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A multicenter study of Clostridium difficile infection-related colectomy, 2000-2006 (with Amelia M. Kasper, Humaa A. Nyazee, Deborah S. Yokoe, Jeanmarie Mayer, Julie E. Mangino, Yosef M. Khan, Bala Hota, and Erik R. Dubberke), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2012)
 

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Beyond 30 days: Does limiting the duration of surgical site infection follow-up limit detection? (with Julie D. Lankiewicz, Deborah S. Yokoe, Margaret A. Olsen, Fallon Onufrak, Kurt Stevenson, Yosef Khan, David Hooper, Richard Platt, and Susan S. Huang), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2012)
 

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Implementing automated surveillance for tracking Clostridium difficile infection at multiple healthcare facilities (with Erik R. Dubberke, Humaa A. Nyazee, Deborah S. Yokoe, Jeanmarie Mayer, Kurt B. Stevenson, Julie E. Mangino, Yosef M. Khan, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenter Program), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2012)
 

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Use of medicare diagnosis and procedure codes to improve detection of surgical site infections following hip arthroplasty, knee arthroplasty, and vascular surgery (with Michael S. Calderwood, Allen Ma, Yosef M. Khan, Margaret A. Olsen, Dale W. Bratzler, Deborah S. Yokoe, David C. Hooper, Kurt Stevenson, Richard Platt, Susan S. Huang, and CDC Prevention Epicenters Program), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2012)
 

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Development and validation of a Clostridium difficile infection risk prediction model (with Erik R. Dubberke, Yan Yan, Kimberly A. Reske, Anne M. Butler, Joshua Doherty, and Victor Pham), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2011)
 

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Prevalence of nasal carriage of mupirocin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among hospitalized patients in Thailand (with Anucha Apisarnthanarak and David K. Warren), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2011)
 

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Use of Medicare claims to rank hospitals by surgical site infection risk following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (with Susan S. Huang, Hilary Placzek, James Livingston, Allen Ma, Fallon Onufrak, Julie Lankiewicz, Ken Kleinman, Dale Bratzler, Margaret A. Olsen, Rosie Lyles, Yosef Khan, Paula Wright, Deborah S. Yokoe, Robert A. Weinstein, Kurt Stevenson, David Hooper, Johanna Vostok, Rupak Datta, Wato Nsa, and Richard Platt), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2011)
 

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Comparison of costs of surgical site infection and endometritis after cesarean delivery using claims and medical record data (with Margaret A. Olsen, Anne M. Butler, Denise M. Willers, and Gilad A. Gross), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (2010)
 

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Use of diagnosis codes and/or wound culture results for surveillance of surgical site infection after mastectomy and breast reconstruction (with Margaret A. Olsen), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (2010)
 

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Attributable costs of surgical site infection and endometritis after low transverse cesarean delivery (with Margaret A. Olsen, Anne M. Butler, Denise M. Willers, Gilad A. Gross, and Barton H. Hamilton), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (2010)
 

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Risk factors for endometritis after low transverse cesarean delivery (with Margaret A. Olsen, Anne M. Butler, Denise M. Willers, Gilad A. Gross, and Preetishma Devkota), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (2010)
 

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A crossover intervention trial evaluating the efficacy of a chlorhexidine-impregnated sponge in reducing catheter-related bloodstream infections among patients undergoing hemodialysis (with Bernard C. Camins, Amy M. Richmond, Kathrin L. Dyer, Heather N. Zimmerman, Daniel W. Coyne, and Marcos Rothstein), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2010)
 

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Attributable costs of enterococcal bloodstream infections in a nonsurgical hospital cohort (with Anne M. Butler, Margaret A. Olsen, Liana R. Merz, Rebecca M. Guth, Keith F. Woeltje, and Bernard C. Camins), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (2010)
 

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Comparison of costs of surgical site infection and endometritis after cesarean delivery using claims and medical record data (with Margaret A. Olsen, Anne M. Butler, Denise M. Willers, and Gilad A. Gross), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (2010)
 

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Influenza vaccination among healthcare workers: ten-year experience of a large healthcare organization (with M. Christina Ajenjo, Keith F. Woeltje, Hilary M. Babcock, Nancy Gemeinhart, and Marilyn Jones), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (2010)
 

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Influenza vaccination among healthcare workers: Ten-year experience of a large healthcare organization (with Cristina Ajenjo, Keith F. Woeltje, Hilary M. Babcock, Nancy Gemeinhart, and Marilyn Jones), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2010)
 

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Multicenter study of surveillance for hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infection by the use of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes (with Erik R. Dubberke, Anne M. Butler, Deborah S. Yokoe, Jeanmarie Mayer, Baba Hota, Julie E. Mangino, Yosef M. Khan, Kyle J. Popovich, Kurt B. Stevenson, Clifford McDonald, Margaret A. Olsen, and Prevention Epicenters Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (2010)
 

