Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
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- Traditional definition of healthcare-associated influenza underestimates cases associated with other healthcare exposures in a population-based surveillance system.. 1-7. 2023
- Disparities in central line-associated bloodstream infection and catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates: An exploratory analysis.. 1-4. 2023
- Pandemic hits: Evaluation of an antimicrobial stewardship program website for hospital communication during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.. 1-3. 2023
- Measuring empiric antibiotic spectrum-A journey through space and time.. 44:565-569. 2023
- Surgical site infection trends in community hospitals from 2013 to 2018.. 44:610-615. 2023
- Using clinical decision support to improve urine testing and antibiotic utilization.. 1-5. 2023
- Back to the future: Redefining "universal precautions" to include masking for all patient encounters.. 1-2. 2023
- Central-line-associated bloodstream infections secondary to anaerobes: Time for a definition change?. 1-2. 2023
- Evaluation of hospital blood culture utilization rates to identify opportunities for diagnostic stewardship.. 44:200-205. 2023
- Optimizing reflex urine cultures: Using a population-specific approach to diagnostic stewardship.. 44:206-209. 2023
- The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response on hospital infection prevention programs and practices in the southeastern United States.. 44:338-341. 2023
- Asymptomatic screening for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as an infection prevention measure in healthcare facilities: Challenges and considerations.. 44:2-7. 2023
- An analysis of 90-day emergency department visits after peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) placement for prosthetic joint infection.. 43:1853-1858. 2022
- Challenges in hospital-acquired coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) surveillance and attribution of infection source.. 43:1914-1917. 2022
- Comparison of metrics used to track central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) across a regional network.. 43:1712-1714. 2022
- Harvesting the low-hanging fruit? Comparative assessment of intravenous to oral route antimicrobial conversion policy implementation.. 1-5. 2022
- In pursuit of the holy grail: Improving C. difficile testing appropriateness with iterative electronic health record clinical decision support and targeted test restriction.. 43:840-847. 2022
- The impact of patient-reported penicillin or cephalosporin allergy on surgical site infections.. 43:829-833. 2022
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in children with cerebral palsy.. 1-3. 2022
- The impact of a comprehensive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection prevention bundle on non-COVID-19 hospital-acquired respiratory viral infection (HA-RVI) rates.. 1-3. 2022
- Inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use in children insured by Kentucky Medicaid.. 43:582-588. 2022
- Impact of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection on bacterial bioburden on stethoscopes in a real-world clinical setting.. 1-3. 2022
- Burden of healthcare-associated infections among hospitalized children within community hospitals participating in an infection control network.. 43:510-512. 2022
- Medical transport-associated infection: Review and commentary making a case for its legitimacy.. 43:497-503. 2022
- Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) acquisition during ambulance transport: A retrospective propensity-score-matched cohort analysis.. 43:442-447. 2022
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research agenda for healthcare epidemiology.. 43:156-166. 2022
- Well-being tradeoffs: Effect of loosening overnight restrictions on antimicrobial starts.. 43:255-257. 2022
- Risk factors for mortality and progression to severe COVID-19 disease in the Southeast region in the United States: A report from the SEUS Study Group.. 42:1464-1472. 2021
- Virtual infection prevention-The next frontier.. 42:1374-1375. 2021
- Preparing nursing homes for a second wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).. 42:1251-1254. 2021
- Pseudo-outbreak of adenovirus in bronchoscopy suite.. 42:1016-1017. 2021
- Are we forgetting the "universal" in universal masking? Current challenges and future solutions.. 42:784-785. 2021
- Assessing severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) preparedness in US community hospitals: A forgotten entity.. 42:600-603. 2021
- Pediatric research priorities in healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial stewardship.. 42:519-522. 2021
- Impact of preoperative chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) application methods on preoperative CHG skin concentration.. 42:464-466. 2021
- Surgeon choice in the use of postdischarge antibiotics for prophylaxis following mastectomy with and without breast reconstruction.. 42:467-470. 2021
