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A comparison of the effect of universal use of gloves and gowns with that of glove use alone on acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a medical intensive care unit.

Slaughter S, Hayden MK, Nathan C, Hu TC, Rice T, Van Voorhis J, Matushek M, Franklin C, Weinstein RA.

Ann Intern Med. 1996 Sep 15;125(6):448-56.PMID: 8779456 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A prospective study to determine whether cover gowns in addition to gloves decrease nosocomial transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in an intensive care unit.

Srinivasan A, Song X, Ross T, Merz W, Brower R, Perl TM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Aug;23(8):424-8.PMID: 12186206 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Failure to eradicate vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a university hospital and the cost of barrier precautions.

Lai KK, Kelley AL, Melvin ZS, Belliveau PP, Fontecchio SA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Sep;19(9):647-52.PMID: 9778162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Resistant enterococci: a prospective study of prevalence, incidence, and factors associated with colonization in a university hospital.

Weinstein JW, Roe M, Towns M, Sanders L, Thorpe JJ, Corey GR, Sexton DJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1996 Jan;17(1):36-41.PMID: 8789685 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

To gown or not to gown: the effect on acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

Puzniak LA, Leet T, Mayfield J, Kollef M, Mundy LM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jul 1;35(1):18-25. Epub 2002 Jun 7.PMID: 12060870 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The role of "colonization pressure" in the spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci: an important infection control variable.

Bonten MJ, Slaughter S, Ambergen AW, Hayden MK, van Voorhis J, Nathan C, Weinstein RA.

Arch Intern Med. 1998 May 25;158(10):1127-32.PMID: 9605785 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Risk of hand or glove contamination after contact with patients colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus or the colonized patients' environment.

Hayden MK, Blom DW, Lyle EA, Moore CG, Weinstein RA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Feb;29(2):149-54.PMID: 18179370 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

External sources of vancomycin-resistant enterococci for intensive care units.

Bonten MJ, Slaughter S, Hayden MK, Nathan C, van Voorhis J, Weinstein RA.

Crit Care Med. 1998 Dec;26(12):2001-4.PMID: 9875911 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Epidemiology and control of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a regional neonatal intensive care unit.

Malik RK, Montecalvo MA, Reale MR, Li K, Maw M, Munoz JL, Gedris C, van Horn K, Carnevale KA, Levi MH, Dweck HS.

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999 Apr;18(4):352-6.PMID: 10223689 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci on the gowns and gloves of healthcare workers.

Snyder GM, Thom KA, Furuno JP, Perencevich EN, Roghmann MC, Strauss SM, Netzer G, Harris AD.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Jul;29(7):583-9.PMID: 18549314 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in intensive care units: high frequency of stool carriage during a non-outbreak period.

Ostrowsky BE, Venkataraman L, D'Agata EM, Gold HS, DeGirolami PC, Samore MH.

Arch Intern Med. 1999 Jul 12;159(13):1467-72.PMID: 10399898 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Role of environmental contamination as a risk factor for acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in patients treated in a medical intensive care unit.

Martínez JA, Ruthazer R, Hansjosten K, Barefoot L, Snydman DR.

Arch Intern Med. 2003 Sep 8;163(16):1905-12.PMID: 12963563 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Infection-control measures reduce transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in an endemic setting.

Montecalvo MA, Jarvis WR, Uman J, Shay DK, Petrullo C, Rodney K, Gedris C, Horowitz HW, Wormser GP.

Ann Intern Med. 1999 Aug 17;131(4):269-72.PMID: 10454948 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Reduction in acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus after enforcement of routine environmental cleaning measures.

Hayden MK, Bonten MJ, Blom DW, Lyle EA, van de Vijver DA, Weinstein RA.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Jun 1;42(11):1552-60. Epub 2006 Apr 27.PMID: 16652312 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Enterococcal bacteremia in the surgical intensive care unit. Does vancomycin resistance affect mortality? The Johns Hopkins SICU Study Group.

Mainous MR, Lipsett PA, O'Brien M.

Arch Surg. 1997 Jan;132(1):76-81.PMID: 9006556 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The effect of vancomycin and third-generation cephalosporins on prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in 126 U.S. adult intensive care units.

Fridkin SK, Edwards JR, Courval JM, Hill H, Tenover FC, Lawton R, Gaynes RP, McGowan JE Jr; Intensive Care Antimicrobial Resistance Epidemiology (ICARE) Project and the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Hospitals.

Ann Intern Med. 2001 Aug 7;135(3):175-83.PMID: 11487484 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Epidemiology of colonisation of patients and environment with vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

Bonten MJ, Hayden MK, Nathan C, van Voorhis J, Matushek M, Slaughter S, Rice T, Weinstein RA.

Lancet. 1996 Dec 14;348(9042):1615-9.PMID: 8961991 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The incidence of and clinical variables associated with vancomycin-resistant enterococcal colonization in mechanically ventilated patients.

Bhorade SM, Christenson J, Pohlman AS, Arnow PM, Hall JB.

Chest. 1999 Apr;115(4):1085-91.PMID: 10208212 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A cost-benefit analysis of gown use in controlling vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus transmission: is it worth the price?

Puzniak LA, Gillespie KN, Leet T, Kollef M, Mundy LM.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 May;25(5):418-24.PMID: 15188849 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hospital-acquired infection with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium transmitted by electronic thermometers.

Livornese LL Jr, Dias S, Samel C, Romanowski B, Taylor S, May P, Pitsakis P, Woods G, Kaye D, Levison ME, et al.

Ann Intern Med. 1992 Jul 15;117(2):112-6.PMID: 1605425 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles