2022
Association between prevalence of laboratory-identified Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and antibiotic treatment for CDI in US acute-care hospitals, 2019
Xu K, Wu H, Li Q, Edwards J, O’Leary E, Leaptrot D, Benin A. Association between prevalence of laboratory-identified Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and antibiotic treatment for CDI in US acute-care hospitals, 2019. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2022, 43: 1847-1852. PMID: 35068404, PMCID: PMC10877317, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-Bacterial AgentsClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsCross InfectionHospitalsHumansPrevalenceVancomycinConceptsClostridioides difficile infectionFirst-line antibioticsAcute care hospitalsCDI prevalenceAntimicrobial useSignificant dose-response associationNational Healthcare Safety NetworkUS acute care hospitalsPositive dose-response relationshipDose-response associationHospital-level variationExtreme discordanceDose-response relationshipMedical school affiliationCDI eventsDifficile infectionAntibiotic treatmentPrevalence ratesHospitalNegative binomial regressionPrevalenceTreatment practicesBinomial regressionInfectionDiscordance
2021
Building an Interactive Geospatial Visualization Application for National Health Care–Associated Infection Surveillance: Development Study
Zheng S, Edwards J, Dudeck M, Patel P, Wattenmaker L, Mirza M, Tejedor S, Lemoine K, Benin A, Pollock D. Building an Interactive Geospatial Visualization Application for National Health Care–Associated Infection Surveillance: Development Study. JMIR Public Health And Surveillance 2021, 7: e23528. PMID: 34328436, PMCID: PMC8367128, DOI: 10.2196/23528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.Cross InfectionDelivery of Health CareHealth FacilitiesHumansUnited StatesConceptsWeb-enabled systemModel-based systemData setsClinical quality measurementSpecific health care facilityWeb browserVisualization applicationsUser requirementsIntegrated visualizationUser feedbackVisualization technologyMultiple data setsData analystsAdditional usersPrototype versionSubject matter expertsProduction versionUsersVariety of purposesSafety NetworkData displayAnalytic resourcesDevelopment effortsMatter expertsEvent typesImpact of COVID-19 pandemic on central-line–associated bloodstream infections during the early months of 2020, National Healthcare Safety Network
Patel P, Weiner-Lastinger L, Dudeck M, Fike L, Kuhar D, Edwards J, Pollock D, Benin A. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on central-line–associated bloodstream infections during the early months of 2020, National Healthcare Safety Network. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 43: 790-793. PMID: 33719981, PMCID: PMC8047389, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCatheter-Related InfectionsCOVID-19Cross InfectionDelivery of Health CareHumansPandemicsSepsisConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkStandardized infection ratioBloodstream infectionsPrevention's National Healthcare Safety NetworkAcute care hospitalsCOVID-19 pandemicInfection ratioDisease controlSafety NetworkInfectionBed sizeEarly monthsDescriptive analysisPandemicGeographic areasHospitalMonths
2019
Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with pediatric healthcare-associated infections: Summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2015–2017
Weiner-Lastinger L, Abner S, Benin A, Edwards J, Kallen A, Karlsson M, Magill S, Pollock D, See I, Soe M, Walters M, Dudeck M. Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with pediatric healthcare-associated infections: Summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2015–2017. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 41: 19-30. PMID: 31762428, PMCID: PMC8276251, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial InfectionsCarbapenemsCatheter-Related InfectionsCatheters, IndwellingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.ChildChild, PreschoolCross InfectionDrug Resistance, BacterialEnterococcus faecalisEquipment ContaminationEscherichia coliHospitalsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornKlebsiella pneumoniaePneumonia, Ventilator-AssociatedStaphylococcusSurgical Wound InfectionUnited StatesConceptsPediatric healthcare-associated infectionsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkCentral line-associated bloodstream infectionsSurgical site infectionHealthcare-associated infectionsCatheter-associated urinary tract infectionsVentilator-associated pneumoniaAntimicrobial resistance patternsHAI typesPediatric patientsSurgical categoriesResistance patternsDevice-associated HAIsPrevention's National Healthcare Safety NetworkCardiac surgical site infectionsLine-associated bloodstream infectionsNeonatal intensive care unitAbdominal surgical site infectionUrinary tract infectionIntensive care unitPediatric oncology unitPatient care locationsCoagulase-negative staphylococciAntimicrobial-resistant pathogensTract infections
2018
Improving Mandatory Vaccination Against Influenza: Minimizing Anxiety of Employees to Maximize Health of Patients
Benin A, Lockwood G, Creatore T, Donovan D, Predmore M, MacArthur S. Improving Mandatory Vaccination Against Influenza: Minimizing Anxiety of Employees to Maximize Health of Patients. American Journal Of Medical Quality 2018, 33: 372-382. PMID: 29301403, DOI: 10.1177/1062860617748738.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMandatory vaccination campaignPersonal anxietyNegative feelingsSubstantial anxietyMandatory vaccinationAnxietyEmployeesHospital-acquired influenzaInterview transcriptsHealth care workersConstant comparative methodPerception of vaccinationHealth of patientsStrong desireQualitative interviewsChildren's HospitalFree vaccinationVaccination campaignCare workersVaccinationSuch programsDesireInfluenzaPatientsHospital
2002
Trends in Legionnaires Disease, 1980–1998: Declining Mortality and New Patterns of Diagnosis
Benin A, Benson R, Besser R. Trends in Legionnaires Disease, 1980–1998: Declining Mortality and New Patterns of Diagnosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2002, 35: 1039-1046. PMID: 12384836, DOI: 10.1086/342903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLegionella pneumophila serogroup 1Legionnaires' diseaseUrine antigen testingCases of LDCommunity-acquired casesCase fatality rateCulture-based diagnosisNew diagnostic testsPassive surveillance systemDirect fluorescent antibodyAntigen testingEmpirical therapyNosocomial casesPneumophila serogroup 1Serologic testingOutbreak investigationDisease controlDiagnostic testsDiagnosisSerogroup 1Fluorescent antibodyLegionella isolatesMortalityDiseaseSurveillance system