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Implementation of an industrial systems-engineering approach to reduce the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infectionRobert R Muder
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15240, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:702-8, 7 p following 708. 2008..To measure the effectiveness of an industrial systems-engineering approach to a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevention program...
Optimizing therapy for Stenotrophomonas maltophiliaRobert R Muder
Infectious Disease Section, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive C, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 28:672-7. 2007..Further, resistance to this agent is increasing. Certain combinations of antibiotics are synergistic and may be appropriate for patients harboring resistant organisms or with life-threatening infections...
The economic effect of screening orthopedic surgery patients preoperatively for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusBruce Y Lee
Public Health Computational and Operations Research PHICOR Group, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:1130-8. 2010..We sought to estimate the economic value of routine preoperative MRSA screening and decolonization of orthopedic surgery patients...- The potential economic value of a Staphylococcus aureus vaccine for neonatesBruce Y Lee
Applied Modeling, Public Health Computational and Operations Research PHICOR, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Vaccine 28:4653-60. 2010..aureus vaccine for the neonatal population would be strongly cost-effective (and in many situations dominant) over a wide range of vaccine efficacies (down to 10%) for vaccine costs (<or=$500), and S. aureus attack rates (>or=1%)... - Universal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) surveillance for adults at hospital admission: an economic model and analysisBruce Y Lee
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Health Care System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:598-606. 2010..Although some have recommended universal surveillance for MRSA at hospital admission to identify and to isolate MRSA-colonized patients, there is a need for formal economic studies to determine the cost-effectiveness of such a strategy... - Screening cardiac surgery patients for MRSA: an economic computer modelBruce Y Lee
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, 200 Meyran Ave, Ste 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Manag Care 16:e163-73. 2010..To estimate the economic value of preoperative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening and decolonization for cardiac surgery patients... - The potential value of Clostridium difficile vaccine: an economic computer simulation modelBruce Y Lee
Applied Modeling, Public Health Computational and Operations Research Group PHICOR, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Vaccine 28:5245-53. 2010..Our results suggest that a C. difficile vaccine could be cost-effective over a wide range of C. difficile risk, vaccine costs, and vaccine efficacies especially, when being used post-CDI treatment to prevent recurrent disease... - Veterans Affairs initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infectionsRajiv Jain
Patient Care Services, Veterans Affairs Central Office, and the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, USA
N Engl J Med 364:1419-30. 2011..Health care-associated infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been an increasing concern in Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals... - Role of environmental surveillance in determining the risk of hospital-acquired legionellosis: a national surveillance study with clinical correlationsJanet E Stout
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:818-24. 2007..None of these hospitals had previously experienced endemic hospital-acquired Legionella pneumonia... - Should vascular surgery patients be screened preoperatively for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?Bruce Y Lee
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:1158-65. 2009..Testing all vascular surgery patients preoperatively for MRSA and attempting to decolonize those who have positive results may be a strategy to prevent MRSA infection. The economic value of such a strategy has not yet been determined... - Isolation of Staphylococcus aureus from the urinary tract: association of isolation with symptomatic urinary tract infection and subsequent staphylococcal bacteremiaRobert R Muder
Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
Clin Infect Dis 42:46-50. 2006..The significance of staphylococcal bacteriuria is uncertain. We hypothesized that S. aureus is a urinary pathogen and that colonized urine could be a source of future staphylococcal infection... - The potential economic value of a Staphylococcus aureus vaccine among hemodialysis patientsYeohan Song
Public Health Computational and Operations Research PHICOR, University of Pittsburgh, 3520 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Vaccine 30:3675-82. 2012..e., ICERs ≤ $50,000/QALY) among hemodialysis patients over a wide range of S. aureus prevalence, vaccine costs and efficacies, and vaccine protection durations and delineate potential target parameters for such a vaccine... - Staphylococcus aureus rectal carriage and its association with infections in patients in a surgical intensive care unit and a liver transplant unitCheryl Squier
