2021
Universal SARS-CoV-2 Testing of Emergency Department Admissions Increases Emergency Department Length of Stay
Sangal RB, Peaper DR, Rothenberg C, Landry ML, Sussman LS, Martinello RA, Ulrich A, Venkatesh AK. Universal SARS-CoV-2 Testing of Emergency Department Admissions Increases Emergency Department Length of Stay. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 79: 182-186. PMID: 34756452, PMCID: PMC8424016, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.09.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 testingUniversal SARS-CoV-2 testingEmergency department lengthAdmission lengthED admissionPositivity rateSARS-CoV-2 testAcademic health systemCOVID-19 prevalenceSecondary outcomesED lengthPrevention needsED boardingPatientsStayPositive casesClinical costsHealth systemAdmissionTesting policiesContainment effortsTestingPrevalenceTesting changesPositivity
2015
Healthcare worker influenza declination form program
LaVela SL, Hill JN, Smith BM, Evans CT, Goldstein B, Martinello R. Healthcare worker influenza declination form program. American Journal Of Infection Control 2015, 43: 624-628. PMID: 25798775, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.02.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccination ratesHealth care workers' vaccination ratesProspective interventional pilot studyInfluenza vaccine ratesInfluenza vaccine uptakeInterventional pilot studyHCW vaccination ratesPositive clinical implicationsControl/preventionSecondary outcomesHCW vaccinationVaccine ratesVaccine uptakeStaff hoursHospital shiftOngoing strategiesDeclination formClinical implicationsPilot studyUnit cultureLeadership engagementMonthsStaff timeOutcomesProgram costs