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Keeping Vulnerable Children Safe from Pertussis: Preventing Nosocomial Pertussis Transmission in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 10/13/09

Greer AL et al. – The provision of booster vaccine to healthcare workers in the neonatal intensive care unit substantially reduces the risk of hospital–centered pertussis outbreaks in a manner that enhances the health of hospitalized children. A formal health economic analysis of this finding is currently under way. Policies to protect patient safety in pediatric facilities should include compliance with the United States Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which recommends provision of pertussis booster vaccination to healthcare workers.

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IgE cross-reactivity between Ascaris and domestic mite allergens: the role of tropomyosin and the nematode polyprotein ABA-1
Allergy, 10/22/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Impact of revising the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System definition for catheter-related bloodstream infection in ICU: Reproducibility of the National Healthcare Safety Network case definition in an Australian cohort of infection control professionals
American Journal of Infection Control, 10/01/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Cross-talk of the environment with the host genome and the immune system through endogenous retroviruses in systemic lupus erythematosus
Lupus, 11/04/09 Relevance Score: 66%

Multiplex PCR to Diagnose Blood Stream Infections in Patients Admitted from the Emergency Department with Sepsis
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 10/23/09 Relevance Score: 66%

Risk factors for peripheral intravenous catheter infection in hospitalized patients: A prospective study of 3165 patients
American Journal of Infection Control, 10/01/09 Relevance Score: 66%