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Infectious Disease Section, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 23:495-501. 2002..aureus in patients in the intensive care unit and liver transplant recipients. Rectal plus nasal carriage may portend a greater risk for S. aureus infections in these patients than currently realized... - Economic value of dispensing home-based preoperative chlorhexidine bathing cloths to prevent surgical site infectionRachel R Bailey
Public Health Computational and Operations Research Group, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 3520 Forbes Avenue, First Floor, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32:465-71. 2011..To estimate the economic value of dispensing preoperative home-based chlorhexidine bathing cloth kits to orthopedic patients to prevent surgical site infection (SSI)... - Influenza outbreak management on a locked behavioral health unitKathleen J Risa
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
Am J Infect Control 37:76-8. 2009..All direct care staff who worked on the unit during the outbreak had been offered immunizations in the fall: 55% (22/40) were immunized... - Toyota production system quality improvement initiative improves perioperative antibiotic therapyKelly H Burkitt
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, 7180 Highland Dr 151C H, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
Am J Manag Care 15:633-42. 2009..To assess the role of a Toyota production system (TPS) quality improvement (QI) intervention on appropriateness of perioperative antibiotic therapy and in length of hospital stay (LOS) among surgical patients... - Infection due to Legionella species other than L. pneumophilaRobert R Muder
Infectious Diseases Section, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
Clin Infect Dis 35:990-8. 2002..Application of appropriate culture methodology to the etiologic diagnosis of pneumonia is needed to further define the role of these organisms in disease in humans... - Efficacy of new point-of-use water filter for preventing exposure to Legionella and waterborne bacteriaPatricia J Sheffer
VA Pittsburgh Health Care System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Am J Infect Control 33:S20-5. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Point-of-use filters completely eliminated L pneumophila and Mycobacterium from hot water samples. These filter units could prevent exposure of high-risk patients to waterborne pathogens... - The anergy panel: an ineffective tool to validate tuberculin skin testingCheryl L Squier
Infectious Disease Section, Department of Veterans Affairs, Pittsburgh Healthcare System, PA 15240, USA
Am J Infect Control 32:243-5. 2004 - Nursing home-acquired pneumonia: an emergency department treatment algorithmRobert R Muder
University of Pittsburgh and Division of Infectious Diseases, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
Curr Med Res Opin 20:1309-20. 2004..It is hoped the NHAP treatment algorithm will contribute to improved outcomes... - Staphylococcus aureus vaccine for orthopedic patients: an economic model and analysisBruce Y Lee
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Vaccine 28:2465-71. 2010..Our results suggest that a S. aureus vaccine for the pre-operative orthopedic population would be very cost-effective over a wide range of MRSA prevalence and vaccine efficacies and costs... - Protothecosis after liver transplantationMasashi Narita
VA Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
Liver Transpl 14:1211-5. 2008..All 4 cases of disseminated protothecosis died despite therapy with amphotericin B. Posttransplant protothecosis is a rare but significant infection that is associated with a grave prognosis... - Legionnaires' disease in long-term care facilities: overview and proposed solutionsMeena H Seenivasan
Department of Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:875-80. 2005..pneumophila serogroup 1 be found... - Association between the presence of enterococcal virulence factors gelatinase, hemolysin, and enterococcal surface protein and mortality among patients with bacteremia due to Enterococcus faecalisEmanuel N Vergis
Infectious Disease Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
Clin Infect Dis 35:570-5. 2002..Thirty-two percent of isolates carried the esp gene, 64% produced gelatinase, and 11% produced hemolysin. There was no significant association between 14-day mortality and any of the markers studied, singly or in combination... - Pharmacokinetics of cefoperazone and sulbactam in liver transplant patientsRobert R Muder
Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Clin Pharmacol 42:644-50. 2002.... - Hand hygiene practices after brief encounters with patients: an important opportunity for preventionRebecca E Dedrick
Prevention and Evaluation Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:341-5. 2007..To identify characteristics of encounters between healthcare workers (HCWs) and patients that correlated with hand hygiene adherence among HCWs... - Validation study of artificial neural network models for prediction of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriageCheng Chuan Hsu
Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:607-14. 2008..We sought to develop an artificial neural network (ANN) model that would predict the likelihood of MRSA colonization...