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The next phase of the APIC/SHEA partnership by Wright, Sharon B., Dickey, Linda L.

“…Together, we create educational materials, develop practice and policy recommendations, and honor the careers of our members with the APIC-SHEA Award for…”
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Activity of fosfomycin and comparison of several susceptibility testing methods against contemporary urine isolates by Hirsch, Elizabeth B, Raux, Brian R, Zucchi, Paola C, Kim, Yisu, McCoy, Christopher, Kirby, James E, Wright, Sharon B, Eliopoulos, George M

“…Highlights • Fosfomycin susceptibility data from the USA are limited. • Activity of fosfomycin against 323 clinical urine isolates was determined. • Overall…”
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Who Needs a Blood Culture? A Prospectively Derived and Validated Prediction Rule by Shapiro, Nathan I., MD, MPH, Wolfe, Richard E., MD, Wright, Sharon B., MD, MPH, Moore, Richard, MD, Bates, David W., MD, MSC

“…Abstract The study objective was to derive and validate a clinical decision rule for obtaining blood cultures in Emergency Department (ED) patients with…”
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Raising Standards While Watching the Bottom Line: Making a Business Case for Infection Control by Perencevich, Eli N., Stone, Patricia W., Wright, Sharon B., Carmeli, Yehuda, Fisman, David N., Cosgrove, Sara E.

“…While society would benefit from a reduced incidence of nosocomial infections, there is currently no direct reimbursement to hospitals for the purpose of…”
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Treatment with Fluoroquinolones or with β-Lactam-β-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations Is a Risk Factor for Isolation of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella Species in Hospitalized Patients by WENER, Kenneth M, SCHECHNER, Vered, GOLD, Howard S, WRIGHT, Sharon B, CARMELI, Yehuda

“…Classifications Services AAC Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Procedural risk factors for deep and organ/space surgical site infection post-coronary artery bypass graft surgery by Pearl, Abarna, Gordon, Patrick S, Feeser, Baevin S, Pepe, Dana E, Mehrotra, Preeti, Wright, Sharon B

“…In this study, we examined the impact of the number and type of arterial grafts, and surgical dressing type, on deep and organ/space surgical site infection…”
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Health and economic burden of post-partum Staphylococcus aureus breast abscess by Branch-Elliman, Westyn, Lee, Grace M, Golen, Toni H, Gold, Howard S, Baldini, Linda M, Wright, Sharon B

“…To determine the health and economic burdens of post-partum Staphylococcus aureus breast abscess. We conducted a matched cohort study (N = 216) in a population…”
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Duodenoscope hang time does not correlate with risk of bacterial contamination by Heroux, Riley, Sheppard, Michelle, MSN, RN, DNPc, Wright, Sharon B., MD, MPH, Sawhney, Mandeep, MBBS, MS, Hirsch, Elizabeth B., PharmD, Kalaidjian, Robin, RN, Snyder, Graham M., MD, SM

“…Highlights • Current guidelines recommend a maximum hang time for duodenoscopes of 5-14 days. • Among 465 cultures, 34 followed a hang time ≥7 days; 431…”
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Use of expert consensus to develop a shared list of procedures with potential for aerosol generation during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by Pepe, Dana E, Mehrotra, Preeti, Bruno-Murtha, Lou Ann, Colgrove, Robert, Doron, Shira, Duncan, Robert, Ellison, 3rd, Richard, Haessler, Sarah, Hooper, David C, Klompas, Michael, Pierre, Cassandra M, Sandora, Thomas J, Shenoy, Erica S, Wright, Sharon B

“…The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlighted the lack of agreement regarding the definition of aerosol-generating procedures and potential risk…”
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization, Behavioral Risk Factors, and Skin and Soft-Tissue Infection at an Ambulatory Clinic Serving a Large Population of HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men by Szumowski, John D., Wener, Kenneth M., Gold, Howard S., Wong, Michael, Venkataraman, Lata, Runde, Carrie A., Cohen, Daniel E., Mayer, Kenneth H., Wright, Sharon B.

