2020
A Statewide Assessment of Antifungal Stewardship Activities in Acute-Care Hospitals in Connecticut
Bromberg R, Leung V, Maloney M, Paranandi A, Banach D. A Statewide Assessment of Antifungal Stewardship Activities in Acute-Care Hospitals in Connecticut. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2020, 41: s105-s105. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.609.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute care hospitalsInfectious disease consultationCandida bloodstream isolatesDisease consultationAntifungal susceptibility testingAntifungal therapyBloodstream isolatesConnecticut hospitalsCandidemia treatmentSusceptibility testingInstitutional guidelinesAntibiotic stewardship principlesCandida bloodstream infectionsDays of therapyEmpiric antifungal therapyInfectious disease physiciansInvasive fungal infectionsCDC core elementsAntifungal expenditureAntifungal utilizationOral conversionDisease physiciansHospitalized patientsProspective auditBloodstream infections
2019
1162. An Evaluation of Metrics for Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs): A Statewide Comparison
Pepe D, Maloney M, Leung V, Harizaj A, Banach D, Dembry L, Dembry L, Advani S. 1162. An Evaluation of Metrics for Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs): A Statewide Comparison. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019, 6: s415-s416. PMCID: PMC6809441, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCatheter-Associated Urinary Tract InfectionCumulative attributable differenceDevice utilization ratioStandardized infection ratioAcute care hospitalsCare hospitalSmall hospitalsCAUTI eventsUrine culturingCatheter-associated urinary tract infection preventionUrinary tract infection preventionCatheter care practicesUrinary tract infectionLow-risk populationCatheter careCatheter useTract infectionsInfection preventionPrevention reportUrban hospitalExcess infectionsHealthcare costsHospital dataAttributable differencesCare practices