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Autor:
Mohamed El-Azizi, Adnan Mushtaq, Cheryl Drake, Jerry Lawhorn, Joan Barenfanger, Steven Verhulst, Nancy Khardori
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 8, Pp 1301-1302 (2005)
We used hospital antibiograms to assess predominant pathogens and their patterns of in vitro antimicrobial resistance in central Illinois, USA. We found a lack of information about national guidelines for in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing
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https://doaj.org/article/71d0bf4b1ae64fbf998f20863b216131
Publikováno v:
Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 31:9-15
Due to changes in the current health care environment, clinical microbiologists are increasingly called on to optimize their services and to interact optimally with various other staff in the hospital. This article focuses on (i) improving the perfor
Autor:
Gaurav Sangwan, Donald R. Graham, Jerry Lawhorn, Lavanya Kolluri, Robert Vautrain, Cheryl Drake, Ashley B. Moja, Charles D. Callahan, Steven J. Verhulst, Lauren B. Moja, Matthew M. Ertmoed, Douglas W. Shevlin, Joan Barenfanger, Ryan Peterson
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 130:870-876
Gram stains of positive blood cultures are the most important factor influencing appropriate therapy. The sooner appropriate therapy is initiated, the better. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that the sooner Gram stains are performed, the better
Autor:
Joan Barenfanger
Publikováno v:
Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 28:25-29
Forget the “garbage in, garbage out” adage! In an effort to be proactive and make the driving force of the diagnostic clinical microbiologist be “quality in, quality out,” this article addresses ways to improve the pre-analytical and post-ana
Autor:
Joan Barenfanger
Publikováno v:
Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 25:44-48
The technology exists for using the laboratory information system (LIS) for both quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) of clinical laboratories. The LIS has been enlisted in an effort to decrease errors and optimize patient care with the em
Autor:
Joan Barenfanger
Publikováno v:
Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 25:1-8
One of the main goals of the clinical microbiology laboratory is to improve the usefulness of its data to clinicians. With that in mind, this article addresses how to optimally process the routine specimen. The role of the laboratory in optimal care
Publikováno v:
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 35:S78-S83
To our knowledge, the effects of the use of improved anaerobic techniques have not been documented. We compared data on patients during 2 different time periods-the first when anaerobic cultures were done by standard techniques (the control or "befor
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Virology. 22:101-110
Objective: To evaluate shell vials of R-Mix, a combination of mink lung cells and human adenocarcinoma cells (strains Mv1Lu and A549, respectively, Diagnostic Hybrids, Athens, OH) to detect respiratory viruses from prospective clinical respiratory sp
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 39:2823-2828
Studies have shown benefits to patients from improved interventions involving antimicrobial therapy. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate prospectively the impact of improved interventions by (i) the use of TheraTrac 2, a computer softwar
Autor:
Joan Barenfanger, Cheryl Drake
Publikováno v:
Laboratory Medicine. 32:368-375