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
2017
Prospective cluster controlled crossover trial to compare the impact of an improved hydrogen peroxide disinfectant and a quaternary ammonium-based disinfectant on surface contamination and health care outcomes
Boyce J, Guercia K, Sullivan L, Havill N, Fekieta R, Kozakiewicz J, Goffman D. Prospective cluster controlled crossover trial to compare the impact of an improved hydrogen peroxide disinfectant and a quaternary ammonium-based disinfectant on surface contamination and health care outcomes. American Journal Of Infection Control 2017, 45: 1006-1010. PMID: 28431849, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.03.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacterial InfectionsClostridioides difficileColony Count, MicrobialCross InfectionCross-Over StudiesDisinfectantsGuideline AdherenceHand HygieneHealth PersonnelHumansHydrogen PeroxideMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatients' RoomsProspective StudiesQuaternary Ammonium CompoundsVancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
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