Werner E Bischoff
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Recent Articles
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Bischoff W, Kieta C, LaFontaine T, Billings C
Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol
. 2024 Oct;
4(1):e178.
PMID: 39450092
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) pose a significant patient risk. To address incorrect classifications of infectious events as CLABSI, the surveillance process was changed from using finalized blood culture to...
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AlMohanna Z, Snavely A, Viviano J, Bischoff W
Am J Infect Control
. 2021 Nov;
50(3):336-341.
PMID: 34793891
Background: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Contact isolation has been traditionally implemented to stop transmission but its impact is increasingly questioned. Methods: A...
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Semelka C, Ornelles D, OConnell N, Parsons E, Blevins M, Ivey L, et al.
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2021 Jun;
8(6):ofab107.
PMID: 34183976
Understanding transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 informs infection prevention practices. Air sampling devices were placed in patient hospital rooms for consecutive collections with and without masks. With...
4.
Barnewall R, Bischoff W
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2021 Mar;
42(8):1014-1015.
PMID: 33706834
Engineering controls play an important role in reducing the spread of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).1 Established technologies such as air filtration, and novel approaches such as ultraviolet...
5.
Mody L, Akinboyo I, Babcock H, Bischoff W, Cheng V, Chiotos K, et al.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2021 Jan;
43(2):156-166.
PMID: 33487199
This SHEA white paper identifies knowledge gaps and challenges in healthcare epidemiology research related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with a focus on core principles of healthcare epidemiology. These gaps,...
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Bischoff W, Russell G
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2020 Sep;
41(11):1353-1354.
PMID: 32935658
No abstract available.
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Kim J, Blevins M, Brooks D, Stehle Jr J, McLouth C, Viviano J, et al.
Am J Infect Control
. 2019 Jan;
47(6):661-665.
PMID: 30616934
Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is frequently implicated in health care-associated outbreaks in burn intensive care units, incurring substantial morbidity and mortality to these high-risk patients and excess costs to...
8.
Bischoff W, Turner J, Russell G, Blevins M, Missaiel E, Stehle J
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2018 Dec;
40(2):232-234.
PMID: 30558691
N95 respirator masks are recommended for protection against respiratory viruses. Despite passing fit-testing 10% of N95 respirator users encountered breakthroughs with exposure to influenza virus compared to full protection provided...
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Bischoff W, McNall R, Blevins M, Turner J, Lopareva E, Rota P, et al.
J Infect Dis
. 2015 Sep;
213(4):600-3.
PMID: 26386428
Measles virus (MeV) is known to be highly contagious, with an infectious period lasting from 4 days before to 4 days after rash onset. An unvaccinated, young, female patient with...
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Rock C, Harris A, Johnson J, Bischoff W, Thom K
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2015 Apr;
36(7):830-2.
PMID: 25825865
Using a validated air sampling method we found Acinetobacter baumannii in the air surrounding only 1 of 12 patients known to be colonized or infected with A. baumannii. Patients' closed-circuit...