Acquisition of Clostridium difficile Colonization and Infection After Transfer From a Veterans Affairs Hospital to an Affiliated Long-Term Care Facility

Authors: Ponnada, Suresh, Guerrero, Dubert M., Jury, Lucy A., Nerandzic, Michelle M., Cadnum, Jennifer L., Alam, M. Jahangir, Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 38(9):1070-1076

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An Increase in Healthcare-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection Associated with Use of a Defective Peracetic Acid—Based Surface Disinfectant

Authors: Cadnum, Jennifer L., Jencson, Annette L., O Donnell, Marguerite C., Flannery, Elizabeth R., Nerandzic, Michelle M., Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 38(3):300-305

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Efficacy of Dilute Hypochlorite Solutions and an Electrochemically Activated Saline Solution Containing Hypochlorous Acid for Disinfection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Pig Skin Model

Authors: Chang, Bailey, Nerandzic, Michelle M., Kundrapu, Sirisha, Sunkesula, Venkata C. K., Deshpande, Abhishek, Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2013 Nov 01. 34(11), 1231-1233.

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Does Organic Material on Hospital Surfaces Reduce the Effectiveness of Hypochlorite and UV Radiation for Disinfection of Clostridium difficile ?

Authors: Zhang, Andrew, Nerandzic, Michelle M., Kundrapu, Sirisha, Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2013 Oct 01. 34(10), 1106-1108.

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Effectiveness of an Electrochemically Activated Saline Solution for Disinfection of Hospital Equipment

Authors: Fertelli, Dennis, Cadnum, Jennifer L., Nerandzic, Michelle M., Sitzlar, Brett, Kundrapu, Sirisha, Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2013 May 01. 34(5), 543-544.

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Beyond the Hawthorne Effect: Reduction of Clostridium difficile Environmental Contamination through Active Intervention to Improve Cleaning Practices

Authors: Guerrero, Dubert M., Carling, Philip C., Jury, Lucy A., Ponnada, Suresh, Nerandzic, Michelle M., Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2013 May 01. 34(5), 524-526.

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Evaluation of a Pulsed Xenon Ultraviolet Disinfection System for Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Pathogens in Hospital Rooms

Authors: Nerandzic, Michelle M., Thota, Priyaleela, Thriveen Sankar, C., Jencson, Annette, Cadnum, Jennifer L., Ray, Amy J., Salata, Robert A., Watkins, Richard R., Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 36(2):192-197

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Reduced Acquisition and Overgrowth of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Candida Species in Patients Treated With Fidaxomicin Versus Vancomycin for Clostridium difficile Infection

Authors: Nerandzic, Michelle M., Mullane, Kathleen, Miller, Mark A., Babakhani, Farah, Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2012 Aug 01. 55, S121-S126.

Access URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis440

Potential for Transmission of Clostridium difficile by Asymptomatic Acute Care Patients and Long-Term Care Facility Residents with Prior C. difficile Infection

Authors: Jinno, Sadao, Kundrapu, Sirisha, Guerrero, Dubert M., Jury, Lucy A., Nerandzic, Michelle M., Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2012 Jun 01. 33(6), 638-639.

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High Proportion of False-Positive Clostridium difficile Enzyme Immunoassays for Toxin A and B in Pediatric Patients

Authors: Toltzis, Philip, Nerandzic, Michelle M., Saade, Elie, O’Riordan, Mary Ann, Smathers, Sarah, Zaoutis, Theoklis, Kim, Jason, Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2012 Feb 01. 33(2), 175-179.

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Clinical and Infection Control Implications of Clostridium difficile Infection With Negative Enzyme Immunoassay for Toxin

Authors: Guerrero, Dubert M., Chou, Christina, Jury, Lucy A., Nerandzic, Michelle M., Cadnum, Jennifer C., Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2011 Aug 01. 53(3), 287-290.

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Clostridium difficile Infection in a Department of Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care Facility

Authors: Guerrero, Dubert M., Nerandzic, Michelle M., Jury, Lucy A., Chang, Shelley, Jump, Robin L., Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2011 May 01. 32(5), 513-515.

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Persistence of Skin Contamination and Environmental Shedding of Clostridium difficile during and after Treatment of C. difficile Infection

Authors: Sethi, Ajay K., Al‐Nassir, Wafa N., Nerandzic, Michelle M., Bobulsky, Greg S., Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2010 Jan . 31(1), 21-27.

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Skin and Environmental Contamination With Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci in Patients Receiving Oral Metronidazole or Oral Vancomycin Treatment for Clostridium difficile –Associated Disease

Authors: Sethi, Ajay K., Al‐Nassir, Wafa N., Nerandzic, Michelle M., Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2009 Jan 01. 30(1), 13-17.

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Comparison of Clinical and Microbiological Response to Treatment of Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease with Metronidazole and Vancomycin

Authors: Al-Nassir, Wafa N., Sethi, Ajay K., Nerandzic, Michelle M., Bobulsky, Greg S., Jump, Robin L. P., Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2008 Jul 01. 47(1), 56-62.

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Acquisition of Clostridium difficile on Hands of Healthcare Personnel Caring for Patients with Resolved C. difficile Infection

Authors: Shrestha, Subarna K., Sunkesula, Venkata C. K., Kundrapu, Sirisha, Tomas, Myreen E., Nerandzic, Michelle M., Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 37(4):475-477

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A Novel, Sporicidal Formulation of Ethanol for Glove Decontamination to Prevent Clostridium difficile Hand Contamination During Glove Removal

Authors: Tomas, Myreen E., Nerandzic, Michelle M., Cadnum, Jennifer L., Mana, Thriveen S. C., Jencson, Annette, Sunskesula, Venkata, Kundrapu, Sirisha, Wilson, Brigid M., Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 37(3):337-339

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What is on that keyboard? Detecting hidden environmental reservoirs of Clostridium difficile during an outbreak associated with North American pulsed-field gel electrophoresis type 1 strains

Authors: Dumford, Donald M., III, Nerandzic, Michelle M., Eckstein, Brittany C., Donskey, Curtis J.

Source: In AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control 2009 37(1):15-19

Unlocking the Sporicidal Potential of Ethanol: Induced Sporicidal Activity of Ethanol against Clostridium difficile and Bacillus Spores under Altered Physical and Chemical Conditions.

Authors: Nerandzic, Michelle M.¹ michellenerandzi@aim.com, Sunkesula, Venkata C. K.^1,2, C., Thriveen Sankar², Setlow, Peter³, Donskey, Curtis J.^2,4

Source: PLoS ONE. 7/15/2015, Vol. 10 Issue 7, p1-15. 15p.

Subject Terms: *ETHANOL, *CLOSTRIDIOIDES difficile, *HYGIENE, *BACILLUS anthracis, *ALKALINIZATION, *ACIDIFICATION

Induced Sporicidal Activity of Chlorhexidine against Clostridium difficile Spores under Altered Physical and Chemical Conditions.

Authors: Nerandzic, Michelle M.¹ michellenerandzi@aim.com, Donskey, Curtis J.^1,2

Source: PLoS ONE. Apr2015, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p1-11. 11p.

Subject Terms: *CHLORHEXIDINE, *CLOSTRIDIOIDES difficile, *BACTERIAL spores, *ANTI-infective agents, *DISINFECTION & disinfectants, *DIARRHEA