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Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States: Stepping Back from the Brink by Solomon, Steven L., MD, Oliver, Kristen B., MEd, MPH

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Methicillin-resistant-Staphylococcus aureus hospitalizations, United States by Kuehnert, Matthew J, Hill, Holly A, Kupronis, Benjamin A, Tokars, Jerome I, Solomon, Steven L, Jernigan, Daniel B

“…Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is increasingly a cause of nosocomial and community-onset infection with unknown national scope and…”
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A Multicenter Intervention to Prevent Catheter‐Associated Bloodstream Infections by Warren, David K., Cosgrove, Sara E., Diekema, Daniel J., Zuccotti, Gianna, Climo, Michael W., Bolon, Maureen K., Tokars, Jerome I., Noskin, Gary A., Wong, Edward S., Sepkowitz, Kent A., Herwaldt, Loreen A., Perl, Trish M., Solomon, Steven L., Fraser, Victoria J.

“…Education-based interventions can reduce the incidence of catheter-associated bloodstream infection. The generalizability of findings from single-center…”
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Impact of Ring Wearing on Hand Contamination and Comparison of Hand Hygiene Agents in a Hospital by Trick, William E., Vernon, Michael O., Hayes, Robert A., Nathan, Catherine, Rice, Thomas W., Peterson, Brian J., Segreti, John, Welbel, Sharon F., Solomon, Steven L., Weinstein, Robert A.

“…We determined risk factors for hand contamination and compared the efficacy of 3 randomly allocated hand hygiene agents in a group of surgical intensive care…”
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The Use of Economic Modeling to Determine the Hospital Costs Associated with Nosocomial Infections by Roberts, Rebecca R., Scott, R. Douglas, Cordell, Ralph, Solomon, Steven L., Steele, Lynn, Kampe, Linda M., Trick, William E., Weinstein, Robert A.

“…Hospital-associated infection is well recognized as a patient safety concern requiring preventive interventions. However, hospitals are closely monitoring…”
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Costs Attributable to Healthcare-Acquired Infection in Hospitalized Adults and a Comparison of Economic Methods by Roberts, Rebecca R., Scott, R. Douglas, Hota, Bala, Kampe, Linda M., Abbasi, Fauzia, Schabowski, Shari, Ahmad, Ibrar, Ciavarella, Ginevra G., Cordell, Ralph, Solomon, Steven L., Hagtvedt, Reidar, Weinstein, Robert A.

“…Background: Hospitals will increasingly bear the costs for healthcare-acquired conditions such as infection. Our goals were to estimate the costs attributable…”
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Measuring the Economic Costs of Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospital Settings: Summary of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Emory Workshop by Weinstein, Robert A., Howard, David, Cordell, Ralph, McGowan, John E., Packard, Randall M., Scott, R. Douglas, Solomon, Steven L.

“…Health systems administrators and clinicians need refined calculations of the attributable cost of infections due to drug-resistant microorganisms to develop…”
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Barriers to and Facilitators of Implementing an Intervention to Reduce the Incidence of Catheter‐Associated Bloodstream Infections by Kidd, Kristen M., Sinkowitz‐Cochran, Ronda L., Giblin, Tara B., Tokars, Jerome I., Cardo, Denise M., Solomon, Steven L.

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Comparing Bloodstream Infection Rates: The Effect of Indicator Specifications in the Evaluation of Processes and Indicators in Infection Control (EPIC) Study by Braun, Barbara I., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Kusek, Linda, Wong, Edward S., Solomon, Steven L., Steele, Lynn, Richards, Cheryl L., Gaynes, Robert P., Simmons, Bryan

“…Bloodstream infection (BSI) rates are used as comparative clinical performance indicators; however, variations in definitions and data-collection approaches…”
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Using automated health plan data to assess infection risk from coronary artery bypass surgery by Platt, Richard, Kleinman, Ken, Thompson, Kristin, Dokholyan, Rachel S, Livingston, James M, Bergman, Andrew, Mason, John H, Horan, Teresa C, Gaynes, Robert P, Solomon, Steven L, Sands, Kenneth E