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The epidemiology of hematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis: A cohort study in a tertiary care hospital (with Kavita P. Bhavan, Jonas Marschall, Margaret A. Olsen, Neill M. Wright, and David K. Warren), BMC Infectious Diseases (2010)
 

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Between community and hospital: Healthcare-associated gram-negative bacteremia among hospitalized patients (with Jonas Marschall, Joshua Doherty, and David K. Warren), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2009)
 

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Developing a risk stratification model for surgical site infection after abdominal hysterectomy (with Margaret A. Olsen, James Higham-Kessler, Deborah S. Yokoe, Anne M. Butler, Johanna Vostok, Kurt B. Stevenson, and Yosef Khan), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2009)
 

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Difficulty in diagnosing surgical site infection after arthroscopy in developing countries (with Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Siriporn Wittayachanyapong, Pranee Sitaposa, Kanokporn Thongphubeth, and Hilary Babcock), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2009)
 

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Herpes zoster risk factors in a national cohort of veterans with rheumatoid arthritis (with Jay R. McDonald, Angelique L. Zeringue, Liron Caplan, Prabha Ranganathan, Hong Xian, Thomas E. Burroughs, Fran Cunningham, and Seth A. Eisen), Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2009)
 

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Multicenter study of the impact of community-onset Clostridium difficile infection on surveillance for C. difficile infection (with Erik R. Dubberke, Anne M. Butler, Bala Hota, Yosef M. Khan, Julie E. Mangino, Jeanmarie Mayer, Kyle J. Popovich, Kurt B. Stevenson, Deborah S. Yokoe, L Clifford McDonald, and John Jernigan), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2009)
 

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Potentially pathogenic bacteria in shower water and air of a stem cell transplant unit (with Sarah D. Perkins, Jennie Mayfield, and Largus T. Angenent), Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2009)
 

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Presence of the KPC carbapenemase gene in Enterobacteriaceae causing bacteremia and its correlation with in vitro carbapenem susceptibility (with Jonas Marschall; Robert J. Tibbetts; W. Michael Dunne, Jr.; Jonathan G. Frye; and David K. Warren), Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2009)
 

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Zero: What is it, and how do we get there?, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2009)
 

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Attributable outcomes of endemic Clostridium difficile-associated disease in nonsurgical patients (with Erik R. Dubberke, Anne M. Butler, Kimberly Ann Reske, Denis Agniel, Margaret A. Olsen, Gina D'Angelo, and Clifford McDonald), Emerging Infectious Diseases (2008)
 

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Case-control study of clinical features of influenza in hospitalized patients (with Hilary M. Babcock, Liana R. Merz, and Erik R. Dubberke), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2008)
 

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Case-control study of pediatric cardiothoracic surgical site infections (with Galit Holzmann-Pazgal, Diane Hopkins-Broyles, Angela Recktenwald, Melinda Hohrein, Patricia Kieffer, Charles Huddleston, and Sharma Anshuman), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2008)
 

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Gram-negative bacteraemia in non-ICU patients: factors associated with inadequate antibiotic therapy and impact on outcomes (with Jonas Marschall, Denis Agniel, Joshua Doherty, and David K. Warren), The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2008)
 

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Hospital-associated costs due to surgical site infection after breast surgery (with Margaret A. Olsen, Sorawuth Chu-Ongsakul, Keith E. Brandt, Jill R. Deitz, and Jennie Mayfield), Archives of Surgery (2008)
 

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Inappropriate use of antifungal medications in a tertiary care center in Thailand: a prospective study (with Apisada Sutepvarnon, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Bernard C. Camins, and Kristin Mondy), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (2008)
 

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Inappropriate use of antifungal medications in a tertiary care center in Thailand: A prospective study (with Apisada Sutepvarnon, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Bernard Camins, and Kristin Mondy), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2008)
 

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Intervention to prevent falls on the medical service in a teaching hospital (with Melissa J. Krauss, Nhial T. Tutlam, Eileen Constantinou, Shirley Johnson, and Diane M. Jackson), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (2008)
 

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Long-term outcome of an intervention to remove unnecessary urinary catheters, with and without a quality improvement team, in a Thai tertiary care center (with Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Akeruetai Suwannakin, Puritat Maungboon, and David K. Warren), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2008)
 

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Lost opportunities: How physicians communicate about medical errors (with Jane M. Garbutt, Amy D. Waterman, Julie M. Kapp, William Claiborne Dunagan, Wendy Levinson, and Thomas H. Gallagher), Health Affairs (Millwood) (2008)
 