- VanA rectal swab screening as a predictor of subsequent vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bloodstream infection in critically ill adults.. 42:411-416. 2021
- Early experience with universal preprocedural testing for SARS-CoV-2 in a relatively low-prevalence area.. 42:341-343. 2021
- Universal masking is an effective strategy to flatten the severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) healthcare worker epidemiologic curve.. 41:1466-1467. 2020
- Improved empiric antibiotic prescribing for acute cystitis with use of local urinary antibiogram and clinical decision support system.. 41:1351-1353. 2020
- SHEA neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) white paper series: Practical approaches to Staphylococcus aureus disease prevention.. 41:1251-1257. 2020
- Policies and practices of SHEA Research Network hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.. 41:1127-1135. 2020
- Efficacy of UV-C disinfection in hyperbaric chambers.. 41:1080-1083. 2020
- Universal masking in hospitals in the COVID-19 era: Is it time to consider shielding?. 41:1066-1067. 2020
- Legal implications of antibiotic stewardship programs.. 41:757-764. 2020
- Postdischarge antibiotic use for prophylaxis following spinal fusion.. 41:789-798. 2020
- Reply to Eric Schlote regarding "Evaluation of dilute hydrogen peroxide technology for continuous room decontamination of multidrug-resistant organisms".. 41:738. 2020
- An evaluation of metrics for assessing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs): A statewide comparison.. 41:481-483. 2020
- Comparative evaluation of the microbicidal activity of low-temperature sterilization technologies to steam sterilization.. 41:391-395. 2020
- Impact of molecular testing on reported Clostridoides difficile infection rates.. 41:306-312. 2020
- Shifting focus toward healthcare-associated bloodstream infections: The need for neonatal intensive care unit-specific NHSN definitions.. 41:181-186. 2020
- Evaluation of dilute hydrogen peroxide technology for continuous room decontamination of multidrug-resistant organisms.. 40:1438-1439. 2019
- Impacts of silver-coated antimicrobial screen covers on the cell-phone microbiome of resident physicians.. 40:1427-1429. 2019
- Research needs in antibiotic stewardship.. 40:1334-1343. 2019
- Antimicrobial activity of a continuously active disinfectant against healthcare pathogens.. 40:1284-1286. 2019
- Impact of FDA black box warning on fluoroquinolone and alternative antibiotic use in southeastern US hospitals.. 40:1297-1300. 2019
- Serious superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSISSIs): A proposed surveillance definition.. 40:1258-1259. 2019
- Shifting surgical site infection denominators and implications for National Health Safety Network reporting.. 40:1316-1317. 2019
- Total duration of antimicrobial therapy resulting from inpatient hospitalization.. 40:847-854. 2019
- Diagnosis of urinary tract infections: need for a reflective rather than reflexive approach.. 40:834-835. 2019
- Antibiotic-resistant bacteria on personal devices in hospital intensive care units: Molecular approaches to quantifying and describing changes in the bacterial community of personal mobile devices.. 40:717-720. 2019
- The evolution of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): Is it time for more inclusive metrics?. 40:681-685. 2019
- Hospital epidemiologists' and infection preventionists' opinions regarding hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia as a potential healthcare-associated infection metric.. 40:536-540. 2019
- Point-prevalence study of antimicrobial use in public hospitals in southern Sri Lanka identifies opportunities for improving prescribing practices.. 40:224-227. 2019
- Route of administration for antibiotics with high oral bioavailability.. 40:248-249. 2019
- A prospective study of transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs) between environmental sites and hospitalized patients-the TransFER study.. 40:47-52. 2019
- Mycobacterium avium pseudo-outbreak associated with an outpatient bronchoscopy clinic: Lessons for reprocessing.. 40:106-108. 2019
- Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus infections in patients admitted to freestanding pediatric hospitals, 2009-2016.. 39:1487-1490. 2018
- Water as a source for colonization and infection with multidrug-resistant pathogens: Focus on sinks.. 39:1463-1466. 2018
- Epidemiology and risk factors for recurrent Staphylococcus aureus colonization following active surveillance and decolonization in the NICU.. 39:1334-1339. 2018
- Antimicrobial activity of a continuous visible light disinfection system.. 39:1250-1253. 2018
- Hospital epidemiologists and the art of salesmanship.. 39:1269-1270. 2018
- Enhanced disinfection leads to reduction of microbial contamination and a decrease in patient colonization and infection.. 39:1118-1121. 2018
- Variability in determining sepsis time zero and bundle compliance rates for the centers for medicare and medicaid services SEP-1 measure.. 39:994-996. 2018
