L Silvia Munoz-Price

Summary

Affiliation: University of Miami
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Infection control in field hospitals after a natural disaster: lessons learned after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti
    Paola Lichtenberger
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:951-7. 2010
  2. ncbi Bed bugs in healthcare settings
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33:1137-42. 2012
  3. ncbi Associations between bacterial contamination of health care workers' hands and contamination of white coats and scrubs
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
    Am J Infect Control 40:e245-8. 2012
  4. ncbi Decreasing operating room environmental pathogen contamination through improved cleaning practice
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33:897-904. 2012
  5. ncbi Effectiveness of stepwise interventions targeted to decrease central catheter-associated bloodstream infections
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Department of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA
    Crit Care Med 40:1464-9. 2012
  6. ncbi Ultraviolet powder versus ultraviolet gel for assessing environmental cleaning
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33:192-5. 2012
  7. ncbi Use of UV powder for surveillance to improve environmental cleaning
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32:283-5. 2011
  8. ncbi Successful eradication of a monoclonal strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae during a K. pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae outbreak in a surgical intensive care unit in Miami, Florida
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:1074-7. 2010
  9. ncbi Clinical outcomes of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections: study of a 2-state monoclonal outbreak
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:1057-62. 2010
  10. ncbi Successful control of an outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae at a long-term acute care hospital
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami, and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida 33136 1096, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:341-7. 2010

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Infection control in field hospitals after a natural disaster: lessons learned after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti
    Paola Lichtenberger
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:951-7. 2010
    ....
  2. ncbi Bed bugs in healthcare settings
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33:1137-42. 2012
    ..It is important for healthcare facilities to be prepared for this pest by implementing policies, carefully selecting materials used for hospital furniture, and educating providers on early identification and control...
  3. ncbi Associations between bacterial contamination of health care workers' hands and contamination of white coats and scrubs
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
    Am J Infect Control 40:e245-8. 2012
    ..The study aimed to determine the association between the bacterial contamination of HCWs' hands and uniforms (white coats and scrubs)...
  4. ncbi Decreasing operating room environmental pathogen contamination through improved cleaning practice
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33:897-904. 2012
    ..We aimed to determine the change in both the thoroughness of environmental cleaning and the proportion of environmental surfaces within operating rooms from which pathogenic organisms were recovered...
  5. ncbi Effectiveness of stepwise interventions targeted to decrease central catheter-associated bloodstream infections
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Department of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA
    Crit Care Med 40:1464-9. 2012
    ..Determine the impact of three stepwise interventions on the rate of central catheter-associated bloodstream infections...
  6. ncbi Ultraviolet powder versus ultraviolet gel for assessing environmental cleaning
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33:192-5. 2012
    ..001). In 92% of discordant findings, the powder was removed but not the gel (P < .001). These findings suggest preferential cleaning of visible UV targets among units with high levels of previous experience with powder...
  7. ncbi Use of UV powder for surveillance to improve environmental cleaning
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32:283-5. 2011
    ..We found a baseline cleaning rate of 41.8% that increased up to 80% (P < .001) after the institution of weekly electronic feedback (unit rates and rankings) to environmental services, hospital leadership, and unit administrators...
  8. ncbi Successful eradication of a monoclonal strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae during a K. pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae outbreak in a surgical intensive care unit in Miami, Florida
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:1074-7. 2010
    ..Nine patients were either colonized or infected with a monoclonal strain of K. pneumoniae. The implementation of a bundle of interventions on July 2009 successfully controlled the further horizontal spread of this organism...
  9. ncbi Clinical outcomes of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections: study of a 2-state monoclonal outbreak
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:1057-62. 2010
    ..To characterize the clinical outcomes of patients with bloodstream infection caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii during a 2-state monoclonal outbreak...
  10. ncbi Successful control of an outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae at a long-term acute care hospital
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami, and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida 33136 1096, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:341-7. 2010
    ..To determine the effect of a bundle of infection control interventions on the horizontal transmission of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae during an outbreak...
  11. ncbi Four years of surveillance cultures at a long-term acute care hospital
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami, and Infection Control Department, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:59-63. 2010
    ..To characterize the degree of colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) among patients admitted to a long-term acute care hospital...
  12. ncbi Prevention of bloodstream infections by use of daily chlorhexidine baths for patients at a long-term acute care hospital
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Medical Specialists, Munster, Indiana, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:1031-5. 2009
    ..To evaluate the effect of bathing patients with 2% chlorhexidine on the rates of central vascular catheter (CVC)-associated bloodstream infection (BSI) at a long-term acute care hospital (LTACH)...
  13. ncbi Emergence and rapid regional spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae
    Sarah Y Won
    Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Division of Infectious Diseases, Richmond, Virginia, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 53:532-40. 2011
    ....
  14. ncbi Four cases of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections treated with tigecycline
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Munster Community Hospital, Munster, IN, USA
    Scand J Infect Dis 38:1081-4. 2006
    ..All 4 patients were eventually cured although 1 experienced a relapse of her bacteremia while on treatment due to inadequate dosing...
  15. ncbi Acinetobacter infection
    L Silvia Munoz-Price
    Medical Specialists, Dyer, IN 46311, USA
    N Engl J Med 358:1271-81. 2008
  16. ncbi Efficacy of ertapenem for treatment of bloodstream infections caused by extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae
    Vicki L Collins
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 56:2173-7. 2012
    ..From 2005 to 2010, 261 patients with ESBL BSIs were analyzed. Outcomes were equivalent between patients treated with ertapenem and those treated with group 2 carbapenems (mortality rates of 6% and 18%, respectively; P = 0.18)...