“…We conducted a prospective cohort study of 795 outpatients, many of whom were human immunodeficiency virus-infected men who have sex with men, to characterize…”
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At the vanguard: Leaders' perspectives on establishing healthcare system infection prevention programs by Stevens, Michael P, Wright, Sharon B, Kaye, Keith S, Zuckerman, Jerry M, Passaretti, Catherine L, Martinello, Richard A, Babcock, Hilary M, Edmond, Michael B, Snyder, Graham M

“…Hospitals are increasingly consolidating into health systems. Some systems have appointed healthcare epidemiologists to lead system-level infection prevention…”
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Glycopeptides Are No More Effective than β-Lactam Agents for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection after Cardiac Surgery: A Meta-analysis by Bolon, Maureen K., Morlote, Monica, Weber, Stephen G., Koplan, Bruce, Carmeli, Yehuda, Wright, Sharon B.

“…A meta-analysis was performed to investigate whether a switch from β-lactams to glycopeptides for cardiac surgery prophylaxis should be advised. Results of 7…”
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Observer Role Impacts Directly Observed Hand Hygiene Compliance on Medical-Surgical Units by Youssef, Nyera, RN, BSN, King, Aleah D., RN, BSN, CIC, Sulmonte, Kim, RN, BSN, MHA, Levash, Jaime, MSW, Dooley, Kaitlyn, RN, BSN, Parrett, Meghan K, Snyder, Graham M., MD, SM, Wright, Sharon B., MD, MPH

“…In our 713-bed academic tertiary care center, hand hygiene (HH) measurement was previously calculated by product usage corrected for patient census, validated…”
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Expanding Roles of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control in Spite of Limited Resources and Compensation by Wright, Sharon B., Ostrowsky, Belinda, Fishman, Neil, Deloney, Valerie M., Mermel, Leonard, Perl, Trish M.

“…Data on the resources and staff compensation of hospital epidemiology and infection control (HEIC) departments are limited and do not reflect current roles and…”
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Determining the Ideal Strategy for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Prevention. Cost-Benefit Analysis by Branch-Elliman, Westyn, Wright, Sharon B, Howell, Michael D

“…Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common healthcare-associated infection with high associated cost and poor patient outcomes. Many strategies for VAP…”
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The next phase of the APIC/SHEA partnership by Wright, Sharon B, Dickey, Linda L

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Universal Masking in Health Care Settings: A Pandemic Strategy Whose Time Has Come and Gone, For Now by Shenoy, Erica S, Babcock, Hilary M, Brust, Karen B, Calderwood, Michael S, Doron, Shira, Malani, Anurag N, Wright, Sharon B, Branch-Elliman, Westyn

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the use of facemasks has been mandated in all health care settings for individuals older than 2 years,…”
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Estimating duration of central venous catheter at time of insertion: Clinician judgment and clinical predictors by Holmberg, Mathias J., BS, Andersen, Lars W., MD, Graver, Amanda, MPH, Wright, Sharon B., MD, MPH, Yassa, David, MD, MPH, Howell, Michael D., MD, MPH, Donnino, Michael W., MD, Cocchi, Michael N., MD

“…Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate whether clinicians can estimate the length of time a central venous catheter (CVC) will remain in…”
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National survey of infectious disease fellowship program directors: A call for subspecialized training in infection prevention and control and healthcare epidemiology by Winkler, Marisa L., Paras, Molly L., Wright, Sharon B., Shenoy, Erica S.

“…The importance of infection prevention and control and healthcare epidemiology (IPC/HE) in healthcare facilities was highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic…”
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Development of a Flexible, Computerized Database to Prioritize, Record, and Report Influenza Vaccination Rates for Healthcare Personnel by Melia, Michael, O’Neill, Sarah, Calderon, Sherry, Hewitt, Sandra, Orlando, Kelly, Bithell‐Taylor, Karen, Affeln, Dieter, Conti, Carolyn, Wright, Sharon B.

“…To describe the method used to develop a flexible, computerized database for recording and reporting rates of influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel…”
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