“…We determined if infection indicators were sufficiently consistent across health plans to allow comparison of hospitals' risks of infection after coronary…”
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CDC central-line bloodstream infection prevention efforts produced net benefits of at least $640 Million during 1990-2008 by Scott, 2nd, R Douglas, Sinkowitz-Cochran, Ronda, Wise, Matthew E, Baggs, James, Goates, Scott, Solomon, Steven L, McDonald, L Clifford, Jernigan, John A

“…The prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections in patients in hospital critical care units has been a target of efforts by the Centers for…”
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Identification of Serious Drug–Drug Interactions: Results of the Partnership to Prevent Drug–Drug Interactions by Malone, Daniel C., Armstrong, Edward P., Abarca, Jacob, Grizzle, Amy J., Hansten, Philip D., Van Bergen, Robin C., Duncan-Edgar, Babette S., Solomon, Steven L., Lipton, Richard B.

“…To develop a list of clinically important drug–drug interactions (DDIs) likely to be encountered in community and ambulatory pharmacy settings and detected by…”
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The Impact of Hospital Practice on Central Venous Catheter—Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates at the Patient and Unit Level: A Multicenter Study by Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Braun, Barbara I., Kusek, Linda, Wong, Edward S., Solomon, Steven L., Parry, Michael F., Richards, Cheryl L., Simmons, Bryan

“…Objective : Little is known about factors driving variation in bloodstream infection (BSI) rates between institutions. The objectives of this study are to (1)…”
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Detection of Postoperative Surgical‐Site Infections: Comparison of Health Plan–Based Surveillance With Hospital‐Based Programs by Sands, Kenneth E., Yokoe, Deborah S., Hooper, David C., Tully, John L., Horan, Teresa C., Gaynes, Robert P., Solomon, Steven L., Platt, Richard

“…Review of health plan administrative data has been shown to be more sensitive than other methods for identifying postdischarge surgical-site infections (SSIs),…”
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About the Fourth Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Healthcare-Associated Infections by Solomon, Steven L.

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Applying economic principles to health care by Scott, 2nd, R D, Solomon, S L, McGowan, Jr, J E

“…Applying economic thinking to an understanding of resource use in patient care is challenging given the complexities of delivering health care in a hospital…”
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Electronic Interpretation of Chest Radiograph Reports to Detect Central Venous Catheters by Trick, William E., Chapman, Wendy W., Wisniewski, Mary F., Peterson, Brian J., Solomon, Steven L., Weinstein, Robert A.

“…To evaluate whether a natural language processing system, SymText, was comparable to human interpretation of chest radiograph reports for identifying the…”
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School-Based Screening for Tuberculous Infection: A Cost-Benefit Analysis by Mohle-Boetani, Janet C, Miller, Bess, Halpern, Michael, Trivedi, Amal, Lessler, Judy, Solomon, Steven L, Fenstersheib, Martin

“…Objective.—To compare tuberculin screening of all kindergartners and high school entrants (screen-all strategy) vs screening limited to high-risk children…”
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Patient colonization and environmental contamination by vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a rehabilitation facility by Trick, William E., Temple, Randy S., Chen, David, Wright, Marc O., Solomon, Steven L., Peterson, Lance R.

“…Trick WE, Temple RS, Chen D, Wright MO, Solomon SL, Peterson LR. Patient colonization and environmental contamination by vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a…”
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Impact of hospital care on incidence of bloodstream infection: the evaluation of processes and indicators in infection control study by Kritchevsky, S B, Braun, B I, Wong, E S, Solomon, S L, Steele, L, Richards, C, Simmons, B P

“…The Evaluation of Processes and Indicators in Infection Control (EPIC) study assesses the relationship between hospital care and rates of central venous…”
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