- Association of an Active Surveillance and Decolonization Program on Incidence of Clinical Cultures Growing Staphylococcus aureus in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.. 39:882-884. 2018
- Do Periarticular Joint Infections Present an Increase in Infection Risk?. 39:890-891. 2018
- Do Periarticular Joint Injections Present an Increase in Infection Risk? - CORRIGENDUM.. 39:892. 2018
- The Impact of 2015 NHSN Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Definition Change on Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Rates and CLABSI Prevention Efforts at an Academic Medical Center.. 39:878-880. 2018
- Feasibility and Value of Developing a Regional Antibiogram for Community Hospitals.. 39:718-722. 2018
- Ventilator Bundle Compliance and Risk of Ventilator-Associated Events.. 39:637-643. 2018
- Denominator Matters in Estimating Antimicrobial Use: A Comparison of Days Present and Patient Days.. 39:612-615. 2018
- Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention-Leveraging the Synergy: A Position Paper Update.. 39:467-472. 2018
- Hospital-Onset MRSA Bacteremia Rates Are Significantly Correlated With Sociodemographic Factors: A Step Toward Risk Adjustment.. 39:479-481. 2018
- Medically Attended Catheter Complications Are Common in Patients With Outpatient Central Venous Catheters.. 39:439-444. 2018
- To Be a CLABSI or Not to Be a CLABSI-That is the Question: The Epidemiology of BSI in a Large ECMO Population.. 39:362-365. 2018
- Implementation Lessons Learned From the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room (BETR) Disinfection Study: Process and Perceptions of Enhanced Disinfection with Ultraviolet Disinfection Devices.. 39:157-163. 2018
- Multistate Outbreak of an Emerging Burkholderia cepacia Complex Strain Associated With Contaminated Oral Liquid Docusate Sodium.. 39:237-239. 2018
- Self-monitoring by Environmental Services May Not Accurately Measure Thoroughness of Hospital Room Cleaning.. 38:1371-1373. 2017
- The Antimicrobial Scrub Contamination and Transmission (ASCOT) Trial: A Three-Arm, Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial With Crossover Design to Determine the Efficacy of Antimicrobial-Impregnated Scrubs in Preventing Healthcare Provider Contamination.. 38:1147-1154. 2017
- The Effect of Adding Comorbidities to Current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Risk-Adjustment Methodology.. 38:1019-1024. 2017
- Is There a Correlation Between Infection Control Performance and Other Hospital Quality Measures?. 38:736-739. 2017
- Using Clinical Scenarios to Understand Preventability of Clostridium difficile Infections by Inpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Programs.. 38:747-749. 2017
- Impact of Changes to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Definition on Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Rates in Intensive Care Units at an Academic Medical Center.. 38:621-623. 2017
- Paramyxovirus Outbreak in a Long-Term Care Facility: The Challenges of Implementing Infection Control Practices in a Congregate Setting.. 38:399-404. 2017
- Which Comorbid Conditions Should We Be Analyzing as Risk Factors for Healthcare-Associated Infections?. 38:449-454. 2017
- Interrater Reliability of Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events and Pneumonia.. 38:172-178. 2017
- Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization Related to Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections in Community Hospitals.. 38:31-38. 2017
- Status of the Prevention of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in International Settings: A Survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network.. 38:53-60. 2017
- Inappropriate Clostridium difficile Testing and Consequent Overtreatment and Inaccurate Publicly Reported Metrics.. 37:1395-1400. 2016
- Research Methods in Healthcare Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship-Mathematical Modeling.. 37:1265-1271. 2016
- Assessment of Self-Contamination During Removal of Personal Protective Equipment for Ebola Patient Care.. 37:1156-1161. 2016
- A Multicenter Pragmatic Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing in Community Hospital Intensive Care Units.. 37:791-797. 2016
- Research Methods in Healthcare Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship.. 37:627-628. 2016
- Research Methods in Healthcare Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship: Randomized Controlled Trials.. 37:629-634. 2016
- Epidemiology of Surgical Site Infection in a Community Hospital Network.. 37:519-526. 2016
- Surgical Team Stability and Risk of Sharps-Related Blood and Body Fluid Exposures During Surgical Procedures.. 37:512-518. 2016
- Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter Complications in Children Receiving Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT).. 37:420-424. 2016
- Hospital Readmissions in Patients With Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.. 37:281-288. 2016
- Increasing Incidence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Community Hospitals throughout the Southeastern United States.. 37:49-54. 2016
- Surgical Procedure Characteristics and Risk of Sharps-Related Blood and Body Fluid Exposure.. 37:80-87. 2016
