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
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 COVID-19 pandemic on central-line–associated bloodstream infections during the early months of 2020, National Healthcare Safety Network
Patel P, Weiner-Lastinger L, Dudeck M, Fike L, Kuhar D, Edwards J, Pollock D, Benin A. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on central-line–associated bloodstream infections during the early months of 2020, National Healthcare Safety Network. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 43: 790-793. PMID: 33719981, PMCID: PMC8047389, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCatheter-Related InfectionsCOVID-19Cross InfectionDelivery of Health CareHumansPandemicsSepsisConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkStandardized infection ratioBloodstream infectionsPrevention's National Healthcare Safety NetworkAcute care hospitalsCOVID-19 pandemicInfection ratioDisease controlSafety NetworkInfectionBed sizeEarly monthsDescriptive analysisPandemicGeographic areasHospitalMonths