Healthcare-Associated Gastrointestinal Tract Infections Nicolas A. Melgarejo Herbert L. DuPont Although infectious diarrhea is well recognized in the outpatient setting, enteric infections acquired in the hospital are less well studied….
Healthcare-Associated Sinusitis Marc J.M. Bonten Healthcare-associated sinusitis (HAS) is a common, unrecognized cause of fever and even sepsis in mechanically ventilated patients. Underestimation of its incidence is at least partly…
Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia Dennis C.J.J. Bergmans Marc J.M. Bonten The substantial clinical and financial impact of healthcareassociated pneumonia makes this an important topic for healthcare epidemiologists. According to surveillance data from…
Surgical Site Infections Sarah Y. Won Edward S. Wong Despite advances in operative techniques, better understanding of the pathogenesis of surgical site infections (SSIs), and widespread use of prophylactic antibiotics,…
Healthcare-Associated Urinary Tract Infections John P. Burke David J. Pombo Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common healthcare-associated infections in both acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities, accounting…
Healthcare-Associated Bloodstream Infections Trevor C. VanSchooneveld Mark E. Rupp Healthcare-associated bloodstream infections (HA-BSIs) are a significant and continuing problem in our present-day healthcare system. A variety of factors, including central…
Healthcare-Associated Infections Related to Use of Intravascular Devices Inserted for Long-Term Vascular Access Anne-Marie Chaftari Issam Raad Long-term intravascular devices (IVDs) have become indispensable in the modern medical care of…
Biostatistics for Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control Elizabeth A. Tolley It is common knowledge that investigators face challenges during all phases of planning and implementing research protocols. Clinical and experimental…
Healthcare-Associated Infections Related to the Use of Intravascular Devices Inserted for Short-Term Vascular Access Angela L. Hewlett Mark E. Rupp BACKGROUND AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE Short-term vascular catheters are vitally important…
the Electronic Health Record: An Essential Technology for Healthcare Epidemiology Andreas M. Kogelnik Justin V. Graham David C. Classen Healthcare is an information-intensive industry. Information management is integral to clinical…
