Jane Vy Trinh

Journal article JAMA · July 7, 2010 Featured Publication CONTEXT: Patients with limited literacy are at higher risk for poor health outcomes; however, physicians' perceptions are inaccurate for identifying these patients. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the accuracy of brief instruments for identifying patie ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Risk factors for gram-negative bacterial surgical site infection: do allergies to antibiotics increase risk?

Journal article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · May 2009 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between inadequate antimicrobial prophylaxis and development of gram-negative bacterial (GNB) surgical site infection (SSI). DESIGN: Retrospective case-control study. SETTING: A 369-bed acute care community hospital ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mortality and time to extubation in severe hospital-acquired pneumonia.

Journal article Am J Infect Control · March 2009 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: This study examined predictors of in-hospital mortality and time to extubation among patients with acute, severe hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) managed in the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS: Patients with HAP prospectively identified bet ... Full text Link to item Cite

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in an intensive care nursery: potential for interinstitutional spread.

Journal article Pediatr Infect Dis J · August 2007 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: After surveillance surveys documented the absence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in our intensive care nursery, an outbreak of MRSA infection occurred there during a 7-month period in 2005. METHODS: Control measures inclu ... Full text Link to item Cite