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List of works by Robert P. Gaynes

A multicenter study measuring appropriateness of carbapenem use.

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A multicenter study on optimizing piperacillin-tazobactam use: lessons on why interventions fail.

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A nursery outbreak of multiple-aminoglycoside-resistant Escherichia coli

scientific article published in November 1984

A survey of methods used to detect nosocomial legionellosis among participants in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

scientific article published on 01 June 1999

Ability of laboratories to detect emerging antimicrobial resistance in nosocomial pathogens: a survey of project ICARE laboratories

scientific article published in September 2000

Accuracy of Reporting Nosocomial Infections In Intensive-Care–Unit Patients to the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System: A Pilot Study

scientific article published on 01 May 1998

An overview of nosocomial infections, including the role of the microbiology laboratory

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Antimicrobial proficiency testing of National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System hospital laboratories

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Antimicrobial resistance in intensive care units

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Antimicrobial resistance prevalence rates in hospital antibiograms reflect prevalence rates among pathogens associated with hospital-acquired infections

scientific article published on 21 June 2001

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of carbapenems: multicenter validity testing and accuracy levels of five antimicrobial test methods for detecting resistance in Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates

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Antimicrobial use and resistance in eight US hospitals: complexities of analysis and modeling. Intensive Care Antimicrobial Resistance Epidemiology Project and National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System Hospitals

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CDC definitions of nosocomial surgical site infections, 1992: a modification of CDC definitions of surgical wound infections

CDC definitions of nosocomial surgical site infections, 1992: a modification of CDC definitions of surgical wound infections

scientific article published in 1992

Cepheid Xpert MRSA cycle threshold in discordant colonization results and as a quantitative measure of nasal colonization burden

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Changes in the epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units in US hospitals, 1992-2003.

scientific article published on 19 December 2005

Characteristics of hospitals and infection control professionals participating in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System 1999

scientific article published on December 1, 2001

Ciprofloxacin resistance among nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in the United States

scientific article published on 01 February 1995

Comparing Bloodstream Infection Rates: The Effect of Indicator Specifications in the Evaluation of Processes and Indicators in Infection Control (EPIC) Study

scientific article published on 06 January 2006

Comparing Nosocomial Infection Rates Among Surgical Intensive-Care Units: The Importance of Separating Cardiothoracic and General Surgery Intensive-Care Units

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Comparison of agar dilution, disk diffusion, MicroScan, and Vitek antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods to broth microdilution for detection of fluoroquinolone-resistant isolates of the family Enterobacteriaceae

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Comparison of rates of nosocomial infections in neonatal intensive care units in the United States. National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

Decrease in Candida bloodstream infections in veterans in Atlanta

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Detection of postoperative surgical-site infections: comparison of health plan-based surveillance with hospital-based programs

scientific article published on October 2003

Determinants of vancomycin use in adult intensive care units in 41 United States hospitals

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

Does antimicrobial resistance cluster in individual hospitals?

scientific article published on 3 October 2002

Does hand hygiene compliance among health care workers change when patients are in contact precaution rooms in ICUs?

scientific article published on 02 March 2010

Does using a laparoscopic approach to cholecystectomy decrease the risk of surgical site infection?

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Duration of colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an acute care facility: a study to assess epidemiologic features

scientific article published on 7 January 2014

Estimating health care-associated infections and deaths in U.S. hospitals, 2002

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Evidence of interhospital transmission of extended-spectrum beta-lactam-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in the United States, 1986 to 1993. The National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

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Evolution of hospital participation in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System, 1986 to 1993.

scientific article published on December 1995

Feeding back surveillance data to prevent hospital-acquired infections

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Glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus: evaluation of a novel screening method and results of a survey of selected U.S. hospitals.

