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Our Resources: Interviews and Websites
This includes various people who have helped us through our project as well as websites, books, magazines, databases, and newspapers we found particularly useful through our project.

 

We would like to thank:

Our Team Advisor, Ms. Kadam, for helping us when we were stuck and always guiding us in the right direction.
Our 8th grade Biology Teacher, Ms. Claerbout, for guiding us through experiments and allowing us to use her equipment.
Another 8th grade Biology Teacher, Mr. Contini, for supervising some of our experiments and allowing us to use his equipment.
Our school nurse, Ms. Andrus, for telling us about Harker's programs for preventing MRSA and providing us with much more information.
Our school librarians, including Mr. Gomberg and Mr. Morrissey, for allowing us to create a book display and showing us the fastest way to find reliable information.
The students of the Harker School, for being wonderful listeners.
Andru s. Personal interview. 15 Nov. 2007.

“Antibiotic Resistance.” Union of Concerned Scientists. 18 Sept. 2006. 27 Jan. 2008 <http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/antibiotics_and_food/>.

“Antibiotic Resistance.” Wikipedia. 27 Jan. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic_resistance>.

“Antibiotics: Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition.” The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library. Feb. 2003. 1 Dec. 2007 <http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch192/ch192a.html>.

Aucherbach, Paul. “MRSA.” Healthline. 2005-2008. 26 Jan. 2008 <http://www.healthline.com/blogs/outdoor_health/2006/10/mrsa.html&h=548&w=800&sz=117&hl
=en&start=1&tbnid=tsrA1tffoF8AnM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMRSA%26gbv%
3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG>.

Bergin, Alexis. “Superbug Supremacy.” University of Southern California. 26 Jan. 2008 <http://www.usc.edu/hsc/info/pr/hmm/04fall/superbug.html>. Two images were taken from this website.

British Brodcasting Company. 26 Jan. 2008 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/505000/images/_505710_s_aureus_cred-pfizer300.jpg>.

“CA-MRSA Public FAQs CDC Infection Control in Healthcare.” Center For Disease Control. 3 Feb. 2003. CDC. 19 Nov. 2007 <http://cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_ca_public.html#1>.

“Foodlink: Hygiene.” Foodlink. 2002. 26 Jan. 2008 <http://www.foodlink.org.uk/factfile_c.asp?file=2&chapter=2>.

“The Germ City: Clean Hands, Healty People.” Germ City. USDA Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive grants program,. 26 Jan. 2008 <http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/NEW/GermCity/>.

“Glossary.” Amfar: The Foundation For Aids Research. 1 Dec. 2007 <http://www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/bridge.html>.

Green, Alan. “Guidlines for Antibiotic Use- DrGreene.com.” DrGreene. 2008. 15 Feb. 2008 <http://www.drgreene.org/body.cfm?id=21&action=detail&ref=519>.

Guilfoile, Patrick G. Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. Ed. I Edward Alcamo. New York: Chelsea House, 2007.

“Hand Hygene.” Infection Control: Basic Concepts and Practices. 2nd ed. The International Federation of Infection Control. 27 Jan. 2008 <http://www.theific.org/oldsite/Manual/Hands.htm>.

Kirsten, Neda, and Sarika. Personal interview. Nov.-Dec. 2007.

Hong, and Unknown. Personal interview. Nov. 2007.

“How It Works: Washing Hands WIth Soap and Water- Minnesota Dept of Health.” Minnesota Dept of Health. 14 Oct. 2007. 27 Jan. 2008 <http://www.health.state.mn.us/handhygiene/wash/howsoap.html>.

Steven. Personal interview. 24 Jan. 2008.

Personal interview. 3 Dec. 2007.