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
864. Whole Genome Sequencing is Unable to Track Candida auris Transmission
Roberts S, Ozer E, Zembower T, Qi C. 864. Whole Genome Sequencing is Unable to Track Candida auris Transmission. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2020, 7: s470-s471. PMCID: PMC7776755, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNorthwestern Memorial HospitalWhole-genome sequencingC. aurisSingle nucleotide variantsDifferent body sitesMethods Whole-genome sequencingMemorial HospitalResults TwentyPatient isolatesSame patientTransmission clustersPatientsBody sitesPairwise SNP differencesOutbreak investigationHealthcare settingsCandida aurisHospital systemReference labIdentical isolatesAurisFluconazole sensitivityACLEnvironmental specimensCDC