- Short Operative Duration and Surgical Site Infection Risk in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Procedures.. 36:1431-1436. 2015
- Seasonal Variation of Common Surgical Site Infections: Does Season Matter?. 36:1011-1016. 2015
- Residence in Skilled Nursing Facilities Is Associated with Tigecycline Nonsusceptibility in Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.. 36:942-948. 2015
- Lessons learned from hospital Ebola preparation.. 36:627-631. 2015
- Guidance for infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology programs: healthcare epidemiologist skills and competencies.. 36:369-380. 2015
- The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection.. 36:467-469. 2015
- A comparison between National Healthcare Safety Network laboratory-identified event reporting versus traditional surveillance for Clostridium difficile infection.. 36:125-131. 2015
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal real-time PCR: a predictive tool for contamination of the hospital environment.. 36:34-39. 2015
- Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia in community hospitals.. 35:1452-1457. 2014
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection surveillance: National Healthcare Safety Network's laboratory-identified event reporting versus traditional laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection surveillance.. 35:1286-1289. 2014
- A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 updates.. 35:967-977. 2014
- Rising rates of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae in community hospitals: a mixed-methods review of epidemiology and microbiology practices in a network of community hospitals in the southeastern United States.. 35:978-983. 2014
- A comparison of environmental contamination by patients infected or colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a multicenter study.. 35:872-875. 2014
- Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update.. 35:605-627. 2014
- Introduction to "A Compendium of Strategies To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 updates".. 35:455-459. 2014
- Surveying the surveillance: surgical site infections excluded by the January 2013 updated surveillance definitions.. 35:570-573. 2014
- The evolving landscape of healthcare-associated infections: recent advances in prevention and a road map for research.. 35:480-493. 2014
- On contact precautions: the good, the bad, and the ugly.. 35:222-224. 2014
- Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis: is the glass half empty or more than 99% full?. 35:240-242. 2014
- The growing importance of non-device-associated healthcare-associated infections: a relative proportion and incidence study at an academic medical center, 2008-2012.. 35:200-202. 2014
- A mathematical model to evaluate the routine use of fecal microbiota transplantation to prevent incident and recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.. 35:18-27. 2014
- Assessing the relative burden of hospital-acquired infections in a network of community hospitals.. 34:1229-1230. 2013
- Impact of change to molecular testing for Clostridium difficile infection on healthcare facility-associated incidence rates.. 34:1055-1061. 2013
- Comparison of non-intensive care unit (ICU) versus ICU rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in community hospitals.. 34:744-747. 2013
- Enterococcus species and the central line-associated bloodstream infection surveillance definition: evaluating the importance of blood culture contamination.. 34:762-763. 2013
- The epidemiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a network of community hospitals: a prospective multicenter study.. 34:657-662. 2013
- Decontamination of targeted pathogens from patient rooms using an automated ultraviolet-C-emitting device.. 34:466-471. 2013
- Utility of a clinical risk factor scoring model in predicting infection with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae on hospital admission.. 34:385-392. 2013
- Central line-associated infections as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital-acquired condition versus standard infection control surveillance: why hospital compare seems conflicted.. 34:238-244. 2013
- Observing and improving hand hygiene compliance: implementation and refinement of an electronic-assisted direct-observer hand hygiene audit program.. 34:207-210. 2013
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections in adult hematology patients with febrile neutropenia: an evaluation of surveillance definitions using differential time to blood culture positivity.. 34:89-92. 2013
- Increasing rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in academic hospitals: a result of active surveillance?. 34:105-106. 2013
- Safety culture and hand hygiene: linking attitudes to behavior.. 33:1280-1282. 2012
- Casablanca redux: we are shocked that public reporting of rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections are inaccurate.. 33:932-935. 2012
