2021
Risk Communication After Health Care Exposures: An Experimental Vignette Survey With Patients
Elwy AR, Maguire EM, Gallagher TH, Asch SM, Durfee JM, Martinello RA, Bokhour BG, Gifford AL, Taylor TJ, Wagner TH. Risk Communication After Health Care Exposures: An Experimental Vignette Survey With Patients. MDM Policy & Practice 2021, 6: 23814683211045659. PMID: 34553068, PMCID: PMC8451260, DOI: 10.1177/23814683211045659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth care exposureBlood-borne pathogensHealth care systemHealth issuesCare systemNext clinical stepBlood-borne infectionsCertain health behaviorsPatients' behavioral intentionPersonal health issuesLarge-scale adverse eventsVignette surveyAdverse eventsPatientsHealth behaviorsInfectious diseasesClinical stepsPossible exposureCareRisk levelOpen-ended questionsExposureRisk informationThematic analysisParticipants' willingness
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