Diana Alame

Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · August 2025 This longitudinal survey examined the effect of the National Healthcare Safety Network's (NHSN) recently updated Clostridioides difficile test method definition on reporting of hospital-onset C. difficile. Among six hospitals with ≥ 5 years of data availab ... Full text Link to item Cite

Implementation of a diagnostic stewardship intervention to improve blood-culture utilization in 2 surgical ICUs: Time for a blood-culture change.

Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · April 2024 OBJECTIVE: We compared the number of blood-culture events before and after the introduction of a blood-culture algorithm and provider feedback. Secondary objectives were the comparison of blood-culture positivity and negative safety signals before and afte ... Full text Link to item Cite

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Journal Article Clinics in Laboratory Medicine · December 2020 Full text Cite

Comparison of Two Commercial Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) Systems for Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

Journal Article American Journal of Clinical Pathology · September 9, 2019 AbstractObjectivesThis multicenter study’s aim was to assess the performance of two commercially available matrix-assisted laser desor ... Full text Cite

How Should Clinicians Weigh the Benefits and Harms of Discussing Politicized Topics that Influence Their Individual Patients’ Health?

Journal Article AMA Journal of Ethics · December 1, 2017 Full text Cite

Case 13-2015

Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine · April 23, 2015 Full text Cite

Case 11-2015

Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine · April 9, 2015 Full text Cite