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Electronic Algorithmic Prediction of Central Vascular Catheter Use.

Hota B, Harting B, Weinstein RA, Lyles RD, Bleasdale SC, Trick W.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Nov 16. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19916868 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Prevention of bloodstream infections by use of daily chlorhexidine baths for patients at a long-term acute care hospital.

Munoz-Price LS, Hota B, Stemer A, Weinstein RA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Nov;30(11):1031-5.PMID: 19751155 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Hospital and societal costs of antimicrobial-resistant infections in a Chicago teaching hospital: implications for antibiotic stewardship.

Roberts RR, Hota B, Ahmad I, Scott RD 2nd, Foster SD, Abbasi F, Schabowski S, Kampe LM, Ciavarella GG, Supino M, Naples J, Cordell R, Levy SB, Weinstein RA.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 15;49(8):1175-84.PMID: 19739972 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effectiveness of routine patient cleansing with chlorhexidine gluconate for infection prevention in the medical intensive care unit.

Popovich KJ, Hota B, Hayes R, Weinstein RA, Hayden MK.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Oct;30(10):959-63.PMID: 19712033 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Protecting health care workers from tuberculosis: a 10-year experience.

Welbel SF, French AL, Bush P, DeGuzman D, Weinstein RA.

Am J Infect Control. 2009 Oct;37(8):668-73. Epub 2009 Apr 28.PMID: 19403197 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Interventional evaluation of environmental contamination by vancomycin-resistant enterococci: failure of personnel, product, or procedure?

Hota B, Blom DW, Lyle EA, Weinstein RA, Hayden MK.

J Hosp Infect. 2009 Feb;71(2):123-31. Epub 2008 Dec 23.PMID: 19108932 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lost in translation? Reliability of assessing inpatient antimicrobial appropriateness with use of computerized case vignettes.

Schwartz DN, Wu US, Lyles RD, Xiang Y, Kieszkowski P, Hota B, Weinstein RA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Feb;30(2):163-71.PMID: 19090769 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A double-edged sword and a golden opportunity for healthcare epidemiology.

Weinstein RA, Henderson DK.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jan;30(1):1-3. No abstract available. PMID: 19067597 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Commentary: The graying of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Popovich KJ, Weinstein RA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jan;30(1):9-12. No abstract available. PMID: 19046052 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies to prevent clostridium difficile infections in acute care hospitals.

Dubberke ER, Gerding DN, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Fraser V, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S81-92. No abstract available. PMID: 18840091 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies to prevent transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in acute care hospitals.

Calfee DP, Salgado CD, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S62-80. No abstract available. PMID: 18840090 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals.

Anderson DJ, Kaye KS, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S51-61. No abstract available. PMID: 18840089 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute care hospitals.

Lo E, Nicolle L, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S41-50. No abstract available. PMID: 18840088 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals.

Coffin SE, Klompas M, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S31-40. No abstract available. PMID: 18840087 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals.

Marschall J, Mermel LA, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S22-30. No abstract available. Erratum in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Aug;30(8):815. PMID: 18840085 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals.

Yokoe DS, Mermel LA, Anderson DJ, Arias KM, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Dubberke ER, Fraser V, Gerding DN, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Podgorny K, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Classen D.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S12-21.PMID: 18840084 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Recommendations for metrics for multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings: SHEA/HICPAC Position paper .

Cohen AL, Calfee D, Fridkin SK, Huang SS, Jernigan JA, Lautenbach E, Oriola S, Ramsey KM, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29(10):901-13. No abstract available. PMID: 18808340 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Treatment of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Popovich KJ, Hota B, Weinstein RA.

Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2008 Sep;10(5):411-20.PMID: 18687206 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Delay of active antimicrobial therapy and mortality among patients with bacteremia: impact of severe neutropenia.

Lin MY, Weinstein RA, Hota B.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Sep;52(9):3188-94. Epub 2008 Jul 14.PMID: 18625778 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Emergency care physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to surveillance for foodborne disease in the United States.

