Sustained improvement in hospital cleaning associated with a novel education and culture change program for environmental services workers.

Objective: To sustainably improve cleaning of high-touch surfaces (HTSs) in acute-care hospitals using a multimodal approach to education, reduction of barriers to cleaning, and culture change for environmental services workers.

Design: Prospective, quasi-experimental, before-and-after intervention study.

Setting: The study was conducted in 2 academic acute-care hospitals, 2 community hospitals, and an academic pediatric and women's hospital.

Patient-Delivered Expedited Partner Therapy for Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Among Female Adolescents Using School-Based Health Centers.

Introduction: Expedited partner therapy (EPT) may reduce Chlamydia trachomatis reinfection. This pilot study was conducted to determine if female adolescents with C. trachomatis accept and deliver EPT to male sexual partners and whether it is associated with decreased C.

Changing Epidemiology of the Respiratory Bacteriology of Patients With Cystic Fibrosis.

Background: Monitoring potential changes in the epidemiology of cystic fibrosis (CF) pathogens furthers our understanding of the potential impact of interventions.

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis using data reported to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry (CFFPR) from 2006 to 2012 to determine the annual percent changes in the prevalence and incidence of selected CF pathogens. Pathogens included Pseudomonas aeruginosa, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA), Haemophilus influenzae, Burkholderia cepacia complex, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and Achromobacter xylosoxidans.