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List of works by Aaron M. Milstone

1956. Reduction in Endotracheal Aspirate Cultures after Implementation of a Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

2310. Reasons Pediatric Providers Obtain Endotracheal Aspirate Cultures and How Results Inform Patient Management

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577. The Role of Healthcare Worker-Mediated Contact Networks in the Transmission of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

977Impact of Decolonization on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Transmission in Hospitalized Neonates.

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981Catheter Complications in Children Discharged with Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs).

scientific article published in December 2014

A Clinical Decision Tree to Predict Whether a Bacteremic Patient Is Infected With an Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Organism

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

A Decision Tree Using Patient Characteristics to Predict Resistance to Commonly Used Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics in Children With Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections

scientific article published on 25 January 2019

A Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention to Improve Blood Culture Use Among Adult Non-Neutropenic Inpatients: The DISTRIBUTE study

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

A Multicenter Longitudinal Study of Hospital-Onset Bacteremia: Time for a New Quality Outcome Measure?

scientific article published on 23 October 2015

A broad spectrum Kunitz type serine protease inhibitor secreted by the hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum.

scientific article published in September 2000

A methodological comparison of risk scores versus decision trees for predicting drug-resistant infections: A case study using extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) bacteremia

scientific article published on 04 March 2019

A retrospective cohort study of antibiotic exposure and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus recolonization

scientific article published on 07 February 2019

Absorption and tolerability of aqueous chlorhexidine gluconate used for skin antisepsis prior to catheter insertion in preterm neonates

scientific article published on 23 May 2013

Active Surveillance Cultures and Decolonization to Reduce Staphylococcus aureus Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

scientific article published on 4 January 2016

Alcohol-impregnated caps and ambulatory central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs): A randomized clinical trial

scientific article published on 12 October 2020

Alerting pregnant women to the risk of reptile-associated salmonellosis.

scientific article published in February 2006

Ambulatory pediatric oncology CLABSIs: epidemiology and risk factors.

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An outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit

scientific article published on 16 April 2012

Analysis of Morphologically Similar Staphylococcus aureus Colonies for Assessment of Phenotypic and Genotypic Correlation

scientific article published on 10 May 2017

Ancylostoma caninum anticoagulant peptide blocks metastasis in vivo and inhibits factor Xa binding to melanoma cells in vitro

scientific article published on 01 May 1998

Antibiotic susceptibility of common pediatric uropathogens in the United States

scientific article published on 13 May 2014

Association of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization with the Evolving Neonatal Nasal Microbiome and the Impact of Intranasal Mupirocin

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Association of a Clinical Practice Guideline With Blood Culture Use in Critically Ill Children

scientific article published on 12 December 2016

Association of a blood culture utilization intervention on antibiotic use in a pediatric intensive care unit

scientific article published on 15 February 2019

Association of an Active Surveillance and Decolonization Program on Incidence of Clinical Cultures Growing Staphylococcus aureus in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

scientific article published on 20 April 2018

Association of bacterial pneumonia and respiratory failure in children with community-acquired influenza infection

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Bacterial Infections in Neonates Following Mupirocin-Based MRSA Decolonization: A Multicenter Cohort Study

scientific article published on 5 June 2017

Blood concentrations of chlorhexidine in hospitalized children undergoing daily chlorhexidine bathing.

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Bloodstream infections: epidemiology and resistance.

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Bringing central line-associated bloodstream infection prevention home: CLABSI definitions and prevention policies in home health care agencies

scientific article published in August 2013

Bringing central line-associated bloodstream infection prevention home: catheter maintenance practices and beliefs of pediatric oncology patients and families

scientific article published in April 2015

Burden of Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Hospitalized Infants.

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Catheter duration and risk of CLA-BSI in neonates with PICCs

scientific article published on 15 March 2010

Catheter dwell time and CLABSIs in neonates with PICCs: a multicenter cohort study.

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Central line maintenance bundles and CLABSIs in ambulatory oncology patients

scientific article published on 07 October 2013

Central line-associated bloodstream infection in hospitalized children with peripherally inserted central venous catheters: extending risk analyses outside the intensive care unit.

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Central line-associated bloodstream infections in neonates with gastrointestinal conditions: developing a candidate definition for mucosal barrier injury bloodstream infections

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Cerebrospinal fluid penetration and bacteriostatic activity of linezolid against Enterococcus faecalis in a child with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Changes over time in caregivers' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Changing antibiotic resistance patterns for Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections

scientific article published on 20 February 2019

Chlorhexidine bathing in a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit: impact on central line-associated bloodstream infections.

