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Community-based rotavirus vaccination is associated with a substantial reduction in the number of children who are admitted with rotavirus. These data also indicate that routine community-based rotavirus infant vaccination protects hospitalized children from acquiring rotavirus. Vaccination efforts should be encouraged as a strategy to affect the substantial burden of HA rotavirus.

Healthcare provider education can cost-effectively reduce the frequency of C difficile testing and CDI misdiagnosis by improving test utilization among low-risk children.

We observed that improvements in hand hygiene compliance correlated with less transmission of RSV and influenza in the hospital. The important role of hand hygiene in preventing transmission of RSV and influenza to hospitalized children should be emphasized.