1999
The Impact of Multifocused Interventions on Sharps Injury Rates at an Acute-Care Hospital
Gershon R, Pearse L, Grimes M, Flanagan P, Vlahov D. The Impact of Multifocused Interventions on Sharps Injury Rates at an Acute-Care Hospital. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1999, 20: 806-811. PMID: 10614603, DOI: 10.1086/501588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSharps injury ratesIncidence rateSharps injuriesHealthcare workersInjury ratesInjury dataInterventional programsHospital-based healthcare workersAcute care community hospitalInjury incidence ratesInjury prevention interventionsAcute care hospitalsIntravenous lineCommunity hospitalSustained decreasePrevention interventionsInjuryOverall rateHospitalInterventionEngineering controlsEquivalent employeesNeedlestickPostinterventionRate
1990
Variation in risk for falls by clinical department: implications for prevention.
Rohde J, Myers A, Vlahov D. Variation in risk for falls by clinical department: implications for prevention. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1990, 11: 521-4. PMID: 2230041, DOI: 10.1086/646085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient daysFall rateClinical departmentsTotal patient daysInjury prevention programsAcute care hospitalsBed acute care hospitalRate of fallInpatient fallsOncology servicesMedical recordsRetrospective analysisAdult servicesPrevention programsOne-year periodPsychiatry departmentPatientsInjuryAdditional yearIncident reportsDepartmentAgeFallDaysHospitalVariation in Risk for Falls by Clinical Department: Implications for Prevention
Rohde J, Myers A, Vlahov D. Variation in Risk for Falls by Clinical Department: Implications for Prevention. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1990, 11: 521-524. DOI: 10.2307/30151319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient daysFall rateClinical departmentsTotal patient daysInjury prevention programsAcute care hospitalsBed acute care hospitalRate of fallInpatient fallsOncology servicesMedical recordsRetrospective analysisAdult servicesPrevention programsOne-year periodPsychiatry departmentPatientsInjuryAdditional yearIncident reportsDepartmentAgeFallDaysHospital
1986
Candidal Suppurative Peripheral Thrombophlebitis Recognition, Prevention, and Management
Walsh T, Bustamente C, Vlahov D, Standiford H. Candidal Suppurative Peripheral Thrombophlebitis Recognition, Prevention, and Management. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1986, 7: 16-22. PMID: 3633240, DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700063736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral thrombophlebitisBroad-spectrum antibiotic therapyCatheter site careSegmental venous resectionIntravenous amphotericin BDuration of hospitalizationCandida speciesAcute care hospitalsNosocomial fungal infectionsSuppurative thrombophlebitisVenous resectionCatheter siteAntibiotic therapyPalpable cordRisk factorsSite careCandidal colonizationRational therapyPatientsAmphotericin BBacterial infectionsThrombophlebitisFungal infectionsTherapyInfection