2009

Effectiveness of point-of-care testing for therapeutic control of chronic conditions: results from the PoCT in General Practice Trial
Tanya K Bubner, Caroline O Laurence, Angela Gialamas, Lisa N Yelland, Philip Ryan, Kristyn J Willson, Philip Tideman, Paul Worley and Justin J Beilby. Med J Aust 190: 624-626. <eMJA full text>

2008

Significant reductions in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and clinical isolates associated with a multisite, hand hygiene culture-change program and subsequent successful statewide roll-out
M Lindsay Grayson, Lisa J Jarvie, Rhea Martin, Paul D R Johnson, Meryanda E Jodoin, Celene McMullan, Roger H C Gregory, Kaye Bellis, Katie Cunnington, Fiona L Wilson, Diana Quin and Anne-Maree Kelly, on behalf of the Victorian Quality Council’s Hand Hygiene Study Group and Hand Hygiene Statewide Roll-out Group. Med J Aust 188: 633-640. <eMJA full text>

2007

Probiotic treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a randomised controlled trial
Karen J Manley, Margaret B Fraenkel, Barrie C Mayall and David A Power. Med J Aust 186: 454-457. <eMJA full text>

2006

A randomised controlled trial of hot water (45ºC) immersion versus ice packs for pain relief in bluebottle stings
Conrad Loten, Barrie Stokes, David Worsley, Jamie Seymour, Simon Jiang and Geoffrey Isbister. Med J Aust 184: 329-333. <eMJA full text>

2005

Efficacy of an alcohol/chlorhexidine hand hygiene program in a hospital with high rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection
Paul D R Johnson, Rhea Martin, Laurelle J Burrell, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Susan W Kirsa, Jason O’Keeffe, Barrie C Mayall, Deidre Edmonds, Wendy Barr, Christopher Bolger, Humsha Naidoo and M Lindsay Grayson. Med J Aust 183: 509-514. <eMJA full text>

2004

Preventing pressure ulcers with the Australian Medical Sheepskin: an open-label randomised controlled trial
Damien J Jolley, Robyn Wright, Sunita McGowan, Mark B Hickey, Don A Campbell, Rodney D Sinclair, Kenneth C Montgomery. Med J Aust 180: 324-327. <eMJA full text>

2003

Effectiveness of ototopical antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media in Aboriginal children: a community-based, multicentre, double-blind randomised controlled trial
Sophie Couzos, Traven Lea, Reinhold Mueller, Richard Murray, Margaret Culbong. Med J Aust 179: 185-190. <eMJA full text>

2002

Sharing the true stories: improving communication between Aboriginal patients and healthcare workers
Alan Cass, Anne Lowell, Michael Christie, Paul L Snelling, Melinda Flack, Betty Marrnganyin, Isaac Brown. Med J Aust 176: 466-470. <eMJA full text>

2001

The effects of quality improvement interventions on inhospital mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Ian A Scott, Michael D Coory, Catherine M Harper. Med J Aust 175: 465-470.

2000

Reducing premature death and renal failure in Australian Aboriginals: a community-based cardiovascular and renal protective program
Wendy E Hoy, Philip R Baker, Angela M Kelly, Zhiqiang Wang. Med J Aust 172: 473-478. <eMJA full text>

1999

Impact of improved diagnosis and treatment on prevalence of gonorrhoea and chlamydial infection in remote Aboriginal communities on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands
Penny J Miller, Paul J Torzillo, Wayne Hateley. Med J Aust 170: 429-432.

1998

Outdoor air pollution and children's respiratory symptoms in steel cities of New South Wales
Peter R Lewis, Michael J Hensley, John Wlodarczyk, Ruth C Toneguzzi, Victoria Westley-Wise, Trevor Dunn, Dennis Calvert. Med J Aust 169: 459-463. <eMJA full text>

1997

A high incidence of melanoma found in patients with multiple dysplastic naevi by photographic surveillance
John W Kelly, Josephine M Yeatman, Cheryl Regalia, Grahame Mason, Amanda P Henham. Med J Aust 167: 191-194. <eMJA full text>

1996

An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in the Torres Strait, Australia, 1995
Jeffrey Hanna, Scott A Ritchie, Debra A Phillips, Jack Shield, M Clare Bailey, John S Mackenzie, Michael Poidinger, Bradley J McCall, Phillip J Mills. Med J Aust 165: 256-260. <eMJA full text>

1995

Gastric emptying in acute overdose: a prospective randomised controlled trial
Susan M Pond, David J Lewis-Driver, Gail M Williams, Adèle C Green, Noel W Stevenson. Med J Aust 163: 345-349.