2021
A New Tool to Assess Clinician Experience With Patient Care Transitions
Fekieta R, Rosenberg A, Jenq GY, Emerson BL. A New Tool to Assess Clinician Experience With Patient Care Transitions. Quality Management In Health Care 2021, 30: 87-96. PMID: 33783422, DOI: 10.1097/qmh.0000000000000290.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinician experiencePatient care transfersCare transfersPatient careGeneral medicine unitsQuality improvement projectPatient care transitionsSafe patient careSurvey response rateIntrahospital transfersCare transitionsMedicine unitSingle hospitalNursing preparednessResponse rateHealth professionalsPatientsProvider experienceCliniciansImproved trendPreliminary dataHospital administratorsResponse process validityHospitalImprovement project
2013
Validation of the surveillance and reporting of central line-associated bloodstream infection denominator data
Backman LA, Nobert G, Melchreit R, Fekieta R, Dembry LM. Validation of the surveillance and reporting of central line-associated bloodstream infection denominator data. American Journal Of Infection Control 2013, 42: 28-33. PMID: 24176605, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.06.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDenominator dataBlinded retrospective chart reviewCentral line-associated infectionsLine-associated infectionsRetrospective chart reviewAcute care hospitalsNational surveillance systemComparison of hospitalSignificant differencesChart reviewCare hospitalPatient chartsHospitalInternal validationConnecticut DepartmentPublic healthSurveillance systemCountCLDStrict definitionDaysReportingInfection
2008
“Doing the Heavy Lifting: Health Care Workers Take Back Their Backs”
Morse T, Fekieta R, Rubenstein H, Warren N, Alexander D, Wawzyniecki P. “Doing the Heavy Lifting: Health Care Workers Take Back Their Backs”. NEW SOLUTIONS A Journal Of Environmental And Occupational Health Policy 2008, 18: 207-219. PMID: 18511397, DOI: 10.2190/ns.18.2.j.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care workersCare workersMusculoskeletal disorder prevalencePatient handling tasksSafe patient-handling programsHealth care staffCost of injuriesBack schoolDisorder prevalenceBack injuriesCare staffTraining programNurses AssociationHealth careLifting programsHeavy liftingInjuryConsistent documentationAssociationCost savingsHospitalHandling tasksPrevalenceIncidenceWorkers