James L, Roberts R, Jones RC, Watson JT, Hota BN, Kampe LM, Weinstein RA, Gerber SI.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 15;46(8):1264-70.PMID: 18444866 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Acinetobacter infection.

Munoz-Price LS, Weinstein RA.

N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 20;358(12):1271-81. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 18354105 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Are community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains replacing traditional nosocomial MRSA strains?

Popovich KJ, Weinstein RA, Hota B.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Mar 15;46(6):787-94.PMID: 18266611 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk of hand or glove contamination after contact with patients colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus or the colonized patients' environment.

Hayden MK, Blom DW, Lyle EA, Moore CG, Weinstein RA.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Feb;29(2):149-54.PMID: 18179370 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effectiveness of chlorhexidine bathing to reduce catheter-associated bloodstream infections in medical intensive care unit patients.

Bleasdale SC, Trick WE, Gonzalez IM, Lyles RD, Hayden MK, Weinstein RA.

Arch Intern Med. 2007 Oct 22;167(19):2073-9.PMID: 17954801 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Treatment of Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Popovich KJ, Hota B, Weinstein RA.

Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2007 Sep;9(5):398-407.PMID: 17880851 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

An educational intervention to improve antimicrobial use in a hospital-based long-term care facility.

Schwartz DN, Abiad H, DeMarais PL, Armeanu E, Trick WE, Wang Y, Weinstein RA.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Aug;55(8):1236-42.PMID: 17661963 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections at a public hospital: do public housing and incarceration amplify transmission?

Hota B, Ellenbogen C, Hayden MK, Aroutcheva A, Rice TW, Weinstein RA.

Arch Intern Med. 2007 May 28;167(10):1026-33. Erratum in: Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jul 23;167(14):1455. PMID: 17533205 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Bowel colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci after antimicrobial therapy for intra-abdominal infections: observations from 2 randomized comparative clinical trials of ertapenem therapy.

DiNubile MJ, Friedland IR, Chan CY, Motyl MR, Giezek H, McCarroll K, Shivaprakash M, Quinn JP, Weinstein RA, Chow JW.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007 Aug;58(4):491-4. Epub 2007 May 16.PMID: 17509789 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Phenotypic prediction rule for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Popovich K, Hota B, Rice T, Aroutcheva A, Weinstein RA.

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jul;45(7):2293-5. Epub 2007 May 9.PMID: 17494715 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of education on hand hygiene beliefs and practices: a 5-year program.

Wisniewski MF, Kim S, Trick WE, Welbel SF, Weinstein RA; Chicago Antimicrobial Resistance Project.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Jan;28(1):88-91. Epub 2006 Dec 15.PMID: 17230394 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Multicenter intervention program to increase adherence to hand hygiene recommendations and glove use and to reduce the incidence of antimicrobial resistance.

Trick WE, Vernon MO, Welbel SF, Demarais P, Hayden MK, Weinstein RA; Chicago Antimicrobial Resistance Project.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Jan;28(1):42-9. Epub 2007 Jan 3.PMID: 17230386 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detecting unsuspected HIV infection with a rapid whole-blood HIV test in an urban emergency department.

Lyss SB, Branson BM, Kroc KA, Couture EF, Newman DR, Weinstein RA.

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Apr 1;44(4):435-42.PMID: 17224850 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The cost of care for patients with HIV from the provider economic perspective.

Roberts RR, Kampe LM, Hammerman M, Scott RD, Soto T, Ciavarella GG, Rydman RJ, Gorosh K, Weinstein RA.

AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2006 Dec;20(12):876-86.PMID: 17192152 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America guidelines for developing an institutional program to enhance antimicrobial stewardship.

Dellit TH, Owens RC, McGowan JE Jr, Gerding DN, Weinstein RA, Burke JP, Huskins WC, Paterson DL, Fishman NO, Carpenter CF, Brennan PJ, Billeter M, Hooton TM; Infectious Diseases Society of America; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Jan 15;44(2):159-77. Epub 2006 Dec 13. No abstract available. PMID: 17173212 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pharmacists' perceptions of the effectiveness of antimicrobial control programs.