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Chlorhexidine gluconate bathing in children with cancer or those undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A double-blinded randomized controlled trial from the Children's Oncology Group

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Chlorhexidine inhibits L1 cell adhesion molecule-mediated neurite outgrowth in vitro

scientific article published on 14 October 2013

Chlorhexidine use in the neonatal intensive care unit: results from a national survey.

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Chlorhexidine: expanding the armamentarium for infection control and prevention.

scientific article published on January 2008

Clinical Subpopulations in a Sample of North American Children Diagnosed With Acute Flaccid Myelitis, 2012-2016

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Clinical outcomes of seasonal influenza and pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in pediatric inpatients

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Community-Onset SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Young Infants: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 07 September 2020

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in pediatric intensive care unit.

scientific article published in April 2010

Comparison of nylon-flocked swab and cellulose sponge methods for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and gram-negative organism recovery from high-touch surfaces in patient rooms

scientific article published on 28 August 2018

Creating a Pediatric Joint Council to Promote Patient Safety and Quality, Governance, and Accountability Across Johns Hopkins Medicine

scientific article published on 28 March 2017

Current infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship program practices: A survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Network (SRN)

scientific article published on 17 July 2019

Daily chlorhexidine bathing to reduce bacteraemia in critically ill children: a multicentre, cluster-randomised, crossover trial

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Daptomycin therapy failure in an adolescent with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

scientific article published on May 2009

Decolonization to prevent Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infections in the neonatal intensive care unit

scientific article published on 10 July 2014

Deep Infections After Pediatric Spinal Arthrodesis: Differences Exist with Idiopathic, Neuromuscular, or Genetic and Syndromic Cause of Deformity

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Detecting respiratory viruses in asymptomatic children

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Diagnostic performance of two highly multiplexed respiratory virus assays in a pediatric cohort

scientific article published on 24 July 2012

Differential impairment of neutrophil function by strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum

scientific article published on 3 April 2009

Dissemination of a Novel Framework to Improve Blood Culture Use in Pediatric Critical Care

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Distinguishing community-associated from hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infections in children: implications for public health surveillance.

scientific article published on 17 September 2013

Do prolonged peripherally inserted central venous catheter dwell times increase the risk of bloodstream infection?

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Does nonpayment for hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections lead to overtesting and increased antimicrobial prescribing?

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Does the piperacillin minimum inhibitory concentration for Pseudomonas aeruginosa influence clinical outcomes of children with pseudomonal bacteremia?

scientific article published on 13 June 2012

Ebola Preparedness Resources for Acute-Care Hospitals in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study of Costs, Benefits, and Challenges.

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Effect of Treating Parents Colonized With Staphylococcus aureus on Transmission to Neonates in the Intensive Care Unit: A Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published on 30 December 2019

Empirical power and sample size calculations for cluster-randomized and cluster-randomized crossover studies

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Epidemiology and risk factors for recurrent Staphylococcus aureus colonization following active surveillance and decolonization in the NICU

scientific article published on 18 September 2018

Epidemiology of respiratory viruses in children admitted to an infant/toddler unit

scientific article published on 09 September 2011

Epstein-Barr virus-associated central nervous system lymphoproliferative disease in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome responsive to highly active antiretroviral therapy.

scientific article published in May 2008

Evaluating accuracy of sampling strategies for fluorescent gel monitoring of patient room cleaning

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Evaluation of Multiple Methods for Detection of Gastrointestinal Colonization of Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms from Rectal Swabs.

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Evaluation of the Direct MacConkey Method for Identification of Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Organisms from Rectal Swabs: Reevaluating Zone Diameter Cutoffs

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Expanding the statistical toolbox: analytic approaches for cohort studies with healthcare-associated infectious outcomes

scientific article published in August 2015

Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Bacteria From Urine Isolates in Children

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Extended-interval aminoglycoside dosing in pediatrics

scientific article published on April 2011

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in a young child after travel to India

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Fact, fiction, or no data: what does surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevent in the intensive care unit?

scientific article published in June 2008

Factors associated with acute kidney injury in children receiving vancomycin

scientific article published on 03 September 2014

Failure of intravenous pentamidine prophylaxis to prevent pneumocystis pneumonia in a pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patient

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Family-Centered Care and High-Consequence Pathogens: Thinking Outside the Room

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Fatal infection caused by Cupriavidus gilardii in a child with aplastic anemia

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Fever and an Abdominal Mass in an 18-month-old Boy

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Financial impact of surgical site infections on hospitals: the hospital management perspective

scientific article published on October 2013

First report of Westerdykella dispersa as a cause of an angioinvasive fungal infection in a neutropenic host

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High Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance and Mortality Among Adults and Children With Community-Onset Bacterial Infections in India.