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Health care-associated and community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: A comparison of definitions

scientific article published on 22 April 2010

Hospitalization earlier than 1 year prior to admission as an additional risk factor for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Importance of bacterial burden among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers in a long-term care facility

scientific article published on February 2008

Improving benchmarks for surveillance by defining types of pediatric intensive care units

scientific article published in February 2002

Infection surveillance and control programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home care units: a preliminary assessment

scientific article published on March 2006

Influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers in the department of veterans affairs community living centers

scientific article published in February 2010

Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding piperacillin-tazobactam prescribing practices: results from a multicenter study

scientific article published on 23 October 2006

Major trends in the microbial etiology of nosocomial infection.

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Meaningful interhospital comparisons of infection rates in intensive care units

scientific article published on 01 February 1993

Measuring the scope and magnitude of hospital-associated infection in the United States: the value of prevalence surveys

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Mechanism of aminoglycoside resistance among beta-lactam-resistant Escherichia coli in the United States

scientific article published on May 1987

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal carriage in residents of Veterans Affairs long-term care facilities: role of antimicrobial exposure and MRSA acquisition

scientific article published on 13 April 2012

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in U.S. hospitals, 1975-1991

scientific article published on October 1, 1992

Monitoring antimicrobial use and resistance: comparison with a national benchmark on reducing vancomycin use and vancomycin-resistant enterococci

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National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) semiannual report, May 1995. A report from the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System

scientific article published on 01 December 1995

National nosocomial infections surveillance system (NNIS): Description of surveillance methods

scientific article published on February 1, 1991

Nosocomial Infections in HIV-Infected Patients Preliminary Results from a Multicenter Surveillance System (1989-1995)

scientific article published on July 1, 1997

Nosocomial infection rates in adult and pediatric intensive care units in the United States. National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

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Nosocomial infections among neonates in high-risk nurseries in the United States. National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

scientific article published in September 1996

Nosocomial infections in combined medical-surgical intensive care units in the United States

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Nosocomial infections in coronary care units in the United States. National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

scientific article published in September 1998

Nosocomial infections in elderly patients in the United States, 1986-1990. National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

Nosocomial infections in medical intensive care units in the United States. National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

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Nosocomial infections in pediatric intensive care units in the United States. National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

scientific article published in April 1999

Nosocomial infections in surgical patients in the United States, January 1986-June 1992. National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System

scientific article published on 01 February 1993

Nursing home-associated infections in Department of Veterans Affairs community living centers

scientific article published in August 2010

Outbreak of Clostridium difficile infection in a long-term care facility: association with gatifloxacin use.

scientific article published on 11 February 2004

Overview of nosocomial infections caused by gram-negative bacilli

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Practices to improve antimicrobial use at 47 US hospitals: the status of the 1997 SHEA/IDSA position paper recommendations. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Infectious Diseases Society of America

scientific article published in April 2000

Prevalence of nursing home-associated infections in the Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home care units

scientific article published in April 2008

Promoting quality through measurement of performance and response: prevention success stories

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Resistance to imipenem among selected gram-negative bacilli in the United States

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Risk factors associated with methicillin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus infections in veterans

scientific article published in January 2010

Risk factors for mortality associated with enterococcal bloodstream infections

scientific article published in September 1996

Secular trend of hospital-acquired candidemia among intensive care unit patients in the United States during 1989-1999.

scientific article published on 2 August 2002

Secular trends in nosocomial primary bloodstream infections in the United States, 1980-1989. National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

Surgical site infection (SSI) rates in the United States, 1992-1998: the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System basic SSI risk index

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Surgical wound infection rates by wound class, operative procedure, and patient risk index. National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

scientific article published on 01 September 1991

Surveillance of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in United States hospitals: project ICARE phase 2. Project Intensive Care Antimicrobial Resistance Epidemiology (ICARE) hospitals

scholarly article by Scott K Fridkin et al published August 1999 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Temporal changes in prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in 23 US hospitals

scientific article published on July 2002

The effect of vancomycin and third-generation cephalosporins on prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in 126 U.S. adult intensive care units

scientific article published in August 2001

The impact of antimicrobial-resistant, health care-associated infections on mortality in the United States.

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The national nosocomial infections surveillance system: Plans for the 1990s and beyond

scientific article published on September 16, 1991

Using automated health plan data to assess infection risk from coronary artery bypass surgery

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