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| J I TokarsSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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The risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine and 2009-2010 seasonal influenza vaccines: results from self-controlled analysesJerome I Tokars
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 21:546-52. 2012..We report additional analyses of these data using self-controlled methods, which avoid potential confounding from person-level factors and co-morbidities...
Evaluation of sliding baseline methods for spatial estimation for cluster detection in the biosurveillance systemJian Xing
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Int J Health Geogr 8:45. 2009..Our study focused on finding useful anomalies at manageable alert rates according to available BioSense data history...- Summary of data reported to CDC's national automated biosurveillance system, 2008Jerome I Tokars
The National Center for Public Health Informatics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 10:30. 2010.... 
Measurement of the impact of risk adjustment for central line-days on interpretation of central line-associated bloodstream infection ratesJerome I Tokars
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:1025-9. 2007..To describe methods to assess the practical impact of risk adjustment for central line-days on the interpretation of central line-associated bloodstream infection (BSI) rates, because collecting these data is often burdensome...- The changing face of surveillance for health care-associated infectionsJerome I Tokars
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 39:1347-52. 2004..Maintaining successful features of standard systems, adopting alternate surveillance approaches, and exploiting new technologies, such as the Internet, will make health care surveillance an even better tool for prevention... - Predictive value of blood cultures positive for coagulase-negative staphylococci: implications for patient care and health care quality assuranceJerome I Tokars
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 39:333-41. 2004..Use of this model with institution-specific values for input parameters would assist in clinical decision-making as well as hospital quality assurance... - National surveillance of dialysis-associated diseases in the United States, 2000Jerome I Tokars
Healthcare Outcomes Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Semin Dial 15:162-71. 2002..The percentage of centers reporting one or more patients infected or colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) increased from 11.5% in 1995 to 32.7% in 2000... - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonization in patients at seven hemodialysis centersJ I Tokars
Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Kidney Int 60:1511-6. 2001..We studied the prevalence of and risk factors for VRE at seven outpatient hemodialysis centers (three in Baltimore, MD, USA, and four in Richmond, VA, USA)... - Infection control in hemodialysis unitsJ I Tokars
Healthcare Outcomes Branch, Hospital Environment Laboratory Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Fromotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Infect Dis Clin North Am 15:797-812, viii. 2001.... - A prospective study of vascular access infections at seven outpatient hemodialysis centersJ I Tokars
Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 37:1232-40. 2001..Catheter use should be minimized to reduce these infections. Additionally, the possibility that improved serum albumin and urea reduction ratio could reduce vascular access infections should be evaluated... - Description of a new surveillance system for bloodstream and vascular access infections in outpatient hemodialysis centersJ I Tokars
Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Semin Dial 13:97-100. 2000..Miller, RN, MPH, at (404)639-6422 (telephone), (404)639-6459 or 6458 (fax), or erm4@cdc.gov (e-mail:). Information is also available on the CDC website at http:@www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/Dialysis/dialysis.+ ++htm... - Modifiable risk factors associated with deep sternal site infection after coronary artery bypass graftingW E Trick
Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 119:108-14. 2000..Our objective was to identify risk factors for deep sternal site infection after coronary artery bypass grafting at a community hospital... - Serratia liquefaciens bloodstream infections from contamination of epoetin alfa at a hemodialysis centerL A Grohskopf
Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
N Engl J Med 344:1491-7. 2001..In a one month period, 10 Serratia liquefaciens bloodstream infections and 6 pyrogenic reactions occurred in outpatients at a hemodialysis center... - National surveillance of dialysis-associated diseases in the United States, 2001Jerome I Tokars
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Semin Dial 17:310-9. 2004..The percentage of centers reporting one or more patients infected or colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) increased from 12% in 1995 to 31% in 2001... - Protective effect of hepatitis B vaccine in chronic hemodialysis patientsE R Miller
Investigation and Prevention Branch, Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 33:356-60. 1999.... - The costs of healthcare worker respiratory protection and fit-testing programsS E Kellerman
Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 19:629-34. 1998.... - Secular trends in bloodstream infection caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in New Jersey hospitals, 1991 to 1995J I Tokars
Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases NCID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Infect Control 25:395-400. 1997..pneumoniae, but neither of two groups of antimicrobial-resistant gram-negative rods, are increasing rapidly in prevalence in New Jersey. Continued monitoring and interventions to slow these increases are needed... - Enterobacter cloacae bloodstream infections traced to contaminated human albuminS A Wang
Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 30:35-40. 2000..Combined epidemiological and laboratory approaches are valuable when investigating potentially contaminated blood components and plasma derivatives... - Guidance on public reporting of healthcare-associated infections: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory CommitteeLinda McKibben
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 26:580-7. 2005 - Outbreak of sterile peritonitis among continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis patientsA J Mangram
Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Kidney Int 54:1367-71. 1998..5 endotoxin units (EU)/ml], but had pre-sterilization bacterial colony counts >1 cfu/ml... - Use and efficacy of tuberculosis infection control practices at hospitals with previous outbreaks of multidrug-resistant tuberculosisJ I Tokars
From the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 22:449-55. 2001..Similar evaluations should be performed at hospitals treating TB patients to find inadequacies and guide improvements in infection control... - Risk factors for radial artery harvest site infection following coronary artery bypass graft surgeryW E Trick
Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 30:270-5. 2000..We identified preoperative hyperglycemia and surgery duration as independent risk factors for radial artery HSI... - Why is an infection control program needed in the hemodialysis setting?Matthew J Arduino
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U S Public Health Service, Atlanta, GA, USA
Nephrol News Issues 19:44, 46-9. 2005..These efforts would improve patient outcomes and quality-of-life issues by reducing hospitalizations and mortality due to infection and vascular access complications... - Electronic reporting of infections associated with hemodialysisR Monina Klevens
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Nephrol News Issues 19:37-8, 43. 2005..The new, Web-based, NHSN surveillance system allows centers to monitor their rates and compare with other outpatient dialysis centers. In 2006, CDC plans to open enrollment for outpatient dialysis centers not already in the DSN... - National surveillance of dialysis-associated diseases in the United States, 2002Lyn Finelli
Epidemiology Branch, Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Semin Dial 18:52-61. 2005..Also, those centers that used a disposable container versus a nondisposable container for priming the dialyzer had a significantly lower incidence of HCV... - New national surveillance system for hemodialysis-associated infections: initial resultsJerome I Tokars
Dialysis Surveillance Network, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (formerly Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Goergia 30333, USA
Am J Infect Control 30:288-95. 2002..These results can be used for quality improvement at individual centers and to help evaluate the efficacy of specific infection control measures... - Sampling for collection of central line-day denominators in surveillance of healthcare-associated bloodstream infectionsR M Klevens
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:338-42. 2006..To determine the feasibility of estimating the number of central line-days at a hospital from a sample of months or individual days in a year, for surveillance of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections... - Methicillin-resistant-Staphylococcus aureus hospitalizations, United StatesMatthew J Kuehnert
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:868-72. 2005..95 per 1,000 hospital discharges. The method used in our analysis may provide a simple way to assess trends of the magnitude of MRSA infection nationally... - Computer algorithms to detect bloodstream infectionsWilliam E Trick
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:1612-20. 2004..0-12.5 by investigator review and 1.4-10.2 by computer algorithm (correlation r = 0.91, p = 0.004). Automated bloodstream infection surveillance with electronic data is an accurate alternative to surveillance with manually collected data... - Feasibility of national surveillance of health-care-associated infections in home-care settingsLilia P Manangan
Surveillance and Epidemiology Branch, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:233-6. 2002.... - Guidance on public reporting of healthcare-associated infections: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory CommitteeLinda McKibben
Office of the Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Cancer for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Infect Control 33:217-26. 2005..HICPAC will update these recommendations as more research and experience become available... - Enhancing time-series detection algorithms for automated biosurveillanceJerome I Tokars
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 15:533-9. 2009..These enhanced methods may increase sensitivity without increasing the alert rate and may improve the ability to detect outbreaks by using automated surveillance system data... - Reducing dialysis associated bacteraemia, and recommendations for surveillance in the United Kingdom: prospective studyAbraham George
Renal Unit, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust
BMJ 332:1435. 2006..LESSONS LEARNT: Dialysis specific surveillance of bacteraemia is critical to infection control in dialysis units and improving quality of care. Such a scheme could be adopted across the United Kingdom... - Barriers to and facilitators of implementing an intervention to reduce the incidence of catheter-associated bloodstream infectionsKristen M Kidd
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:103-5. 2007 - Bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients: getting some deserved attentionJerome I Tokars
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 23:713-5. 2002 - Preventing catheter-associated bloodstream infections: a survey of policies for insertion and care of central venous catheters from hospitals in the prevention epicenter programDavid K Warren
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:8-13. 2006.... - A multicenter intervention to prevent catheter-associated bloodstream infectionsDavid K Warren
Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:662-9. 2006..Education-based interventions can reduce the incidence of catheter-associated bloodstream infection. The generalizability of findings from single-center studies is limited... - Enhanced identification of postoperative infections among inpatientsDeborah S Yokoe
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:1924-30. 2004..This screening method was efficient, readily standardized, and suitable for most hospitals... - Preventing bacterial infections and antimicrobial resistance in dialysis patientsJeffrey S Berns
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 40:886-98. 2002..Fourth, preventing transmission in health care settings is important to limit the spread of resistant organisms. In this regard, such basic measures as glove use and hand hygiene are most important...