Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, Duke University 2017 - 2020
  • M.D., Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine 2014
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2020
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Co-Chair - Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Stakeholder Group, 2020 to present
    Associate Medical Director - Antimicrobial Stewardship and Evaluation Team, 2020 to present
    Member, Medical Informatics, 2020 to present
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Infectious Disease Medicine
  • Medical Informatics
  • Medical epidemiology
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • RFTOP 2022 Domain 5-E003 Strategic Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Determinants of Health Data in National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Measures to Promote Health Equity awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022 - 2024
  • Leveraging National Healthcare Safety Network Antimicrobial Use Option to Inform, Implement and Assess Antibiotic Stewardship Activities awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022 - 2023
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Perez R, Yarrington ME, Adams MB, Deri CR, Drew RH, Smith MJ, et al. Pandemic hits: Evaluation of an antimicrobial stewardship program website for hospital communication during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Apr 12;1–3.
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    • Krupp J, Hung F, LaChapelle T, Yarrington ME, Link K, Choi Y, et al. Impact of Policy Change on Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care. South Med J. 2023 Apr;116(4):333–40.
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    • Yarrington ME, Wrenn RH, Spivey J, Sarubbi C, Anderson DJ, Moehring RW. Measuring empiric antibiotic spectrum-A journey through space and time. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Apr;44(4):565–9.
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    • Yarrington ME, Reynolds SS, Dunkerson T, McClellan F, Polage CR, Moehring RW, et al. Using clinical decision support to improve urine testing and antibiotic utilization. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Mar 29;1–5.
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    • Moehring RW, Yarrington ME, Warren BG, Lokhnygina Y, Atkinson E, Bankston A, et al. Evaluation of an Opt-Out Protocol for Antibiotic De-Escalation in Patients With Suspected Sepsis: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 8;76(3):433–42.
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    • Brenneman E, Funaro J, Dicks K, Yarrington M, Lee H-J, Erkanli A, et al. Utility of a risk assessment model in predicting 30 day unplanned hospital readmission in adult patients receiving outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy. Jac Antimicrob Resist. 2023 Feb;5(1):dlad019.
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    • Warren BG, Yarrington ME, Polage CR, Anderson DJ, Moehring RW. Evaluation of hospital blood culture utilization rates to identify opportunities for diagnostic stewardship. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Feb;44(2):200–5.
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    • Carugati M, Arif S, Sudan DL, Collins BH, Haney JC, Schroder JN, et al. Epidemiology of surgical site infections after solid organ transplants in the period 2015-2019: A single-center retrospective cohort study. Am J Transplant. 2022 Dec;22(12):3021–30.
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    • Liang C, Weissman S, Olatosi B, Poon EG, Yarrington ME, Li X. Curating a knowledge base for individuals with coinfection of HIV and SARS-CoV-2: a study protocol of EHR-based data mining and clinical implementation. Bmj Open. 2022 Sep 13;12(9):e067204.
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    • Yarrington ME, Wrenn RH, Spivey J, Shoff CJ, Maziarz EK, Spires SS, et al. Well-being tradeoffs: Effect of loosening overnight restrictions on antimicrobial starts. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Feb;43(2):255–7.
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    • Moehring RW, Yarrington ME, Davis AE, Dyer AP, Johnson MD, Jones TM, et al. Effects of a Collaborative, Community Hospital Network for Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Implementation. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Nov 2;73(9):1656–63.
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    • Warren B, Moehring R, Yarrington M, Anderson D, Polage C. Blood Culture Utilization at Six Southeastern US Hospitals. Antimicrobial Stewardship &Amp; Healthcare Epidemiology. 2021 Jul;1(S1):s34–5.
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    • Advani SD, Yarrington ME, Smith BA, Anderson DJ, Sexton DJ. Are we forgetting the "universal" in universal masking? Current challenges and future solutions. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Jun;42(6):784–5.
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    • Yarrington ME, Moehring RW, David MZ, Hamilton KW, Klompas M, Rhee C, et al. A modified Delphi approach to develop a trial protocol for antibiotic de-escalation in patients with suspected sepsis. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2021;1(1):e44.
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    • Shoff CJ, Townsend ML, Tillekeratne LG, Schulteis RD, Yarrington ME, Turner NA, et al. Improved empiric antibiotic prescribing for acute cystitis with use of local urinary antibiogram and clinical decision support system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Nov;41(11):1351–3.
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    • Yarrington ME, Anderson DJ, Dodds Ashley E, Jones T, Davis A, Johnson M, et al. Impact of FDA black box warning on fluoroquinolone and alternative antibiotic use in southeastern US hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Nov;40(11):1297–300.
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    • Ling D, Seidelman J, Dodds Ashley E, Davis A, Dyer A, Jones TM, et al. 996. Impact of Penicillin Allergy Labels on Carbapenem Use in a Multi-Center Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2019 Oct 23;6(Supplement_2):S350–S350.
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    • Yarrington ME, Moehring RW. Basic, Advanced, and Novel Metrics to Guide Antibiotic Use Assessments. Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases. 2019 Jun;11(2):145–60.
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    • Kelly SG, Yarrington M, Zembower TR, Sutton SH, Silkaitis C, Postelnick M, et al. Inappropriate Clostridium difficile Testing and Consequent Overtreatment and Inaccurate Publicly Reported Metrics. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Dec;37(12):1395–400.
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    • McBrayer SK, Yarrington M, Qian J, Feng G, Shanmugam M, Gandhi V, et al. Integrative gene expression profiling reveals G6PD-mediated resistance to RNA-directed nucleoside analogues in B-cell neoplasms. Plos One. 2012;7(7):e41455.
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    • Bellis AD, Peňalver-Bernabé B, Weiss MS, Yarrington ME, Barbolina MV, Pannier AK, et al. Cellular arrays for large-scale analysis of transcription factor activity. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2011 Feb;108(2):395–403.
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    • Krupp J, Hung F, Tucker T, Yarrington ME, Link K, Choi Y, et al. The Impact of Policy Change on Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Survey and Brief Intervention.
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Teaching Activities

  • Ambulatory Clinic Preceptor - Infectious Disease Fellowship

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