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List of works by Christopher J Crnich

"Oops! I forgot HIV": resident physician self-audits and universal HIV screening.

scientific article published on 29 September 2014

1827. Clinical Staff Retention and Leadership Stability and Antibiotic Utilization in Nursing Homes

1829. A Systems Approach to Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship

2048. Antibiogram Use in Wisconsin Nursing Homes

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

2050. Effect of a Stewardship Intervention on Post-Prescriptive Antibiotic Timeouts in Nursing Homes

2051. Frequency of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes

2052. Characterizing Nursing and Provider Social Networks to Develop an Instrument to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts in Nursing Homes

2053. Information Gaps Among Patients Prescribed Antibiotics on Discharge to Nursing Homes

2054. Hospital-initiated Antibiotics in Nursing Homes

237. Antibiotic Assessment at Discharge-Room for Stewardship Intervention

2372. Multidisciplinary Care Teams to Reduce Major Amputations for Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Systematic Review

463. Healthcare Workers Perceptions Regarding the Use of an Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring System at a VA Hospital

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516. Social Network Analysis to Study MDRO Transmission in VA Community Living Centers and Spinal Cord Injury Units

857. A Tele-Antibiotic Stewardship Program Influences Antibiotic Use at 2 Rural Veterans Affairs Medical Centers

A Multifaceted Antimicrobial Stewardship Program for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Cystitis in Nursing Home Residents

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

A pilot study using telehealth to implement antimicrobial stewardship at two rural Veterans Affairs medical centers

scientific article published on 06 September 2018

Acquisition and persistence of strain-specific methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and their determinants in community nursing homes

scientific article published on 6 December 2017

An antibiotic prescription induces resistance at the individual level more than the group level

scientific article published on 15 June 2013

An approach to endemic multi-drug-resistant bacteria in nursing homes.

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Antibiogram of Urinary Isolates

scientific article published in June 2013

Antibiotic Stewardship for Older Adults in Ambulatory Care Settings: Addressing an Unmet Challenge

scientific article published on 21 November 2019

Antibiotic Stewardship in Nursing Facilities

scientific article published in December 2017

Antibiotic assessment at hospital discharge-Room for stewardship intervention

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Antibiotic prescribing upon discharge from the hospital to long-term care facilities: Implications for antimicrobial stewardship requirements in post-acute settings

scientific article published on 09 November 2018

Antibiotic resistance in non-major metropolitan skilled nursing facilities: prevalence and interfacility variation.

scientific article published on 21 September 2012

Are Antimicrobial-Impregnated Catheters Effective? When Does Repetition Reach the Point of Exhaustion?

scientific article published in September 2005

Are antimicrobial-impregnated catheters effective? Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater

scientific article published on 15 April 2004

Assessment of risk factors for multi-drug resistant organisms to guide empiric antibiotic selection in long term care: a dilemma

scientific article published on 12 October 2010

At a Rural Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Telehealth Decreased Antibiotic Use in Long-Term, but not Acute Care.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

A Multidisciplinary Evaluation of Staphylococcus aureus Screening, Decolonization and Patient Adherence to Pre-Operative Decolonization Procedures

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Bacteremic outcomes in older adults: what is age telling us?

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Barriers and facilitators of universal HIV screening among internal medicine residents

scientific article published in October 2013

Black spots in the returning traveler

scientific article published on 15 November 2013

Building Implementation Science for Veterans Affairs Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention: VA Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Network (VHIN).

scientific article published on 2 April 2018

Challenges and Strategies for Prevention of Multidrug-Resistant Organism Transmission in Nursing Homes

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Changes in antibiotic use following implementation of a telehealth stewardship pilot program

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Clinical problem-solving. A gut instinct

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Clinical uncertainties in the approach to long term care residents with possible urinary tract infection

scientific article published on February 2014

Cloudy, Foul-Smelling Urine Not a Criteria for Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Older Adults

scientific article published on 20 May 2016

Comparing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Prevention Programs Between Veterans Affairs Nursing Homes and Non-Veterans Affairs Nursing Homes

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Comparing appropriateness of antibiotics for nursing home residents by setting of prescription initiation: a cross-sectional analysis.

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Comparison of pulsed-gel electrophoresis and a commercial repetitive-element PCR method for assessment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clustering in different health care facilities.

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Constitutional Symptoms Trigger Diagnostic Testing Before Antibiotic Prescribing in High-Risk Nursing Home Residents

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Correlation of prevention practices with rates of health care-associated Clostridioides difficile infection

scientific article published on 29 October 2019

Decisional Guidance Tool for Antibiotic Prescribing in the Skilled Nursing Facility

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

Development of a Collaborative Practice Agreement Template to Promote the Role of the Pharmacist in Managing Urinary Tract Infections in Long-term Care Residents.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Device-associated nosocomial infection rates in intensive care units of Argentina

scientific article published in March 2004

Diabetic foot ulcer severity predicts mortality among veterans with type 2 diabetes

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Diagnostic accuracy of criteria for urinary tract infection in a cohort of nursing home residents.

scientific article published in February 2008

Do Safety Culture Scores in Nursing Homes Depend on Job Role and Ownership? Results from a National Survey.

scientific article published on 28 August 2017

Does the composition of urinary catheters influence clinical outcomes and the results of research studies?

scientific article published in January 2007

Effect of a Standard vs Enhanced Implementation Strategy to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing in Nursing Homes: A Trial Protocol of the Improving Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Nursing Institutions Through Facilitated Implementation (IMUNIFI

