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Publikováno v:
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, Vol 4 (2024)
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated changes in health care across the nation. Particularly, infection prevention programs have been subjected to pressures and increased responsibilities with no expansion in support. In addition, there is a rapid tr
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https://doaj.org/article/8c17bf30f30043a3a623fe805f9ac1e5
Publikováno v:
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, Vol 1 (2021)
The extensive use of the urinalysis for screening and monitoring in diverse clinical settings usually identifies abnormal urinalysis parameters in patients with no suspicion of urinary tract infection, which in turn triggers urine cultures, inappropr
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https://doaj.org/article/3b13447364b74da3ac248aff6e9a80ca
Autor:
Christine Jesser, Mohamad G. Fakih, Collin Miller, Richard Fogel, Angela L. Winegar, Baligh R. Yehia, Joseph Cacchione, Allison Ottenbacher
Publikováno v:
BMJ Quality & Safety
BackgroundThe associated mortality with COVID-19 has improved compared with the early pandemic period. The effect of hospital COVID-19 patient prevalence on COVID-19 mortality has not been well studied.MethodsWe analysed data for adults with confirme
Autor:
Edward A. Stenehjem, Barbara I. Braun, Salome O. Chitavi, David Y. Hyun, Stephen P. Schmaltz, Mohamad G. Fakih, Melinda M. Neuhauser, Lisa E. Davidson, Marc J. Meyer, Pranita D. Tamma, Elizabeth S. Dodds-Ashley, David W. Baker
Publikováno v:
Infection control and hospital epidemiology.
Objective: To determine the proportion of hospitals that implemented 6 leading practices in their antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs). Design: Cross-sectional observational survey. Setting: Acute-care hospitals. Participants: ASP leaders. Metho
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Robin L.P. Jump, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Zanthia Wiley, Ramy H. Elshaboury, Sharon B. Wright, Erica Pettigrew, Diane Juffras, Mohamad G. Fakih, David J. Weber, Marci L. Drees, Trini Mathew, Waleed Javaid, Hilary M. Babcock, Tara O'Shea, Anurag N. Malani, David A. Nace, Rekha Murthy, Heather Young, Joshua K. Schaffzin, David K. Henderson, Kristina A. Bryant, Katharine Essick, Julie Vaishampayan, Deborah S. Yokoe, Ann Marie Pettis, Francesca Lee, Erica S. Shenoy
Publikováno v:
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
This consensus statement by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA), the Association for Professionals in Epidemiology and Infection Control (APIC), the HIV Medicine
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Kalpana Gupta, Emily S Spivak, Matthew Bidwell Goetz, Christopher J. Crnich, Barbara W. Trautner, Luci K. Leykum, Katie J. Suda, Lisa Pineles, K C Coffey, Makoto Jones, Jennifer M. Taylor, Stephen Y. Liang, Chanu Rhee, Daniel J. Morgan, Daniel J. Diekema, Surbhi Leekha, Kimberly C. Claeys, Mohamad G. Fakih, Ashley Pleiss
Publikováno v:
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, vol 75, iss 3
Background Urine cultures are nonspecific and often lead to misdiagnosis of urinary tract infection and unnecessary antibiotics. Diagnostic stewardship is a set of procedures that modifies test ordering, processing, and reporting in order to optimize
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Autor:
Richard Fogel, Allison Ottenbacher, Karl Saake, Angela L. Winegar, Mohamad G. Fakih, Lisa Sturm, Joseph G. Cacchione, Angelo Bufalino, Ren-Huai Huang
Publikováno v:
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Background:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a considerable impact on US hospitalizations, affecting processes and patient population.Objective:To evaluate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on central-line–associated bloodstrea
Autor:
Mohamad G. Fakih, Lisa K. Sturm
Publikováno v:
BMJ Quality & Safety. 30:618-621
Many patients admitted to hospital require venous access to infuse medications and fluids. The most commonly used device, the peripheral venous catheter, ranges from 2.5 to 4.5 cm in length, and is typically used for less than 5 days. The midline, a
Autor:
Robert Garcia, Sue Barnes, Roy Boukidjian, Linda Kaye Goss, Maureen Spencer, Edward J. Septimus, Marc-Oliver Wright, Shannon Munro, Sara M. Reese, Mohamad G. Fakih, Charles E. Edmiston, Martin Levesque
Publikováno v:
American journal of infection control. 50(12)
Fifty years of evolution in infection prevention and control programs have involved significant accomplishments related to clinical practices, methodologies, and technology. However, regulatory mandates, and resource and research limitations, coupled
Autor:
Joseph G. Cacchione, Allison Ottenbacher, Collin Miller, Angela L. Winegar, Richard Fogel, Fredrick A Masoudi, Shanda C Price, Mohamad G. Fakih
Publikováno v:
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination rates of a large health system reflected their respective service areas but varied by work role. Nurse vaccination rates were higher (56.9%) and rates among nursing support personnel were lower (38.6%)