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pro vyhledávání: '"Janice E. Rey"'
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Infection Control. 48:S37-S38
Background Total parental nutrition (TPN) administered via a central line has been identified as an independent risk factor for central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). Our institution experienced a large increase in CLABSI from 8 for
Autor:
Susanna M. Szpunar, Louis D. Saravolatz, Mohamad G. Fakih, Karen Jones, Tatyana Kalinicheva, Janice E. Rey, Dorine Berriel-Cass
Publikováno v:
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 33:449-455
Background and Objectives.Peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) can be associated with serious infectious complications. We evaluated the effect of education and feedback on process measures to improve PVC care and infectious complications.Design.Quasi-
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Infection Control. 33:126-129
Surgical site infections (SSI) following clean and clean-contaminated ambulatory surgery at Bon Secours Cottage Health Services are monitored utilizing a postdischarge surveillance form in addition to traditional surveillance. From January 2000 to De
Autor:
Karen Jones, Karrie Brown, Susanna M. Szpunar, Mohamad G. Fakih, Louis D. Saravolatz, Robert Takla, Arlene M. Boelstler, Janice E. Rey
Publikováno v:
American journal of infection control. 41(6)
Peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) can be associated with serious complications. We evaluated the effect of education and feedback on processes related to PVC placement.We implemented an educational intervention in a 72-bed Emergency Department (ED)
Publikováno v:
American journal of infection control. 41(3)
Multiple approaches are needed to improve urinary catheter use and sustain compliance with the appropriate indications for catheter use.We evaluated the effect of 3 interventions over 5 years: a nurse-driven multidisciplinary effort for early urinary
Autor:
Susan Szpunar, Mohamad G. Fakih, Janice E. Rey, Stephen Shemes, Nicholas G Dyc, Margarita E. Pena
Publikováno v:
Postgraduate medical journal. 87(1034)
Objective This study aims to evaluate the effect of resident peer-to-peer education on knowledge of appropriate urinary catheter (UC) placement in the emergency department (ED) and to determine if this translates into further reduction in UC utilisat
Autor:
Margarita E. Pena, Susan Szpunar, Mohamad G. Fakih, Stephen Shemes, Ruth T. Savoy-Moore, Janice E. Rey, Dorine Berriel-Cass, Louis D. Saravolatz
Publikováno v:
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 17(3)
Objectives: Avoiding placement of unnecessary urinary catheters (UCs) in the emergency department (ED) affects UC utilization during hospitalization. The authors sought to evaluate the effect of establishing institutional guidelines for appropriate U
Autor:
Nicholas Dyc, Louis D. Saravolatz, Margarita E. Pena, Susan Szpunar, Mohamad G. Fakih, Janice E. Rey, Stephen Shemes
Publikováno v:
American journal of infection control. 38(9)
Many of the urinary catheters (UCs) placed in the emergency department (ED) might not be necessary. We evaluated compliance with our institutional UC utilization guidelines and assessed factors influencing utilization.We conducted a 12-week retrospec
Autor:
Susan Szpunar, Mohamad G. Fakih, Basel Al Raiy, Trudy Nenninger, Janice E. Rey, Nicole Bryan-Nomides, Elizabeth Riegel, Debi Hopfner, Pramodine Kale, Riad Khatib
Publikováno v:
American journal of infection control. 38(2)
Background Peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs) serve as an alternative to short-term central venous catheters (CVCs) for providing intravenous (IV) access in the hospital. It is not clear which device has a lower risk of central li
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Infection Control. 40:e61-e62