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Effect of an infection control program using education and performance feedback on rates of intravascular device-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units in Argentina

scientific article published in November 2003

Effect of antibiotic time-outs on modification of antibiotic prescriptions in nursing homes

scientific article published on 07 April 2020

Effects of Excessive Antibiotic Use in Nursing Homes

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Efficacy and safety of a novel antimicrobial preoperative skin preparation

scientific article published on 06 August 2019

Estimating Excess Length of Stay Due to Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Nursing Facility Residents: Safety Questions Remain

scientific article published on 3 August 2010

History Forgotten Is History Relived

scientific article published on 12 December 2005

Hot Tub–Associated Necrotizing Pneumonia due toPseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published in February 2003

Identifying conditions for elimination and epidemic potential of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nursing homes

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Impact of an infection control program on rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units in 2 Argentinean hospitals

scientific article published in March 2006

Implementing Daily Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Bathing in VA Settings: The Human Factors Engineering to Prevent Resistant Organisms (HERO) Project

scientific article published on 24 December 2020

Important Care and Activity Preferences in a Nationally Representative Sample of Nursing Home Residents.

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

Improvements in Antibiotic Appropriateness for Cystitis in Older Nursing Home Residents: A Quality Improvement Study With Randomized Assignment

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

Improving Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Older Adults: A Paradigm Shift or Therapeutic Nihilism?

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In Pursuit of Meaningful Performance Measures for Postacute Care

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

Infections in Older Adults: A Case-Based Discussion Series Emphasizing Antibiotic Stewardship

scientific article published on 21 September 2018

Infections in the neutropenic patient--new views of an old problem

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Infectious Diseases in Older Adults of Long-Term Care Facilities: Update on Approach to Diagnosis and Management

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Intra-Facility Acquisition of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Southern Wisconsin Skilled Nursing Facilities

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Knowledge, beliefs, and confidence regarding infections and antimicrobial stewardship: a survey of Veterans Affairs providers who care for older adults.

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Limb Embolism in a 52-Year-Old Woman

scientific article published on May 2016

Line sepsis in the ICU: prevention, diagnosis, and management

scientific article published in February 2003

Longitudinal trends in antibiotic resistance in US nursing homes, 2000-2004.

scientific article published on 22 June 2007

Medical device-associated infections in the long-term care setting.

scientific article published on March 2012

National trends in the treatment of urinary tract infections among Veterans' Affairs Community Living Center residents

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

Nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit associated with invasive medical devices

scientific article published in November 2001

Optimizing Antibiotic Stewardship in Nursing Homes: A Narrative Review and Recommendations for Improvement

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Pneumonia in the nursing home

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Predicting the Impact of Contact Precautions on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Outcomes: Caution Up Ahead

scientific article published in June 2013

Reliability of nonlocalizing signs and symptoms as indicators of the presence of infection in nursing-home residents

scientific article published on 09 December 2020

Results of a Veterans Affairs employee education program on antimicrobial stewardship for older adults.

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Serratia marcescens Bacteremia: Nosocomial Cluster Following Narcotic Diversion.

scientific article published on 6 July 2017

Setting a Research Agenda in Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs) Outside of Acute Care Settings

scientific article published in February 2018

Surveillance Definitions of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities: Revisiting the McGeer Criteria ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2012

Swab culture of purulent skin infection to detect infection or colonization with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

scientific article published on 31 May 2011

Template for an Antibiotic Stewardship Policy for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings

scientific article published on 18 September 2017

The Association Between Geographic Density of Infectious Disease Physicians and Limb Preservation in Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcers

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The Development of a Decision Tool for the Empiric Treatment of Suspected Urinary Tract Infection in Frail Older Adults: A Delphi Consensus Procedure

scientific article published on 15 June 2018

The IOU Consensus Recommendations for Empirical Therapy of Cystitis in Nursing Home Residents.

scientific article published on 24 December 2018

The Improving Outcomes of UTI Management in Long-Term Care Project (IOU) Consensus Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Uncomplicated Cystitis in Nursing Home Residents

scientific article published on 20 July 2018

The attributable cost, length of hospital stay, and mortality of central line-associated bloodstream infection in intensive care departments in Argentina: A prospective, matched analysis

scientific article published in December 2003

The effects of prolonged ethanol exposure on the mechanical properties of polyurethane and silicone catheters used for intravascular access.

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The importance of good data, analysis, and interpretation for showing the economics of reducing healthcare-associated infection

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The pathogenesis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: its relevance to developing effective strategies for prevention

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The promise of novel technology for the prevention of intravascular device-related bloodstream infection. I. Pathogenesis and short-term devices

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The promise of novel technology for the prevention of intravascular device-related bloodstream infection. II. Long-term devices.

scientific article published on 17 April 2002

The risk of bloodstream infection in adults with different intravascular devices: a systematic review of 200 published prospective studies.

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The role of intravascular devices in sepsis

scientific article published in November 2001

The role of the intensive care unit environment in the pathogenesis and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

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Transfer of host T-cell membrane HLA-DR and CD25 to target cells by human retroviruses.

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Treatment of Bacteriuria in Older Adults: Still Room for Improvement

scientific article published in October 2008

Treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia: What’s in an MIC? *

scientific article published in March 2004

Ventilator-associated pneumonia: does surveillance have a role in its management?

scientific article published in September 2003

Workflow Barriers and Strategies to Reduce Antibiotic Overuse in Nursing Homes

scientific article published on 28 July 2020

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