- "What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't grieve over": epidemiology and risk factors for bloodstream infections following cardiac catheterization.. 33:837-841. 2012
- Conclusion of Avery et al--validation of findings but concern about rationale.. 33:856-857. 2012
- When should contact precautions and active surveillance be used to manage patients with multidrug-resistant enterobacteriaceae?. 33:753-756. 2012
- Ability of an antibiogram to predict Pseudomonas aeruginosa susceptibility to targeted antimicrobials based on hospital day of isolation.. 33:589-593. 2012
- The utility of acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II scores for prediction of mortality among intensive care unit (ICU) and non-ICU patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.. 33:558-564. 2012
- Constructing unit-specific empiric treatment guidelines for catheter-related and primary bacteremia by determining the likelihood of inadequate therapy.. 33:416-420. 2012
- The impact of depth of infection and postdischarge surveillance on rate of surgical-site infections in a network of community hospitals.. 33:276-282. 2012
- "But my patients are different!": risk adjustment in 2012 and beyond.. 32:987-989. 2011
- Seasonal and novel H1N1 influenza vaccination at a children's hospital.. 32:934-936. 2011
- Coagulase-negative staphylococcal infections in the neonatal intensive care unit.. 32:679-686. 2011
- Patient-care practices associated with an increased prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among chronic hemodialysis patients.. 32:415-424. 2011
- Collaborative cohort study of an intervention to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit.. 32:305-314. 2011
- Comparison of the burdens of hospital-onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile Infection and of healthcare-associated infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community hospitals.. 32:387-390. 2011
- The network approach for prevention of healthcare-associated infections: long-term effect of participation in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network.. 32:315-322. 2011
- Current definitions of central line-associated bloodstream infection: is the emperor wearing clothes?. 31:1286-1289. 2010
- Influenza vaccination of household contacts of newborns: a hospital-based strategy to increase vaccination rates.. 31:1070-1073. 2010
- Inside-out: the changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.. 31:983-985. 2010
- Variation in the type and frequency of postoperative invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections according to type of surgical procedure.. 31:701-709. 2010
- Hand hygiene noncompliance and the cost of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.. 31:357-364. 2010
- Validating a 3-point prediction rule for surgical site infection after coronary artery bypass surgery.. 31:64-68. 2010
- Empirical antimicrobial therapy for bloodstream infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: no better than a coin toss.. 30:1057-1061. 2009
- Proposed checklist of hospital interventions to decrease the incidence of healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile infection.. 30:1062-1069. 2009
- Adherence to self-quarantine recommendations during an outbreak of norovirus infection.. 30:896-899. 2009
- Emerging evidence for seasonality of gram-negative bacterial infections.. 30:813-814. 2009
- Risk factors for gram-negative bacterial surgical site infection: do allergies to antibiotics increase risk?. 30:440-446. 2009
- Effect of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in the neonatal intensive care unit on total hospital cost.. 30:383-385. 2009
- Incidence of and preoperative risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and chest wound infection after cardiac surgery.. 30:242-248. 2009
- Risk of sharp device-related blood and body fluid exposure in operating rooms.. 29:1139-1148. 2008
- Whither infection control in community hospitals? Musings about the near future.. 29:1071-1073. 2008
- A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals.. 29 Suppl 1:S12-S21. 2008
- Complex surgical site infections and the devilish details of risk adjustment: important implications for public reporting.. 29:941-946. 2008
- Strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute care hospitals.. 29 Suppl 1:S41-S50. 2008
- Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals.. 29 Suppl 1:S22-S30. 2008
- Strategies to prevent clostridium difficile infections in acute care hospitals.. 29 Suppl 1:S81-S92. 2008
- Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals.. 29 Suppl 1:S51-S61. 2008
- Strategies to prevent transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in acute care hospitals.. 29 Suppl 1:S62-S80. 2008
- Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals.. 29 Suppl 1:S31-S40. 2008
- Poor functional status as a risk factor for surgical site infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.. 29:832-839. 2008
- Is an increased dwell time of a peripherally inserted catheter associated with an increased risk of bloodstream infection in infants?. 29:749-753. 2008