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List of works by Mary Vearncombe

1208. Preventing Transmission of Bloodborne Viruses from-Infected Healthcare Workers to Patients in Canadian Healthcare Settings: A National Guideline

A Caenorhabditis elegans host model correlates with invasive disease caused by Staphylococcus aureus recovered during an outbreak in neonatal intensive care

scientific article published on January 2012

AMMI Canada position paper: 2012 Mandatory influenza immunization of health care workers

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Acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in contacts of patients newly identified as colonized or infected with MRSA in the immediate postexposure and postdischarge periods

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An outbreak due to multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a burn unit: risk factors for acquisition and management

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Are health care workers protected? An observational study of selection and removal of personal protective equipment in Canadian acute care hospitals

scientific article published on 13 October 2012

Caring for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients in acute care institutions in the greater Toronto area

scientific article published on 01 December 2008

Cluster of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome among Toronto healthcare workers after implementation of infection control precautions: a case series.

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Cluster of severe acute respiratory syndrome cases among protected health care workers-Toronto, April 2003.

scientific article published on June 2003

Co-circulation of multiple genotypes of human rhinovirus during a large outbreak of respiratory illness in a veterans' long-term care home

scientific article published on 31 July 2013

Deoxyribonucleic acid fingerprinting in an outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus intracranial infection after neurotologic surgery

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Detection of airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus and environmental contamination in SARS outbreak units

scientific article published on 18 March 2005

Do physicians clean their hands? Insights from a covert observational study

scientific article published on 5 July 2016

Elimination of Screening Urine Cultures Prior to Elective Joint Arthroplasty

scientific article published on 22 December 2016

Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium (StrepB select) for detection of group B Streptococcus from vaginal-rectal specimens

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Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium, MRSA select, for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Factors associated with critical-care healthcare workers' adherence to recommended barrier precautions during the Toronto severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak

scientific article published on 26 September 2007

Guidelines for the prevention and management of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A perspective for Canadian health care practitioners

scientific article published on September 2006

Impact of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic on Canadian health care workers: a survey on vaccination, illness, absenteeism, and personal protective equipment

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Indwelling urinary catheter surveillance using a Task-oriented nurse acuity system

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

Medical Directive for Urinary Catheter Removal by Nurses on General Medical Wards

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Neonatal group B streptococcal disease: incidence, presentation, and mortality

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Nosocomial acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome

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Nosocomial transmission of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Toronto, Canada

scientific article published on 20 November 2012

Periprosthetic Infection following Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: The Impact of Limiting the Postoperative Surveillance Period.

scientific article published on 11 November 2016

Preventing transmission of bloodborne viruses from infected healthcare workers to patients: Summary of a new Canadian Guideline

scientific article published on 05 December 2019

Risk factors for SARS transmission from patients requiring intubation: a multicentre investigation in Toronto, Canada

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Risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection during an outbreak in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery

scientific article published on 21 December 2012

Risk factors for surgical-site infection following primary total knee arthroplasty

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Standardisation of perioperative urinary catheter use to reduce postsurgical urinary tract infection: an interrupted time series study

scientific article published on 29 May 2018

The role of colonization pressure in nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Use of oseltamivir during influenza outbreaks in Ontario nursing homes, 1999-2000.

scientific article published in April 2002

Utility of direct, real-time PCR in the management of a nosocomial outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (vanB genotype).

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Utility of environmental sampling for the prevention of transmission of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in hospitals.

scientific article published in January 2009

Who is conflicted about handwashing?

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