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High Burden of Bloodstream Infections Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance and Mortality in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Pune, India

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

High prevalence of reduced chlorhexidine susceptibility in organisms causing central line-associated bloodstream infections

scientific article published on 23 July 2014

Hospital epidemiologists' and infection preventionists' opinions regarding hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia as a potential healthcare-associated infection metric

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Hospital-onset Neonatal Sepsis and Mortality in Low-resource Settings: Will Bundles Save the Day?

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

How frequently are hospitalized patients colonized with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) already on contact precautions for other indications?

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How good is our diagnostic intuition? Clinician prediction of bacteremia in critically ill children

scientific article published on 02 July 2020

Identification and eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in the neonatal intensive care unit: results of a national survey

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Identifying antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitalized patients: what is the role of active-surveillance cultures?

scientific article published on 24 April 2013

Impact of colonization pressure and strain type on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission in children.

scientific article published on 13 August 2013

Implementation of a central line maintenance care bundle in hospitalized pediatric oncology patients

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Increasing Clindamycin and Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Resistance in Pediatric Staphylococcus aureus Infections

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Infection control implications of heterogeneous resistance mechanisms in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE).

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Interaction with coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor, but not with decay-accelerating factor (DAF), induces A-particle formation in a DAF-binding coxsackievirus B3 isolate

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Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Among Health Care Personnel — 33 U.S. Sites, January–March 2021

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In vivo characterization of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant infectivity and human antibody escape potential

scientific article published on 05 October 2021

Is retinoid-induced osteopenia reversible?

scientific article published in November 2002

Knowledge, awareness, and attitudes regarding methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among caregivers of hospitalized children

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Less is more: combination antibiotic therapy for the treatment of gram-negative bacteremia in pediatric patients

scientific article published on 01 October 2013

Lessons learned from hospital Ebola preparation.

scientific article published on June 2015

Low prevalence of mupirocin resistance among hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a neonatal intensive care unit with an active surveillance cultures and decolonization program.

scientific article published on February 2015

MRSA: screening and laboratory identification

scientific article published on October 2008

Manipulating the microbiome: evolution of a strategy to prevent S. aureus disease in children.

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and risk of subsequent infection in critically ill children: importance of preventing nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infections in a neonatal intensive care unit despite active surveillance cultures and decolonization: challenges for infection prevention.

scientific article published on April 2014

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acquisition risk in an endemic neonatal intensive care unit with an active surveillance culture and decolonization programme

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Multistate Outbreak of an Emerging Burkholderia cepacia Complex Strain Associated With Contaminated Oral Liquid Docusate Sodium

scientific article published in February 2018

Outpatient antibiotic therapy for acute osteomyelitis in children: balancing safety and efficacy

scientific article published on 01 February 2015

Pathogen Distribution and Antimicrobial Resistance Among Pediatric Healthcare-Associated Infections Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2011-2014.

scientific article published on 18 December 2017

Pediatric Hospitalizations: Are We Missing an Opportunity to Immunize?

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

Pediatric antimicrobial susceptibility trends across the United States

scientific article published on 28 October 2013

Pediatric providers' acceptance of recommendations for routine rotavirus vaccination

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

Pediatric research priorities in healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial stewardship

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter Complications in Children Receiving Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT).

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Postdischarge surveillance to identify subsequent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in colonized children

scientific article published on 07 March 2013

Practices, Perceptions, and Attitudes in the Evaluation of Critically Ill Children for Bacteremia: A National Survey

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Predicting probability of perirectal colonization with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and other carbapenem-resistant organisms (CROs) at hospital unit admission

scientific article published on 27 March 2019

Predictors of first recurrence of Clostridium difficile infections in children.

scientific article published on April 2014

Prescriber Behavior in Clostridioides difficile Testing: A 3-Hospital Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Prescribers' knowledge, attitudes and perceptions about blood culturing practices for adult hospitalized patients: a call for action

scientific article published on 18 September 2018

Preventability of Hospital Onset Bacteremia and Fungemia: A Pilot Study of a Potential New Indicator of Healthcare-Associated Infections.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Preventability of hospital onset bacteremia and fungemia: A pilot study of a potential healthcare-associated infection outcome measure

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Prolonged β-lactam infusion for Gram-negative Infections

scientific article published on April 2011

Pseudomonas aeruginosa pre-septal cellulitis and bacteremia in a pediatric oncology patient.

scientific article published in September 2005

Reply to Nguyen et al

scientific article published on 16 July 2014

Research Methods in Healthcare Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship-Observational Studies

scientific article published on 20 June 2016

Research Methods in Healthcare Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship-Quasi-Experimental Designs.

