an analysis of repeated point-prevalence surveys  Journal Articles
• Two Nursing Home Outbreaks of Respiratory Infection with Legionella sainthelensi  Journal Articles
• Universal Glove and Gown Use and Acquisition of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in the ICU  Journal Articles
• Validation and implementation of group electronic hand hygiene monitoring across twenty-four critical care units  Journal Articles
• Value of an active surveillance policy to document clearance of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci amongst inpatients with prolonged admissions  Journal Articles
• Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Transmission and Risk Factors in Contacts of VRE Carriers  Journal Articles
• Ventilator associated pneumonia: perspectives on the burden of illness  Journal Articles
• Wound Coverage Technologies in Burn Care  Journal Articles
• [The role of trovafloxacin in the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia].  Journal Articles