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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

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 633-640 Free

Decrease in breast cancer incidence following a rapid fall in use of hormone replacement therapy in Australia

Karen Canfell, Emily Banks, Aye M Moa and Valerie Beral

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 641-644 Free

Classification and description of stillbirths in New South Wales, 2002–2004

Adrienne Gordon and Heather E Jeffery

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 645-648 Free

Research governance: current knowledge among clinical researchers

Franz E Babl and Lisa N Sharwood

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 649-652 Free

Navigating the process of developing a research project in Aboriginal health

Anne P F Wand and Sandra J Eades

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 584-587 Free

Indigenous child health: urgent need for improved data to underpin better health outcomes

Emily Fremantle, Yvonne A Zurynski, Deepika Mahajan, Heather D’Antoine and Elizabeth J Elliott

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 588-591 Free

The National Health and Medical Research Council Road Map: a strategic framework for improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health through research

Felicia R Fletcher, Cindy Shannon and Terry E Dunbar, for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Research Advisory Committee*

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 525-526 Free

All in a day’s work: an observational study to quantify how and with whom doctors on hospital wards spend their time

Johanna I Westbrook, Amanda Ampt, Leanne Kearney and Marilyn I Rob

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 506-509 Free

The burden of influenza in healthy children in South Australia

Katina D’Onise and Jane C A Raupach

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 510-513 Free

An observational study of emergency department intern activities

Jia Ni Zhu, Tracey J Weiland, David M Taylor and Andrew W Dent

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 514-519 Free

Perceptions in health and medical research careers: the Australian Society for Medical Research Workforce Survey

Maria Kavallaris, Sarah J Meachem, Mark D Hulett, Catherine M West, Rachael E Pitt, Jennifer J Chesters, Warren S Laffan, Paul R Boreham and Levon M Khachigian

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 520-524 Free

Concordance between real-time telemedicine assessments and face-to-face consultations in paediatric otolaryngology

Anthony C Smith, Samuel Dowthwaite, Julie Agnew and Richard Wootton

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 457-460 Free

Current use of Australian snake antivenoms and frequency of immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions and anaphylaxis

Geoffrey K Isbister, Simon G Brown, Ellen MacDonald, Julian White and Bart J Currie

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 473-476 Free

Unplanned admissions to two Sydney public hospitals after naltrexone implants

Nicholas Lintzeris, Soung Lee, Lucinda Scopelliti, James Mabbutt and Paul S Haber

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 441-444 Free

Metformin and lactic acidosis in an Australian community setting: the Fremantle Diabetes Study

Niklaus Kamber, Wendy A Davis, David G Bruce and Timothy M E Davis

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 446-449 Free

Impact of specialty on attitudes of Australian medical practitioners to end-of-life decisions

Malcolm H Parker, Colleen M Cartwright and Gail M Williams

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 450-456 Free

National Breast Cancer Audit: the use of multidisciplinary care teams by breast surgeons in Australia and New Zealand

Claire J Marsh, Margaret Boult, Jim X Wang, Guy J Maddern, David M Roder and James Kollias

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (7): 385-388 Free

When continuity of care breaks down: a systems failure in identification of osteoporosis risk in older patients treated for minimal trauma fractures

Anne-Maree Kelly, Megan Clooney, Debra Kerr and Peter R Ebeling

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (7): 389-391 Free

Teenage smoking in pregnancy and birthweight: a population study, 2001–2004

Denise L Chan and Elizabeth A Sullivan

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (7): 392-396 Free

Outcomes for general medical inpatients with diabetes mellitus and new hyperglycaemia

Scott T Baker, Cherie Y Chiang, Jeffrey D Zajac, Leon A Bach, George Jerums and Richard J MacIsaac

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 340-343 Free

Booster seat use by children aged 4–11 years: evidence of the need to revise current Australasian standards to accommodate overweight children

Michael P Fitzharris, Judith Charlton, Megan Bohensky, Sjaanie Koppel and Brian Fildes

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 328-331 Free

Comparing risk-prediction methods using administrative or clinical data in assessing excess in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Ian A Scott, Peter L Thomson and Seshasayee Narasimhan

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 332-336 Free

Prescribing of psychostimulant medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: differences between clinical specialties

David B Preen, Janine Calver, Frank M Sanfilippo, Max Bulsara and C D’Arcy J Holman

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 337-339 Free

Learning from error: identifying contributory causes of medication errors in an Australian hospital

Pamela Nichols, Tandy-Sue Copeland, Ian A Craib, Paul Hopkins and David G Bruce

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 276-279 Free

Accuracy of packaging of dose administration aids in regional aged care facilities in the Hunter area of New South Wales

Annette Carruthers, Kialie Naughton and Gordon Mallarkey

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 280-282 Free