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McGrath CL, Logan LK, Deloney VM, Rubin LG, Ravin KA, Muller M, Bartlett AH, de St. Maurice A, Linam WM, Caughell C, Ramirez-Avila L. Monitoring health disparities in healthcare-associated infection surveillance: A Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Network (SRN) Survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2024; 45:526-529. [PMID: 37700531 PMCID: PMC11007321 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
Abstract
We investigated whether and how infection prevention programs monitor for health disparities as part of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance through a survey of healthcare epidemiology leaders. Most facilities are not assessing for disparities in HAI rates. Professional society and national guidance should focus on addressing this gap.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, New York
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Nemours Children’s Hospital Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware
- Department of Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Department of Quality, University of California San Francisco Health, San Francisco, California
| | - Lynn Ramirez-Avila
- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Chu VT, Nafees S, Waltari E, McNeil N, Caughell C, Sanchez-Guerrero E, Wang L, Stanley K, Cunningham G, Wong J, Phelps M, Tato CM, Miller S, DeRisi JL, Yokoe DS, Ramirez-Avila L, Langelier CR. Whole-genome sequencing rule-out of suspected hospital-onset Rhizopus outbreaks. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2023; 44:2059-2061. [PMID: 37308466 PMCID: PMC10755156 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Two independent temporal-spatial clusters of hospital-onset Rhizopus infections were evaluated using whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Phylogenetic analysis confirmed that isolates within each cluster were unrelated despite epidemiological suspicion of outbreaks. The ITS1 region alone was insufficient for accurate analysis. WGS has utility for rapid rule-out of suspected nosocomial Rhizopus outbreaks.
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- Victoria T. Chu
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California
- Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Muller ML, Logan LK, Kociolek LK, Guzman-Cottrill JA, Bartlett AH, Schaffzin JK, Ravin KA, Rubin LG, Lake J, Caughell C, Ramirez-Avila L. SHEA Pediatric Leadership Council commentary: Personal protective equipment during care of children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2021; 42:1108-1110. [PMID: 34121639 PMCID: PMC8207550 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Martha L. Muller
- Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicago, Illinois
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- Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
- Department of Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, New York
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Department of Quality, University of California San Francisco Health, San Francisco, California
| | - Lynn Ramirez-Avila
- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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