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List of works by Alexandre R. Marra

A controlled trial of universal gloving versus contact precautions for preventing the transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms

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A multicenter study using positive deviance for improving hand hygiene compliance

scientific article published on 21 August 2013

A program for sustained improvement in preventing ventilator associated pneumonia in an intensive care setting

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A randomized control trial evaluating efficacy of antimicrobial impregnated hospital privacy curtains in an intensive care setting

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Agreement on the prescription of antimicrobial drugs

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

Analysis of vancomycin use and associated risk factors in a university teaching hospital: a prospective cohort study

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Antibiotic use during end-of-life care: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Aspergillus fumigatus Joint Infection: A Review ⬇️

scientific article published on September 16, 2010

Beta-lactam resistance mechanisms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains causing bloodstream infections: comparative results between Brazilian and American isolates

scientific article published on 28 March 2012

Bloodstream infection after kidney transplantation: epidemiology, microbiology, associated risk factors, and outcome.

scientific article published on September 2010

Bloodstream infections with metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa: epidemiology, microbiology, and clinical outcomes.

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Catheter related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI) in ICU patients: making the decision to remove or not to remove the central venous catheter

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Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection: Utility of the ICD-10 Metric as a Surrogate for the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Surveillance Metric

scientific article published on 31 January 2017

Central venous catheter colonization by linezolid-resistant, vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis

scientific article published on May 2006

Clinical and economic impact of procalcitonin to shorten antimicrobial therapy in septic patients with proven bacterial infection in an intensive care setting

scientific article published on 25 May 2013

Comparison of human and electronic observation for the measurement of compliance with hand hygiene

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Comparison of severity of illness scoring systems for patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Comparison of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome between monomicrobial and polymicrobial Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial bloodstream infections

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Contact precautions in the intensive care unit setting: 12 years of surveillance

scientific article published on 10 October 2012

Controlled trial measuring the effect of a feedback intervention on hand hygiene compliance in a step-down unit

scientific article published in August 2008

Decreasing mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock patients by implementing a sepsis bundle in a hospital setting

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Descriptive Epidemiology of Safety Events at an Academic Medical Center

scientific article published on 04 January 2020

Discontinuing contact precautions for multidrug-resistant organisms: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 11 October 2017

Effectiveness of chlorhexidine dressings to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections. Does one size fit all? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Epidemiology of bloodstream infections in patients receiving long-term total parenteral nutrition

scientific article published in January 2007

Evaluation of Candida bloodstream infection and antifungal utilization in a tertiary care hospital.

scientific article published on 18 April 2018

Evaluation of Influenza A H1N1 infection and antiviral utilization in a tertiary care hospital

scientific article published on 16 November 2018

Evaluation of Two Methods for Determination of CD64 as a Diagnostic Marker of Infection in Critically Ill Adults.

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

Examining the need for eye protection for COVID-19 prevention in the community

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Failure of Risk-Adjustment by Test Method for C. difficile Laboratory-Identified Event Reporting

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Hand Hygiene: State-of-the-Art Review With Emphasis on New Technologies and Mechanisms of Surveillance

scientific article published on December 2012

Hand hygiene compliance in the critical care setting: a comparative study of 2 different alcohol handrub formulations

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High success and low mortality rates with non-invasive ventilation in influenza A H1N1 patients in a tertiary hospital

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Hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile-associated disease in the intensive care unit setting: epidemiology, clinical course and outcome

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Identification of Clostridium difficile Asymptomatic Carriers in a Tertiary Care Hospital

scientific article published on 2 October 2017

Impact of 2018 Changes in National Healthcare Safety Network Surveillance for Clostridium difficile Laboratory-Identified Event Reporting.

