A5056835411- Nosocomial Infections in ICU
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
- Digital Imaging in Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
2014-2022
University of Rochester
2010-2022
Highland Hospital
2014-2022
Communities In Schools of Orange County
2022
Lindsay Unified School District
2022
University of Pittsburgh
2022
New York Proton Center
2022
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
2022
Oregon Medical Research Center
2022
Highland Community College - Illinois
2020
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Previously published guidelines are available that provide comprehensive recommendations for detecting and preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The intent of this document is to highlight practical in a concise format assist acute care hospitals implementing prioritizing strategies prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) other events (VAEs) improve outcomes mechanically ventilated adults, children, neonates. This updates "Strategies Prevent Ventilator-Associated...
Previously published guidelines are available that provide comprehensive recommendations for detecting and preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The intent of this document is to highlight practical in a concise format designed assist acute care hospitals implementing prioritizing their surgical site infection (SSI) prevention efforts. This updates “Strategies Prevent Surgical Site Infections Acute Care Hospitals,” 2008. expert guidance sponsored by the Society Healthcare...
Abstract The purpose of this document is to highlight practical recommendations assist acute care hospitals prioritize and implement strategies prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), events (VAE), non-ventilator hospital-acquired (NV-HAP) in adults, children, neonates. This updates the Strategies Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Acute Care Hospitals published 2014. expert guidance sponsored by Society for Healthcare Epidemiology (SHEA), product a collaborative effort led SHEA,...
Previously published guidelines are available that provide comprehensive recommendations for detecting and preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The intent of this document is to highlight practical in a concise format assist acute care hospitals implementing prioritizing strategies prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) other events (VAEs) improve outcomes mechanically ventilated adults, children, neonates. This updates “Strategies Prevent Ventilator-Associated...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) wound infections after cardiac surgery have increased in recent years and carry significant morbidity mortality. In our hospital, MRSA accounted for 56% of postoperative infections.Postoperative infection rates were compared the 3 before (baseline period) (intervention introduction a comprehensive intervention program. The included preoperative screening colonization, administration intravenous vancomycin prophylaxis identified carriers,...
Shelley S Magill MD PhD, Michael Klompas MPH, Robert Balk MD, Suzanne M Burns RN ACNP MSN RRT, Clifford Deutschman MS Daniel Diekema Scott Fridkin Linda Greene MPS, Alice Guh David Gutterman Beth Hammer ANP-BC, Henderson Dean R Hess PhD Nicholas Hill Teresa Horan Marin Kollef Mitchell Levy Edward Septimus Carole VanAntwerpen BSN, Don Wright and Pamela Lipsett MHPE
This article is an executive summary of a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Definition Working Group, entitled "Developing New, National Approach to Ventilator-Associatied Events," published in Critical Care Medicine, by Magill SS, Klompas M, Balk R, Burns SM, Deutschman CS, et al. 2013;41(11):2467-2475. The full provides comprehensive description Group's process outcome.
Objective: To develop and implement an objective, reliable approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events in adult patients. Design: The Centers Disease Control Prevention (CDC) convened a Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Surveillance Definition Working Group September 2011. members included representatives of stakeholder societies organizations federal partners. Main results: finalized three-tier, definition algorithm events. uses readily available data elements can identify...
<h3>Objectives</h3> To examine the clinical and cost-effectiveness of brief advice for excessive alcohol consumption among people who attend sexual health clinics. <h3>Methods</h3> Two-arm, parallel group, assessor blind, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial. 802 aged 19 years or over attended one three clinics were drinking excessively to either control treatment. Brief consisted feedback on health, written information an offer appointment with Alcohol Health Worker. Control participants...
Traditional approaches for surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance have deficiencies that delay detection of SSI outbreaks and other clinically important increases in rates. We investigated whether use optimised statistical process control (SPC) methods feedback would decrease rates a network US community hospitals.We conducted stepped wedge cluster randomised trial patients who underwent any 13 types common procedures across 29 hospitals the Southeastern United States. divided into six...
This article is an executive summary of a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Definition Working Group, entitled “Developing new, national approach to surveillance ventilator-associated events” published in Critical Care Medicine . The full provides comprehensive description Group process outcome. In September 2011, (CDC) convened (VAP) organize formal leaders experts key stakeholder organizations discuss challenges VAP...
Keywords: ventilator-associated pneumonia; intensive care unit; epidemiology; public health; critical care; mechanical ventilation
Supplement: STRIVE1 October 2019A Tiered Approach for Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract InfectionFREEJennifer Meddings, MD, MSc, Milisa Manojlovich, PhD, RN, Karen E. Fowler, MPH, Jessica M. Ameling, Linda Greene, MPS, CIC, Sue Collier, MSN, Jay Bhatt, DO, MPA, and Sanjay Saint, MPHJennifer MScUniversity of Michigan Medical School Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Arbor, (J.M., S.S.)Search more papers by this author, RNUniversity Nursing, (M.M.)Search MPHCenter...
BackgroundThe Interdisciplinary Academy for Coaching and Teamwork (I-ACT) was an advanced course aimed at educating leaders of a quality improvement project on addressing clinical challenges associated with catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), overcoming socioadaptive issues among multidisciplinary team, effective coaching.MethodsThe I-ACT provided substantial opportunities interaction participants faculty experts through role playing. Participants were grouped so that each...