2023
Declines in Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel in Acute Care Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2017–2023
Lymon H, Meng L, Reses H, Barbre K, Dubendris H, Shafi S, Wiegand R, Reddy G, Woods A, Kuhar D, Stuckey M, Lindley M, Haas L, Qureshi I, Wong E, Benin A, Bell J. Declines in Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel in Acute Care Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2017–2023. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2023, 72: 1244-1247. PMID: 37943698, PMCID: PMC10651322, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7245a6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkHealth care personnelInfluenza vaccination coverageAcute care hospitalsVaccination coverageCare hospitalInfluenza vaccinationCare personnelCDC's National Healthcare Safety NetworkCOVID-19 pandemicInfluenza-related morbidityEvidence-based strategiesNHSN dataAnnual vaccinationPrepandemic periodVaccinationHospitalInfluenzaPandemicSafety NetworkMorbidityMortality
2022
Hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia: An evaluation of predictors and feasibility of benchmarking comparing two risk-adjusted models among 267 hospitals
Yu K, Ye G, Edwards J, Gupta V, Benin A, Ai C, Dantes R. Hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia: An evaluation of predictors and feasibility of benchmarking comparing two risk-adjusted models among 267 hospitals. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2022, 43: 1317-1325. PMID: 36082774, PMCID: PMC9588439, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.211.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation between prevalence of laboratory-identified Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and antibiotic treatment for CDI in US acute-care hospitals, 2019
Xu K, Wu H, Li Q, Edwards J, O’Leary E, Leaptrot D, Benin A. Association between prevalence of laboratory-identified Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and antibiotic treatment for CDI in US acute-care hospitals, 2019. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2022, 43: 1847-1852. PMID: 35068404, PMCID: PMC10877317, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClostridioides difficile infectionFirst-line antibioticsAcute care hospitalsCDI prevalenceAntimicrobial useSignificant dose-response associationNational Healthcare Safety NetworkUS acute care hospitalsPositive dose-response relationshipDose-response associationHospital-level variationExtreme discordanceDose-response relationshipMedical school affiliationCDI eventsDifficile infectionAntibiotic treatmentPrevalence ratesHospitalNegative binomial regressionPrevalenceTreatment practicesBinomial regressionInfectionDiscordance
2021
Hospital capacities and shortages of healthcare resources among US hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), March 27–July 14, 2020
Wu H, Soe M, Konnor R, Dantes R, Haass K, Dudeck M, Gross C, Leaptrot D, Sapiano M, Allen-Bridson K, Wattenmaker L, Peterson K, Lemoine K, Tejedor S, Edwards J, Pollock D, Benin A, Network F. Hospital capacities and shortages of healthcare resources among US hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), March 27–July 14, 2020. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 43: 1473-1476. PMID: 34167599, PMCID: PMC8280389, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkPrevention's National Healthcare Safety NetworkHospital capacityCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicDisease 2019 pandemicVentilator usageCase burdenUS hospitalsHealthcare resourcesBed occupancyHealthcare personnelDisease controlSafety NetworkCOVID-19 pandemicHospitalWide variationPandemicChanges in the number of intensive care unit beds in US hospitals during the early months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
Weiner-Lastinger L, Dudeck M, Allen-Bridson K, Dantes R, Gross C, Nkwata A, Tejedor S, Pollock D, Benin A. Changes in the number of intensive care unit beds in US hospitals during the early months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 43: 1477-1481. PMID: 34078507, PMCID: PMC8314191, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.266.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImpact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on US Hospitals and Patients, April–July 2020
Sapiano M, Dudeck M, Soe M, Edwards J, O’Leary E, Wu H, Allen-Bridson K, Amor A, Arcement R, Tejedor S, Dantes R, Gross C, Haass K, Konnor R, Kroop S, Leaptrot D, Lemoine K, Nkwata A, Peterson K, Wattenmaker L, Weiner-Lastinger L, Pollock D, Benin A, Team T. Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on US Hospitals and Patients, April–July 2020. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 43: 32-39. PMID: 33602380, PMCID: PMC7943952, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.69.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkPrevention's National Healthcare Safety NetworkSevere acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2COVID-19Hospital surveillance systemProportion of inpatientsCoronavirus disease 2019COVID-19 hospitalizationHospital bed occupancyNumber of inpatientsPublic health responsePatient outcomesNational surveillanceTotal inpatientDisease 2019Inpatient bedsUS hospitalsMechanical ventilatorBed occupancyHealth responsePatient censusDisease controlPandemic magnitudeInpatientsVirus 2
2019
Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with pediatric healthcare-associated infections: Summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2015–2017
Weiner-Lastinger L, Abner S, Benin A, Edwards J, Kallen A, Karlsson M, Magill S, Pollock D, See I, Soe M, Walters M, Dudeck M. Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with pediatric healthcare-associated infections: Summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2015–2017. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 41: 19-30. PMID: 31762428, PMCID: PMC8276251, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial InfectionsCarbapenemsCatheter-Related InfectionsCatheters, IndwellingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.ChildChild, PreschoolCross InfectionDrug Resistance, BacterialEnterococcus faecalisEquipment ContaminationEscherichia coliHospitalsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornKlebsiella pneumoniaePneumonia, Ventilator-AssociatedStaphylococcusSurgical Wound InfectionUnited StatesConceptsPediatric healthcare-associated infectionsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkCentral line-associated bloodstream infectionsSurgical site infectionHealthcare-associated infectionsCatheter-associated urinary tract infectionsVentilator-associated pneumoniaAntimicrobial resistance patternsHAI typesPediatric patientsSurgical categoriesResistance patternsDevice-associated HAIsPrevention's National Healthcare Safety NetworkCardiac surgical site infectionsLine-associated bloodstream infectionsNeonatal intensive care unitAbdominal surgical site infectionUrinary tract infectionIntensive care unitPediatric oncology unitPatient care locationsCoagulase-negative staphylococciAntimicrobial-resistant pathogensTract infections