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 techniqueCharacterizing 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 Research
2021
Mass severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing of asymptomatic healthcare personnel
Roberts SC, Peaper DR, Thorne CD, Sussman LS, Murray TS, Choi SJ, Pettker CM, Russi MB, Martinello RA. Mass severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing of asymptomatic healthcare personnel. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 42: 1-2. PMID: 33487206, PMCID: PMC7853752, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
807. A Risk-Stratified Approach to Healthcare-Associated Tuberculosis Exposures Following the “Stone in the Pond” Principle
Pepe D, Aniskiewicz M, Paci G, Sullivan L, Dembry L, Martinello R, Advani S. 807. A Risk-Stratified Approach to Healthcare-Associated Tuberculosis Exposures Following the “Stone in the Pond” Principle. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2018, 5: s289-s289. PMCID: PMC6255516, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy210.814.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk-stratified approachHealthcare personnelTB exposureType of exposureBed academic medical centerExposure investigationsLatent TB casesLow TB incidenceAcademic medical centerComplete exposure dataTB contactTuberculosis exposureInfectivity riskPulmonary TBTB patientsInfectious tuberculosisTB casesPatient chartsTB incidenceMicrobiology recordsRetrospective studyRisk groupsLower incidenceMedical CenterPrevention database