2015
Reuse of Insulin Pens Among Multiple Patients at 2 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
Schirmer P, Winston CA, Lucero-Obusan C, Winters M, Lesse A, de Comarmond C, Oda G, Martinello RA, Holodniy M. Reuse of Insulin Pens Among Multiple Patients at 2 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2015, 36: 1121-1129. PMID: 26198627, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Affairs Medical CenterHuman immunodeficiency virusHepatitis B virusHepatitis C virusBloodborne pathogensInsulin pensImmunodeficiency virusB virusMedical CenterMultiple patientsMedian genetic distanceRetrospective cohort studyBlood-borne pathogensViral genetic analysisElectronic health recordsEnvelope gene sequencingHCV transmissionCohort studyHCV casesMethods PatientsCase patientsC virusFurther testingHospitalized veteransPatients
2013
Expanded HIV testing in the US Department of Veterans Affairs, 2009-2011.
Czarnogorski M, Halloran, CNS J, Pedati C, Dursa EK, Durfee J, Martinello R, Davey V, Ross D. Expanded HIV testing in the US Department of Veterans Affairs, 2009-2011. American Journal Of Public Health 2013, 103: e40-5. PMID: 24134344, PMCID: PMC3828973, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2013.301376.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic clinical remindersPositive test resultsTesting ratesOutpatient visitsClinical remindersRepeated-measures cross-sectional studyHIV testing ratesVA electronic health recordVeterans Affairs (VA) careCross-sectional studyElectronic data extractionHigher testing ratesCalendar year 2009Electronic health recordsHIV testPatient demographicsHIV testingSeropositivityOlder individualsData extractionHealth recordsDemographic characteristicsHIVOutpatientsVeterans