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Pediatric infectious diseases fellowship training in healthcare epidemiology: a national needs assessmentThomas J Sandora
Division of Infectious Diseases, Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Boston Children s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 34:195-9. 2013..We sought to assess the current state of healthcare epidemiology training for fellows and to determine which topics are considered important by key stakeholders...
Medical errors detected and corrected by a pediatric infectious diseases consultation serviceThomas J Sandora
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 26:417-20. 2005..Many of these errors have the potential to cause harm and can be corrected by the intervention of an infectious diseases consultant...- Epidemiology and risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection in childrenThomas J Sandora
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:580-4. 2011..Pediatric Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)-related hospitalizations are increasing. We sought to describe the epidemiology of pediatric CDI at a quaternary care hospital... - Prevention of healthcare-associated infections in children: new strategies and success storiesThomas J Sandora
Division of Infectious Diseases, Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Curr Opin Infect Dis 23:300-5. 2010..This review highlights recent literature and new successes in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections in children... - Test characteristics of commercial influenza assays for detecting pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in childrenThomas J Sandora
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:261-2. 2010..The sensitivities of BinaxNOW (59.6%) and direct fluorescence antibody (57.3%) were similar. The specificity of each test was >99%... - Assessing quality indicators for pediatric community-acquired pneumoniaThomas J Sandora
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Med Qual 24:419-27. 2009..Time to antibiotic administration is predictive of more rapid stabilization and reduced length of stay. Modification of several other adult measures would improve their applicability for pediatric CAP... - Adverse events after administration of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine to healthcare workersThomas J Sandora
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:389-91. 2009..Systemic adverse events were more common among healthcare workers aged less than 30 years. These findings provide guidance for counseling of healthcare workers who receive Tdap vaccine... 
Pertussis vaccination for health care workersThomas J Sandora
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Clin Microbiol Rev 21:426-34. 2008....- Pneumonia in hospitalized childrenThomas J Sandora
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, LO 650, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 52:1059-81, viii. 2005..Hospital management should emphasize timely diagnosis and prompt initiation of antimicrobial therapy when appropriate. Issues of particular relevance to inpatient management are emphasized in this article... - Reducing absenteeism from gastrointestinal and respiratory illness in elementary school students: a randomized, controlled trial of an infection-control interventionThomas J Sandora
Children s Hospital Boston, Division of Infectious Diseases, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatrics 121:e1555-62. 2008..We assessed the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention, including alcohol-based hand-sanitizer and surface disinfection, in reducing absenteeism caused by gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses in elementary school students... - A randomized, controlled trial of a multifaceted intervention including alcohol-based hand sanitizer and hand-hygiene education to reduce illness transmission in the homeThomas J Sandora
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Pediatrics 116:587-94. 2005..The objective of this study was to determine whether a multifactorial campaign centered on increasing alcohol-based hand sanitizer use and hand-hygiene education reduces illness transmission in the home... - Risk factors for central line-associated bloodstream infection in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unitJohn M Costello
Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 10:453-9. 2009..To identify risk factors for central line-associated bloodstream infection (BSI) in patients receiving care in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit... - Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccination of adults in the USACourtney A Gidengil
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Expert Rev Vaccines 7:621-34. 2008..Further research is needed to elucidate the role of vaccination in pregnant women and those over 65 years of age, and also to determine whether further booster doses of Tdap are needed... - Risk factors for surgical site infection after cardiac surgery in childrenJohn M Costello
Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 5737, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 89:1833-41; discussion 1841-2. 2010..We sought to identify risk factors for surgical site infections (SSI) in children undergoing cardiac surgery... - Risk factors for central line-associated bloodstream infection in pediatric intensive care unitsMatthew C Wylie
From the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:1049-56. 2010..We sought to identify risk factors for central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) to describe children who might benefit from adjunctive interventions... - The association of television and video viewing with fast food intake by preschool-age childrenElsie M Taveras
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:2034-41. 2006..To examine the extent to which television (TV) and video viewing is associated with consumption of fast food by preschool-age children... - Systematic intervention to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unitJohn M Costello
Division of Cardiac Intensive Care, Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatrics 121:915-23. 2008..Our goal was to determine whether an intervention involving staff education, increased awareness, and practice changes would decrease central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in a pediatric cardiac ICU... - Recent trends in the use of antibiotic prophylaxis in pediatric surgeryShawn J Rangel
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children s Hospital Boston Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Pediatr Surg 46:366-71. 2011..The aims of this study were to examine (1) trends in the use of AP for commonly performed operations, (2) appropriateness in the context of available guidelines, and (3) adverse events potentially attributable to AP... - Predictors of stethoscope disinfection among pediatric health care providersJeanette Muniz
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Infect Control 40:922-5. 2012..We sought to describe health care provider stethoscope disinfection attitudes and practices and determine predictors of frequent disinfection... - Microbiology and risk factors for central line-associated bloodstream infections among pediatric oncology outpatients: a single institution experience of 41 casesMatthew S Kelly
Department of Medicine, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 35:e71-6. 2013..Risk factors for central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) among children with cancer in the outpatient setting remain poorly defined, and the microbiology may differ from hospital-onset CLABSI... - Moving CLABSI prevention beyond the intensive care unit: risk factors in pediatric oncology patientsMatthew Kelly
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32:1079-85. 2011..Our objectives were to describe the microbiology and identify risk factors for hospital-onset CLABSI in this patient population... - Higher prevalence of pharyngeal than nasal Staphylococcus aureus carriage in pediatric intensive care unitsMari M Nakamura
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
J Clin Microbiol 48:2957-9. 2010..We examined the sensitivity of nasal and pharyngeal sampling for S. aureus colonization in 331 children admitted to intensive care units. Pharyngeal screening was more sensitive than nasal screening (92.6% versus 63.1%, P < 0.0001)... - Randomized controlled trial of an immunization recall intervention for adolescentsKathryn S Brigham
Division of Adolescent Young Adult Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 130:507-14. 2012..Determine if adolescent immunization rates can be improved by contacting the parents or by contacting both the parents and adolescents... - Neisseria meningitidis: epidemiology, treatment and prevention in adolescentsKathryn S Brigham
Division of Adolescent Young Adult Medicine, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard MedicalSchool, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Curr Opin Pediatr 21:437-43. 2009..Given the high burden of disease in adolescents, it is important for clinicians to be familiar with current recommendations regarding N. meningitidis...