Itokazu GS, Schwartz DN, Garey KW, Rodvold KA, Danziger LH, Weinstein RA.

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006 Dec 15;63(24):2504-8.PMID: 17158699 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Community associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Hota B, Weinstein RA.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Sep;12(9):1469-71. No abstract available. PMID: 17073112 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reduction in acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus after enforcement of routine environmental cleaning measures.

Hayden MK, Bonten MJ, Blom DW, Lyle EA, van de Vijver DA, Weinstein RA.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Jun 1;42(11):1552-60. Epub 2006 Apr 27.PMID: 16652312 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Learning by doing: developing fellows' academic skills through collaborative research.

Madariaga MG, Evans AT, Brobbey W, Phillips M, Lo E, Rezai K, Schwartz DN, Trenholme GM, Weinstein RA.

Med Teach. 2006 Feb;28(1):77-80.PMID: 16627329 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies for preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: the role of new technologies.

Lubelchek RJ, Weinstein RA.

Crit Care Med. 2006 Mar;34(3):905-7. No abstract available. PMID: 16505678 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Preventing transmission of multidrug-resistant bacteria in health care settings: a tale of 2 guidelines.

Strausbaugh LJ, Siegel JD, Weinstein RA.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Mar 15;42(6):828-35. Epub 2006 Feb 9.PMID: 16477561 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Chlorhexidine gluconate to cleanse patients in a medical intensive care unit: the effectiveness of source control to reduce the bioburden of vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

Vernon MO, Hayden MK, Trick WE, Hayes RA, Blom DW, Weinstein RA; Chicago Antimicrobial Resistance Project (CARP).

Arch Intern Med. 2006 Feb 13;166(3):306-12.PMID: 16476870 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antibiotic cycling in intensive care units: the value of organized chaos?

Bonten MJ, Weinstein RA.

Crit Care Med. 2006 Feb;34(2):549-51. No abstract available. PMID: 16424744 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge: AIDS in the intensive care unit.

Franklin C, Weinstein RA.

Crit Care Med. 2006 Jan;34(1):239-40. No abstract available. PMID: 16374184 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Controlling antibiotic-resistant bacteria: what's an intensivist to do?

Weinstein RA, Bonten MJ.

Crit Care Med. 2005 Oct;33(10):2446-7. No abstract available. PMID: 16215421 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Development of Daptomycin resistance in vivo in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Hayden MK, Rezai K, Hayes RA, Lolans K, Quinn JP, Weinstein RA.

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Oct;43(10):5285-7.PMID: 16207998 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The role of rapid vs conventional human immunodeficiency virus testing for inpatients: effects on quality of care.

Lubelchek R, Kroc K, Hota B, Sharief R, Muppudi U, Pulvirenti J, Weinstein RA.

Arch Intern Med. 2005 Sep 26;165(17):1956-60.PMID: 16186464 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Basics work: preventing infections in intensive care units in developing countries.

Hota B, Weinstein RA.

Crit Care Med. 2005 Sep;33(9):2133-4. No abstract available. PMID: 16148500 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antibiotic resistance in hospitals and intensive care units: the problem and potential solutions.

Weinstein RA.

Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Feb;24(1):113-20.PMID: 16088530 [PubMed]Related articles

Infection-control report cards--securing patient safety.

Weinstein RA, Siegel JD, Brennan PJ.

N Engl J Med. 2005 Jul 21;353(3):225-7. No abstract available. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2005 Oct 27;353(17):1869. PMID: 16034007 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bowel colonization with resistant gram-negative bacilli after antimicrobial therapy of intra-abdominal infections: observations from two randomized comparative clinical trials of ertapenem therapy.

Dinubile MJ, Friedland I, Chan CY, Motyl MR, Giezek H, Shivaprakash M, Weinstein RA, Quinn JP.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2005 Jul;24(7):443-9.PMID: 15990986 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles