2024
Barriers to Effective Infection Prevention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Weser V, Crocker A, Murray T, Wright J, Truesdell E, Ciaburri R, Marks A, Martinello R, Hieftje K, Team H. Barriers to Effective Infection Prevention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Advances In Neonatal Care 2024, 24: 475-484. PMID: 39196970, DOI: 10.1097/anc.0000000000001195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatients' family membersInfection preventionFamily membersGroup of nursesReduce nurses’ burdenHand hygieneHospital-wide surveyIntensive care unitInductive content analysisDesign of educational interventionsCare unitNeonatal intensive care unitImprove patient outcomesEffective infection preventionHH educationNursing burdenEducational interventionFrontline staffHospital staffNeonatal nursesIP educationPatient's familyRisk of infection transmissionFocus groupsIP behavior
2023
Reducing MRSA Infection in a New NICU During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Barrett R, Fleiss N, Hansen C, Campbell M, Rychalsky M, Murdzek C, Krechevsky K, Abbott M, Allegra T, Blazevich B, Dunphy L, Fox A, Gambardella T, Garcia L, Grimm N, Scoffone A, Bizzarro M, Murray T. Reducing MRSA Infection in a New NICU During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatrics 2023, 151 PMID: 36625072, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-057033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive MRSA infectionsInfection prevention strategiesMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusMRSA infectionOutcome measuresPrevention strategiesCOVID-19 pandemicMultidisciplinary quality improvement initiativeLevel IV NICUSubsequent invasive infectionsMRSA colonization rateCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicHealthcare Improvement's ModelQuality improvement initiativesDisease 2019 pandemicEffectiveness of interventionsPersonal protective equipmentSupply chain shortagesHospitalized neonatesInvasive infectionsPatient daysSkin colonizationHand hygieneMost NICUsNICU
2019
Nebulizer cleaning and disinfection practices in families with cystic fibrosis: The relationship between attitudes, practice and microbe colonization
Murray TS, O'Rourke TK, Feinn R, Drapeau G, Collins MS. Nebulizer cleaning and disinfection practices in families with cystic fibrosis: The relationship between attitudes, practice and microbe colonization. Journal Of Cystic Fibrosis 2019, 18: 823-828. PMID: 31126899, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2019.05.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfection control practicesInfection preventionCystic fibrosisHome respiratory equipmentComplexity of careHome health careInfection control behaviorsControl practicesRespiratory equipmentHome nebulizersNew educational interventionDaily burdenHealth maintenanceLung pathogensEducation interventionRecovery of organismsEducational interventionHealth carePreventionMicrobe colonizationCareDisinfection practicesFibrosisFrequency of disinfectionSubset of families