scientific article published on 7 June 2016

Research Methods in Healthcare Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship.

scientific article published on 14 April 2016

Risk Factors for Non-Therapeutic Initial Steady-State Vancomycin Trough Concentrations in Children and Adolescents Receiving High Empiric Doses of Intravenous Vancomycin

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Risk factors for peripherally inserted central venous catheter complications in children

scientific article published on May 2013

Risk factors for persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in children with multiple intensive care unit admissions

scientific article published on 22 May 2013

Role of decolonization in a comprehensive strategy to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the neonatal intensive care unit: an observational cohort study

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SHEA neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) white paper series: Practical approaches to Staphylococcus aureus disease prevention

scientific article published on 14 September 2020

Safety of chlorhexidine gluconate used for skin antisepsis in the preterm infant.

scientific article published on 27 October 2011

Saving neonatal lives by improving infection prevention in low-resource units: tools are needed.

scientific article published in June 2019

Short versus prolonged courses of antibiotic therapy for children with uncomplicated Gram-negative bacteraemia

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

Silencing of host cell CYBB gene expression by the nuclear effector AnkA of the intracellular pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum

scientific article published on 23 March 2009

Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Children: Antibiotic Resistance and Mortality

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Status of the Prevention of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in International Settings: A Survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network.

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Strategies to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection in acute care hospitals: 2014 update

scientific article published on July 2014

Strategies to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection in acute care hospitals: 2014 update.

scientific article published on September 2014

Survey-based Work System Assessment to Facilitate Large-scale Dissemination of Healthcare Quality Improvement Programs

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Targeted surveillance to identify children colonized with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in the pediatric intensive care unit

scientific article published in January 2010

The Association Between the Developing Nasal Microbiota of Hospitalized Neonates and Colonization

The Impact of active surveillance culture and decolonization programs on NICU MRSA transmission: A multicenter, mechanistic modeling approach

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

The Prevalence and Molecular Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Colonization in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

The Role of Healthcare Worker-Mediated Contact Networks in the Transmission of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

scientific article published on 15 February 2020

The Use of a Combination Antibiogram to Assist with the Selection of Appropriate Antimicrobial Therapy for Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Infections.

scientific article published on 27 August 2015

The evolving landscape of healthcare-associated infections: recent advances in prevention and a road map for research.

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The expanding role of the hospital epidemiologist in 2014: a survey of the Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Network

scientific article published on 29 January 2015

The impact of chlorhexidine gluconate bathing on skin bacterial burden of neonates admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

scientific article published on 20 September 2018

The past, present, and future of healthcare‐associated infection prevention in pediatrics: catheter‐associated bloodstream infections.

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The past, present, and future of healthcare‐associated infection prevention in pediatrics: multidrug‐resistant organisms.

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The past, present, and future of healthcare‐associated infection prevention in pediatrics: viral respiratory infections.

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The prediction of complicated Clostridium difficile infections in children.

scientific article published on 20 May 2014

The role of syndromic surveillance in directing the public health response to the enterovirus D68 epidemic

scientific article published on November 2014

Timing of preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis: a modifiable risk factor for deep surgical site infections after pediatric spinal fusion.

scientific article published in August 2008

Transforming a PICU Into an Adult ICU During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Meeting Multiple Needs

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

Treating Parents to Reduce NICU Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus (TREAT PARENTS) trial: protocol of a multisite randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

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Treatment of acute neuropsychiatric lupus with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG): a case report and review of the literature

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Trends in Chlorhexidine Use in US Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Results From a Follow-Up National Survey.

scientific article published on 20 June 2016

Trends in pediatric community-onset antibiotic susceptibilities over a five-year period in a multihospital health system

Uncovering reservoirs of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: children contaminating households or households contaminating children?

scientific article published on 01 November 2014

Understanding reasons clinicians obtained endotracheal aspirate cultures and impact on patient management to inform diagnostic stewardship initiatives

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Unrecognized burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus carriage in the pediatric intensive care unit

scientific article published in December 2008

Upholding Family-Centered Care in the Face of High-Consequence Pathogens--Thinking Inside the Room--Reply.

scientific article published in March 2016

Use of Human Factors and Ergonomics to Disseminate Health Care Quality Improvement Programs

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Vascular Access in Children to Prevent and Treat Infectious Diseases

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Ventilator-associated tracheitis in children: does antibiotic duration matter?

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Work System Assessment to Facilitate the Dissemination of a Quality Improvement Program for Optimizing Blood Culture Use: A Case Study Using a Human Factors Engineering Approach.

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

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