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Outbreak of postoperative endophthalmitis in a Thai tertiary care center (with Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Supanee Jirajariyavej, Kanokporn Thongphubeth, Chananart Yuekyen, and David K. Warren), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2008)
 

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Risk factors for surgical site infection after low transverse cesarean section (with Margaret A. Olsen, Anne M. Butler, Denise M. Willers, Preetishma Devkota, and Gilad A. Gross), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (2008)
 

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Risk factors for surgical site infection following orthopaedic spinal operations (with Margaret A. Olsen, Jeffrey J. Nepple, K. Daniel Riew, Lawrence G. Lenke, Keith H. Bridwell, and Jennie Mayfield), The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (2008)
 

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Short- and long-term attributable costs of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in nonsurgical inpatients (with Erik R. Dubberke, Kimberly Ann Reske, Margaret A. Olsen, and Clifford McDonald), Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2008)
 

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Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals (with Jonas Marschall, Leonard A. Mermel, David Classen, Kathleen M. Arias, Kelly Podgorny, Deverick J. Anderson, Helen Burstin, David P. Calfee, Susan E. Coffin, Erik R. Dubberke, Dale N. Gerding, Frances A. Griffin, Peter Gross, Keith S. Kaye, Michael Klompas, Evelyn Lo, Lindsay Nicolle, David A. Pegues, Trish M. Perl, Sanjay Saint, Cassandra D. Salgado, Robert A. Weinstein, Robert Wise, and Deborah S. Yokoe), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2008)
 

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Strategies to prevent Clostridium difficile infections in acute care hospitals (with Erik R. Dubberke, Dale N. Gerding, David Classen, Kathleen M. Arias, Kelly Podgorny, Deverick J. Anderson, Helen Burstin, David P. Calfee, Susan E. Coffin, Frances A. Griffin, Peter Gross, Keith S. Kaye, Michael Klompas, Evelyn Lo, Jonas Marschall, Leonard A. Mermel, Lindsay Nicolle, David A. Pegues, Trish M. Perl, Sanjay Saint, Cassandra D. Salgado, Robert A. Weinstein, Robert Wise, and Deborah S. Yokoe), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2008)
 

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Case-control study of surgical site infections associated with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (with Jonas Marschall, Diane Hopkins-Broyles, Marilyn Jones, and David K. Warren), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2007)
 

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Catheter-associated bloodstream infections in general medical patients outside the intensive care unit: A surveillance study (with Jonas Marschall, Carole Leone, Marilyn Jones, Deborah Nihill, and David K. Warren), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2007)
 

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Circumstances of patient falls and injuries in 9 hospitals in a midwestern healthcare system (with Melissa J. Krauss, Sheila L. Nguyen, Wm. Claiborne Dunagan, Stanley Birge, Eileen Costantinou, Shirley Johnson, and Barbara Caleca), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2007)
 

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Effectiveness of multifaceted hospitalwide quality improvement programs featuring an intervention to remove unnecessary urinary catheters at a Tertiary Care Center in Thailand (with Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Kanokporn Thongphubeth, Sirinaj Sirinvaravong, Danai Kitkangvan, Chananart Yuekyen, Boonyasit Warachan, and David K. Warren), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2007)
 

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Severity of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients: Evaluation of a CDAD severity grading system (with Erik R. Dubberke, Justin Sadhu, Robert Gatti, Kimberly A. Reske, John F. DiPersio, and Steven M. Devine), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2007)
 

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A multicenter intervention to prevent catheter-associate bloodstream infections (with David K. Warren, Sara E. Cosgrove, Daniel J. Diekema, Gianna Zuccotti, Michael W. Climo, Maureen K. Bolon, Jerome I. Tokars, Gary A. Noskin, Edward S. Wong, Kent A. Sepkowitz, Loreen A. Herwaldt, Trish M. Perl, and Steven L. Solomon), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2006)
 

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Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in a surgical intensive care unit (with David K. Warren, Rebecca M. Guth, Craig M. Coopersmith, Liana R. Merz, and Jeanne E. Zack), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2006)
 

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Inappropriate antibiotic use in a tertiary care center in thailand: An incidence study and review of experience in Thailand (with Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Somwang Danchaivijitr, and Thomas C. Bailey), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2006)
 

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Is influenza an influenza-like illness? Clinical presentation of influenza in hospitalized patients (with Hilary M. Babcock and Liana R. Merz), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2006)
 

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Outbreak of Salmonella javiana infection at a children's hospital (with Alexis Elward, Autumn Grim, Patricia Schroeder, Patricia Kieffer, Patricia Sellenriek, Rhonda Ferrett, Hilda Chaski Adams, Virginia Phillips, Rhonda Bartow, Debra Mays, Steven Lawrence, Patrick Seed, Galit Holzmann-Pazgal, Louis Polish, and Terry Leet), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2006)
 

