2024
A human factors engineering approach to improving hand hygiene quality
Boyce M, Mathew T, Roberts S, Aniskiewicz M, Krechevsky K, Dahlberg S, Frye N, Trumpler J, Evans L, Martinello R, Team T. A human factors engineering approach to improving hand hygiene quality. Human Factors In Healthcare 2024, 6: 100085. DOI: 10.1016/j.hfh.2024.100085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthcare personnelHealthcare-associated infectionsHospital settingWorld Health OrganizationPatient safetyHuman factors engineeringHuman factors engineering approachImprove patient safetyPrevent healthcare-associated infectionsPerformance of HHHealthcare-associated infection ratesSubject matter expertsInfection prevention specialistsHospital leadershipHealthcare settingsAlcohol-based handMatter expertsInpatient hospitalizationQualitative interviewsPrevention specialistsInfection preventionHealthcareHealth OrganizationHospitalHH technique
2020
Guiding Principles and Practices for Healthcare Outbreak Notification and Disclosures: CORHA Policy Workgroup Framework
Tierney M, Kim M, Baliga C, Ngoh M, Perkins K, Kainer M, McGiffert L, Martinello R, Allen M, Heyer K, Tomlinson L, Perz J, Terashita D. Guiding Principles and Practices for Healthcare Outbreak Notification and Disclosures: CORHA Policy Workgroup Framework. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2020, 41: s480-s481. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1157.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
2385. Evaluating the Antibiotic Risk for Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI): Comparing Piperacillin/Tazobactam to Cefepime and Ceftazidime
Rathod S, McManus D, Rivera-Vinas J, Topal J, Martinello R. 2385. Evaluating the Antibiotic Risk for Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI): Comparing Piperacillin/Tazobactam to Cefepime and Ceftazidime. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019, 6: s823-s824. PMCID: PMC6810941, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPiperacillin/tazobactamClostridioides difficile infectionMultivariate logistic regression modelCDI riskHealthcare-associated infectionsPTZ exposureLogistic regression modelsHospital admissionDifficile infectionΒ-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitorsCharlson Comorbidity Index scoreCommon healthcare-associated infectionsYale-New Haven HospitalComorbidity Index scoreAntibiotic stewardship effortsObservational cohort studyAntibiotic-associated diarrheaNew Haven HospitalFrequency of testingAnti-pseudomonal cephalosporinsCephalosporin therapyCohort studyΒ-lactamase inhibitorsAntibiotic therapySuppression therapy