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Abstracts Invited for Second International Symposium on Infection Control Author(s): Richard P. Wenzel Source: Infection Control, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Apr., 1986), p. 208 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30143838 . Accessed: 25/06/2014 03:28 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . The University of Chicago Press and The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Infection Control. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 194.29.185.216 on Wed, 25 Jun 2014 03:28:37 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions

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Abstracts Invited for Second International Symposium on Infection ControlAuthor(s): Richard P. WenzelSource: Infection Control, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Apr., 1986), p. 208Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiologyof AmericaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30143838 .

Accessed: 25/06/2014 03:28

Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at .http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp

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The University of Chicago Press and The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America are collaboratingwith JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Infection Control.

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Letfers to the Editor

Abstracts Invited for it is my hope that the international lowing experiment was performed:

Second International exchange will be interesting scien- 1. The system was filled with Mueller- tifically and also lead to lasting friend- Hinton broth.

Symposium on Infection ships. 2. The outer surface of the "hydro- Control phobic bacterial air filter" was con-

Richard P. Wenzel, MD taminated 5p of an overnight Editor culture of S. aureus (1.3 x 104 - 5 x

Dear Colleague: 3. The drip chamber was tilted 900 (5 I am writing from London to Cordis Ventricle min).

encourage your attendance at the 4. The upright drip chamber was forthcoming Second International Drainage-System: incubated for 24 h at 37wC. Symposium on Infection Control in Open or Closed In five independent experiments Hospitals in August. As a result of my the test strain was isolated from the

spending a sabbatical year here, I have broth in the system. had the opportunity to visit many To the Editor: These results demonstrate that the

parts of this exciting city and to appreci- The nursing personnel of the neu- so-called "hydrophobic bacterial air ate its importance in the history of rosurgical intensive care unit of the filter" is neither hydrophobic nor does infectious diseases and infection con- University Hospital, Freiburg, Federal it function as a bacterial filter. This trol. Furthermore, there is a very active Republic of Germany, noticed on sev- malfunction probably explains why Hospital Infection Society and Infec- eral occasions that cerebral spinal we isolated P. aeruginosa and other tion Control Nurses' Society in the fluid (CSF) leaked from the drip microorganisms repeatedly from the United Kingdom. chamber of the Cordis Ventricle- CSF of neurosurgical patients a few

As of late January, we have received Drainage System when placed hori- days after using the system. This more than 100 abstracts from outside zontally. Although the drip chamber serious shortcoming of a drainage sys- the United States, and several requests should be kept in an upright position, tem, which should be a closed instead were made for deadline extension. We this is not always possible during the of an open one needs to be corrected. have complied with these requests and normal course of nursing routine

E. Gilsbach, MD would ask that you also consider sub- (repositioning the patient, transport, F. Daschner, MD

mitting an abstract. Abstract forms etc.). In order to determine whether H. Habel and travel information are available by bacteria could enter the system from Departments of Neurosurgery calling the Infection Control Program the outer surface of the so-called and Hospital Epidemiology Coordinator, Garber Travel at "hydrophobic bacterial filter" (as University Hospital Freiburg 800-225-4570 (in MA, 617-787-0600). claimed by the manufacturer), the fol- Federal Republic of Germany

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Abstracts are invited for presentation at the Second International Symposium on Infection Control in

Hospitals, to be held in Kensington, London, England from August 11 to 15, 1986. The symposium has been designed to attract a wide range of delegates, from many aspects of medicine, but all

involved in infection control in hospitals: hospital infection control physicians and nurses, epidemiologists and

public health authorities, microbiologists, and physicians concerned with immunosuppressed hosts. Abstracts, papers, and posters will be considered for presentation. An abstract form and program participation card may be obtained from:

Infection Control Program Coordinator Garber Travel P.O. Box 404 - Dept. 91-6025 Brookline, MA 02146 800-225-4570 (toll-free) 617-787-0600 (in Mass.)

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