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Preventing catheter-associated bloodstream infections: A survey of policies for insertion and care of central venous catheters from hospitals in the prevention epicenter program (with David K. Warren, Deborah S. Yokoe, Michael W. Climo, Loreen A. Herwaldt, Gary A. Noskin, Gianna Zuccotti, Jermone I. Tokars, and Trish M. Perl), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2006)
 

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Risk factors for nosocomial primary bloodstream infection in pediatric intensive care unit patients: A 2-year prospective cohort study (with Alexis M. Elward), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2006)
 

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Patterns and predictors of inpatient falls and fall-related injuries in a large academic hospital (with Irene D. Fischer, Melissa J. Krauss, William Claiborne Dunagan, Stanley Birge, Eileen Hitcho, Shirley Johnson, and Eileen Constantinou), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2005)
 

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Varying rates of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea at prevention epicenter hospitals (with SeJean Sohn, Michael Climo, Daniel Diekema, Loreen Herwaldt, Susan Marino, Gary Noskin, Trish Perl, Xiaoyan Song, Jerome Tokars, David Warren, Edward Wong, Deborah S. Yokoe, Theresa Zembower, and Kent A. Sepkowitz), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2005)
 

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Antimicrobial use and the influence of inadequate empiric antimicrobial therapy on the outcomes of nosocomial bloodstream infections in a neonatal intensive care unit (with Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Galit Holzmann-Pazgal, Aaron Hamvas, and Margaret A. Olson), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2004)
 

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Postexposure prophylaxis against varicella-zoster virus infection among recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplant: Unresolved issues (with David M. Weinstock, Michael Boeckh, Farid Boulad, Janet A. Eagan, David K. Henderson, Trish M. Perl, Deborah Yokoe, and Kent A. Sepkowitz), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2004)
 

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Survey of knowledge, beliefs, and practices of neonatal intensive care unit healthcare workers regarding nosocomial infections, central venous catheter care, and hand hygiene (with Allison M. Kennedy and Alexis M. Elward), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2004)
 

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Differences in percutaneous injury patterns in a multi-hospital system (with Hilary M. Babcock), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2003)
 

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Prevalence of the use of central venous access devices within and outside of the intensive care unit: Results of a survey among hospitals in the prevention epicenter program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (with Michael Climo, Dan Diekema, David K. Warren, Loreen A. Herwaldt, Trish M. Perl, Lance Peterson, Theresa Plaskett, Connie Price, Kent Sepkowitz, Steve Solomon, Jerry Tokars, and Edward Wong), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2003)
 

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Risk factors for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia in oncology patients: A case-control study (with Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Jennie L. Mayfield, Teresa Garison, Patricia M. Mclendon, John F. DiPersio, and Louis B. Polish), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2003)
 

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Risk of hospital-acquired legionnaires' disease in cities using monochloramine versus other water disinfectants (with James D. Heffelfinger, Jacob L. Kool, Scott Fridkin, Jeffrey Hageman, Jospeh Carpenter, and Cynthia G. Whitney), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2003)
 

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The epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus colonization in a medical intensive care unit (with David K. Warren, Marin H. Kollef, Sondra M. Seiler, and Scott K. Fridkin), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2003)
 

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Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a multi-hospital system: Differences in microbiology by location (with Hilary M. Babcock, Jeanne E. Zack, Teresa Garrison, Ellen Trovillion, and Marin H. Kollef), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2003)
 

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Improved compliance with universal precautions in the operating room following an educational intervention (with Lynn E. Kim, Donna B. Jeffe, Bradley A. Evanoff, Sunita Mutha, and Brad Freeman), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology: The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (2001)
 

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Healthcare workers' perceptions of occupational exposure (with Sunita Mutha, Donna B. Jeffe, Lynn E. Kim, Paul B. L'Ecuyer, and Bradley A. Evanoff), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology: The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (1999)
 

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Use of personal protective equipment and operating room behaviors in four surgical subspecialties: personal protective equipment and behaviors in surgery (with Deniz Akduman, Lynn E. Kim, Rodney L. Parks, Paul B. L'Ecuyer, Sunita Mutha, Donna B. Jeffe, and Bradley A. Evanoff), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (1999)
 

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Does clinical experience affect medical students' knowledge, attitudes, and compliance with universal precautions? (with Donna B. Jeffe, Sunitha Mutha, Lynn E. Kim, Bradley A. Evanoff, and Paul B. L'Ecuyer), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (1998)
 

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Healthcare workers' attitudes and compliance with universal precautions: gender, occupation, and specialty differences (with Donna B. Jeffe, Mutha Sunita, Paul B. L'Ecuyer, Lynn E. Kim, Renee B. Singal, and Bradley A. Evanoff), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (1997)