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Recent Publications
The patient engagement in education and research (PEER) healthcare-associated infection prevention project: A patient perspective
Rosie Bartel, Sydney Hoel, Linda Mckinley, Kelsey Baubie, Julie A Keating, Nasia Safdar PMID: 35101178 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.10.011 Keywords: environmental cleaning; stakeholder engagement. My comments are related to the original research entitled “Engaging Veterans in Identifying Key Elements of Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection for Preventing …
August 30, 2024Integrating infection control and environmental management work systems to prevent Clostridioides difficile infection
Julie A Keating, Vishala Parmasad, Linda McKinley, Nasia Safdar PMID: 37329984 PMCID: PMC10773464 (available on 2024-12-01) DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2023.06.008 Affiliations William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI; Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University …
August 30, 2024Reducing C. difficile in children: An agent-based modeling approach to evaluate intervention effectiveness
Anna K Barker, Elizabeth Scaria, Oguzhan Alagoz, Ajay K Sethi, Nasia Safdar PMID: 32052722 PMCID: PMC7461244 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.14 Abstract Objective: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is rapidly increasing in children’s hospitals nationwide. Thus, we aimed to compare the effectiveness of 9 infection …
August 30, 2024Evaluation of the Cost-effectiveness of Infection Control Strategies to Reduce Hospital-Onset Clostridioides difficile Infection
Anna K Barker, Elizabeth Scaria, Nasia Safdar, Oguzhan Alagoz PMID: 32789514 PMCID: PMC7426752 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.12522 Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of …
August 30, 2024Urinary lead level and colonization by antibiotic resistant bacteria: Evidence from a population-based study
Shoshannah Eggers, Nasia Safdar, Ashley Kates, Ajay K Sethi, Paul E Peppard, Marty S Kanarek, Kristen M C Malecki PMID: 34909555 PMCID: PMC8663876 DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000175 Affiliations Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. …
August 30, 2024Examining the association between the gastrointestinal microbiota and Gulf War illness: A prospective cohort study
Ashley Kates, Julie Keating, Kelsey Baubie, Nathan Putman-Buehler, Lauren Watson, Jared Godfrey, Courtney L Deblois, Garret Suen, Dane B Cook, David Rabago, Ronald Gangnon, Nasia Safdar PMID: 35901037 PMCID: PMC9333223 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268479 Abstract Gulf War Illness (GWI) affects 25-35% of the 1991 Gulf War Veteran (GWV) population. …
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