Scott Roberts, MD
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2025
Bacterial recolonization of hospital sink biofilms
Healy H, Pawluk E, Dieter L, Roberts S, Tanner W, Mathew T, Peaper D, Martinello R, Peccia J. Bacterial recolonization of hospital sink biofilms. Journal Of Hospital Infection 2025, 162: 95-105. PMID: 40466811, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2025.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBacterial abundanceRRNA gene amplicon sequencingHospital sink drainsGene amplicon sequencingBacterial gene copiesPathogen abundanceAmplicon sequencingMethylobacterium-MethylorubrumDrain biofilmsHealthcare-associated infectionsCommunity taxonomyGene copiesMicrobial communitiesSkin microbiomeCulturable bacteriaRecolonizationSink drainsBacterial recolonizationMALDI-TOFCulturable countsBacteriaHospital sinksAbundanceSphingobiumDigital droplet PCRA mixed-methods study assessing the performance of a clinical decision support tool for Clostridioides difficile testing for patients receiving laxatives
Peaper D, Rathod S, Sussman L, Azar M, Murdzek C, Roberts S, Tichy E, Topal J, Kashyap N, McManus D, Martinello R. A mixed-methods study assessing the performance of a clinical decision support tool for Clostridioides difficile testing for patients receiving laxatives. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2025, 46: 497-503. PMID: 40079209, PMCID: PMC12034449, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2025.30.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical decision supportAdvanced practice providersClinical decision support alertsClinical decision support toolMixed-methods studyPractice providersClinician interactionClinician concernsPhysician's instructionsTest orderingAttending physiciansMixed-methodsDoses of laxativesPatient riskLaxative useClinicians' rationaleCliniciansDecision support toolHospitalized patientsStudy periodDecision supportAttendanceCase seriesAntibiotic exposureResidents
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 techniqueWhat can building information modeling do for you? A perspective on integration into infection prevention and control programs for patient safety
Roberts S, Mathew T, Tanner W, Martinello R, team H. What can building information modeling do for you? A perspective on integration into infection prevention and control programs for patient safety. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2024, 46: 112-113. PMID: 39498632, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlood exposure to Babesia microti through sharps injury
Roberts S, Krause P. Blood exposure to Babesia microti through sharps injury. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2024, 45: 1261-1262. PMID: 39075016, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPseudo-outbreak of Parengyodontium album related to contaminated saline used in specimen processing in the microbiology laboratory
Havill N, Colandrea N, Merwede J, Aniskiewicz M, Roberts S, Patel K, Martinello R, Peaper D. Pseudo-outbreak of Parengyodontium album related to contaminated saline used in specimen processing in the microbiology laboratory. American Journal Of Infection Control 2024, 52: 1099-1101. PMID: 38825239, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.05.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCharacterizing healthcare personnel attitudes toward receipt of a voluntary bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine during a COVID-19 outbreak at a behavioral health hospital in Connecticut
Roberts S, Willebrand K, Fredrick J, Pischel L, Patel K, Murray T, Martinello R. Characterizing healthcare personnel attitudes toward receipt of a voluntary bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine during a COVID-19 outbreak at a behavioral health hospital in Connecticut. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology 2024, 4: e87. PMID: 38774120, PMCID: PMC11106727, DOI: 10.1017/ash.2024.78.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA cluster of postoperative Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis infection at an outpatient cataract surgery center
Singanamala S, Incekara K, Nucci D, Roberts S. A cluster of postoperative Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis infection at an outpatient cataract surgery center. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2024, 45: 1146-1147. PMID: 38695341, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.74.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
1474. Getting to Zero: Our Journey to Decrease CABG Deep Sternal Wound Infections
Gentile P, Roberts S, Wilson E, Martinello R. 1474. Getting to Zero: Our Journey to Decrease CABG Deep Sternal Wound Infections. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.1310. PMCID: PMC10676914, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeep sternal wound infectionSternal wound infectionSSI bundleWound infectionSurgical site infection rateYale-New Haven HospitalCardiac thoracic surgeryCardiac surgery patientsRetrospective cohort reviewTime of surgeryHigher mortality riskNew Haven HospitalDSWI rateCohort reviewSurgery patientsSerious complicationsEndocrinology teamEpidemiologic evaluationThoracic surgeryMortality riskClinical decreaseConclusion ImplementationInfection rateSurgeryBathing practicesSevere acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA and viable virus contamination of hospital emergency department surfaces and association with patient coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status and aerosol-generating procedures
Roberts S, Barbell E, Barber D, Dahlberg S, Heimer R, Jubanyik K, Parwani V, Pettigrew M, Tanner J, Ulrich A, Wade M, Wyllie A, Yolda-Carr D, Martinello R, Tanner W. Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA and viable virus contamination of hospital emergency department surfaces and association with patient coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status and aerosol-generating procedures. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2023, 45: 244-246. PMID: 37767709, PMCID: PMC10877528, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.183.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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Overview
Scott Roberts, MD, is an infectious diseases specialist who cares for patients while they are in the hospital.
Dr. Roberts says he became a doctor so he could help others in their time of need while also gaining a better understanding of the pathophysiology of diseases. “I am excited by the challenge of medicine and seek to improve my practice with every patient I meet,” he says. “It has been a privilege to care for such a broad and diverse patient population as the one I’ve had the opportunity to work with in New Haven.”
In addition to caring for patients, Dr. Roberts is associate medical director of infection prevention for the Yale School of Medicine. As a researcher, he is focused on preventing health care-associated infections developed in the hospital. This includes device-related infections, respiratory viral infections including COVID-19, and infections in specific patient populations such as immunocompromised patients.
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