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Impact of Infectious Disease Consultation in Patients With Candidemia: A Retrospective Study, Systematic Literature Review, and Meta-analysis

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

Impact of a program to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infection in the zero tolerance era.

scientific article published on 12 March 2010

Impact of appropriate antimicrobial therapy for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock--a quality improvement study

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Implementation of an antibiotic prophylaxis protocol in an intensive care unit

scientific article published on 01 February 2012

Improving the diagnosis of meningitis due to enterovirus and herpes simplex virus I and II in a tertiary care hospital

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Incidence and Outcomes Associated With Clostridium difficile Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

scientific article published on 03 January 2020

Infectious Complications of Conventional Laparoscopic vs Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 08 February 2019

Infectious complications of laparoscopic and robotic hysterectomy: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Insertion site inflammation was associated with central-line-associated bloodstream infections at a tertiary-care center, 2015-2018

scientific article published on 09 October 2020

Legionella: a reemerging pathogen

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Managing patients with dengue fever during an epidemic: the importance of a hydration tent and of a multidisciplinary approach

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Measuring hand hygiene compliance in a hematology-oncology unit: a comparative study of methodologies

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Measuring hand hygiene compliance rates at hospital entrances

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

Measuring hand hygiene compliance rates in different special care settings: a comparative study of methodologies

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

Measuring rates of hand hygiene adherence in the intensive care setting: a comparative study of direct observation, product usage, and electronic counting devices

scientific article published in August 2010

Modest Clostridiodes difficile infection prediction using machine learning models in a tertiary care hospital

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with contaminated heater-cooler devices for cardiac surgery: Outbreak Management

scientific article published on 19 April 2017

Nephrotoxicity and efficacy assessment of polymyxin use in 92 transplant patients

scientific article published on 7 January 2013

No-Touch Disinfection Methods to Decrease Multidrug-Resistant Organism Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Nosocomial bloodstream infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: impact of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) production on clinical outcome in a hospital with high ESBL prevalence

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Nosocomial bloodstream infections in Brazilian hospitals: analysis of 2,563 cases from a prospective nationwide surveillance study

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Nosocomial bloodstream infections in Brazilian pediatric patients: microbiology, epidemiology, and clinical features

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Occupational tuberculosis exposures and conversion rates can guide deimplementation of annual tuberculosis skin test screening

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Positive Deviance: A New Tool for Infection Prevention and Patient Safety

scientific article published on 28 September 2013

Positive deviance in infection prevention and control: A systematic literature review

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Positive deviance: a new strategy for improving hand hygiene compliance

scientific article published in January 2010

Positive deviance: a program for sustained improvement in hand hygiene compliance

scientific article published in February 2011

Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the zero-tolerance era.

scientific article published on 25 June 2011

Prevention of Clostridioides difficile in hospitals: A position paper of the International Society for Infectious Diseases

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

Risk factors for long coronavirus disease 2019 (long COVID) among healthcare personnel, Brazil, 2020–2022

scientific article published on 5 June 2023

Successful prevention of tracheostomy associated pneumonia in step-down units

scientific article published on 12 May 2011

Successful prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in an intensive care setting

scientific article published on 25 June 2009

Successful termination of an outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with contaminated heater-cooler devices

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

Sustainability of a program for continuous reduction of catheter-associated urinary tract infection

scientific article published on 29 January 2016

Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome in Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus Species: Comparison of Elderly and Nonelderly Patients

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Systemic inflammatory response syndrome in adult patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Systemic inflammatory response syndrome in adult patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Testing a novel audit and feedback method for hand hygiene compliance: A multicenter quality improvement study

scientific article published on 15 November 2018

The Impact of Isolation Precautions on Hand Hygiene Frequency by Healthcare Workers

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

The effect of contact precautions on hand hygiene compliance

scientific article published on 23 December 2012

The effect of limiting antimicrobial therapy duration on antimicrobial resistance in the critical care setting

scientific article published on 4 November 2008

The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine in the prevention of post-COVID conditions: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of the latest research

scientific article published in January 2023

The effectiveness of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine in the prevention of post–COVID-19 conditions: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

scientific article published in January 2022

The use of real-time feedback via wireless technology to improve hand hygiene compliance

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Time to blood culture positivity as a predictor of clinical outcome in patients with Candida albicans bloodstream infection

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Time to blood culture positivity as a predictor of clinical outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection.

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Use of a trigger tool to detect adverse drug reactions in an emergency department.

scientific article published on 15 November 2017

Using Positive Deviance to reduce medication errors in a tertiary care hospital

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Utility of the Central Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Patient Safety Indicator

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