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Item Open Access Avian Influenza – The Next Pandemic?(2004-01-01) Conly, John M; Johnston, B LynnItem Open Access Central Venous Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Patients: Another Patient Safety Bundle?(2006-01-01) Johnston, B Lynn; Conly, John MIn a previous issue of The Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology, we reviewed the 'Safer Healthcare Now!' campaign's focus on reducing central venous catheter (CVC)-associated bloodstream infections (BSIs) as a way of improving patient safety (1). This initiative is focused on preventing CVC-associated BSIs in intensive care units. However, other patient groups are also at risk for CVC-related BSIs, suggesting that there are other individuals who would benefit from preventive efforts. A 1996 hospital-wide survey of nosocomial bacteremia in an Israeli university hospital (2) found that 9% of infected patients were on chronic hemodialysis. Surveillance in 73 hospitals in England between 1997 and 2001 found a CVC BSI rate of 21/1000 nephrology patients at risk who were hospitalized in teaching hospitals (3). This rate was similar to that found in special care neonatal units, although not quite one-half that of patients in a general intensive care unit. In a population-based survey performed in the Calgary Health Region from 2000 to 2002 (4), hemodialysis (HD) posed the greatest risk (RR 208.7; 95% CI 142.9 to 296.3) for acquiring severe BSI.Item Open Access Coming Full Circle: From Antibiotics to Probiotics and Prebiotics(2004-01-01) Conly, John M; Johnston, B LynnItem Open Access Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Where Do We Go from Here?(2003-01-01) Johnston, B Lynn; Conly, John MItem Open Access Immunization for Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients(2002-01-01) Johnston, B Lynn; Conly, John MItem Open Access Intracardiac Device and Prosthetic Infections: What Do We Know?(2004-01-01) Johnston, B Lynn; Conly, John MItem Open Access Mupirocin – Are We in Danger of Losing It?(2002-01-01) Conly, John M; Johnston, B LynnItem Open Access Nosocomial Transmission of Bloodborne Viruses from Infected Health Care Workers to Patients(2003-01-01) Johnston, B Lynn; Conly, John MItem Open Access Patient Safety: What Does It All Mean?(2004-01-01) Johnston, B Lynn; Conly, John MItem Open Access SARS: A tale of two epidemics(2003-01-01) Conly, John M; Johnston, B LynnItem Open Access Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: What Have We Learned Two Years Later?(2004-01-01) Johnston, B Lynn; Conly, John MItem Open Access Staphylococcus aureus: The Persistent Pathogen(2003-01-01) Johnston, B Lynn; Conly, John MItem Open Access The Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a Community-Acquired Pathogen in Canada(2003-01-01) Conly, John M; Johnston, B LynnItem Open Access VISA, Hetero-VISA and VRSA: The End of the Vancomycin Era?(2002-01-01) Conly, John M; Johnston, B Lynn