2020
F-Actin is associated with a worsening qSOFA score and intensive care unit admission in emergency department patients at risk for sepsis
Belsky JB, Filbin MR, Rivers EP, Bobbitt KR, Jaehne AK, Wisnik CA, Maciejewski KR, Li F, Morris DC. F-Actin is associated with a worsening qSOFA score and intensive care unit admission in emergency department patients at risk for sepsis. Biomarkers 2020, 25: 391-396. PMID: 32421363, DOI: 10.1080/1354750x.2020.1771419.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitEmergency departmentQSOFA scoreIllness severityPlasma levelsThymosin beta 4Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) scoreSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreIntensive care unit admissionOrgan Failure Assessment scoreCare unit admissionPositive urine cultureSymptoms of sepsisSystemic inflammatory syndromeDiagnosis of sepsisEmergency department patientsSignificant outcome measureBeta 4Unit admissionICU admissionInflammatory syndromeDepartment patientsSeptic shockCare unitED patients
2019
Challenges encountered and lessons learned during a trial of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system
Boyce JM, Cooper T, Yin J, Li FY, Arbogast JW. Challenges encountered and lessons learned during a trial of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system. American Journal Of Infection Control 2019, 47: 1443-1448. PMID: 31324492, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.05.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical intensive care unitGeneral medical wardsHH complianceHand hygiene monitoring systemsIntervention periodHand hygieneCompliance rateOverall HH complianceBaseline periodIntensive care unitElectronic hand hygiene monitoring systemsMedical wardsCare unitPostintervention periodHH eventsTransient dropSignificant improvementCompliance