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Thomas R Talbot

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1 Invasive pneumococcal disease among infants before and after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. JAMA 2006 2.93
2 Prompting clinicians about preventive care measures: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2008 2.60
3 Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease among individuals with sickle cell disease before and after the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Clin Infect Dis 2007 2.60
4 Contact precautions: more is not necessarily better. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014 1.88
5 Adverse events after smallpox immunizations are associated with alterations in systemic cytokine levels. J Infect Dis 2004 1.21
6 Adherence to perinatal group B streptococcal prevention guidelines. Obstet Gynecol 2010 1.17
7 Public reporting of health care-associated surveillance data: recommendations from the healthcare infection control practices advisory committee. Ann Intern Med 2013 1.16
8 Unmasking the confusion of respiratory protection to prevent influenza-like illness in crowded community settings. J Infect Dis 2010 1.14
9 Differential regulation of granzyme and perforin in effector and memory T cells following smallpox immunization. J Immunol 2005 1.12
10 Clinical impact of blood cultures contaminated with coagulase-negative staphylococci at an academic medical center. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2011 1.06
11 Relationship of influenza vaccination declination statements and influenza vaccination rates for healthcare workers in 22 US hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008 1.04
12 Cellular immune responses to diluted and undiluted aventis pasteur smallpox vaccine. J Infect Dis 2006 1.04
13 Vaccination as infection control: a pilot study to determine the impact of Staphylococcus aureus vaccination on nasal carriage. Vaccine 2009 1.03
14 Systems initiatives reduce healthcare-associated infections: a study of 22,928 device days in a single trauma unit. J Trauma 2010 0.97
15 Improving timely surgical antibiotic prophylaxis redosing administration using computerized record prompts. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2005 0.97
16 Reducing blood culture contamination in the emergency department: an interrupted time series quality improvement study. Acad Emerg Med 2013 0.96
17 Frequency of detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from rectovaginal swabs in pregnant women. Am J Infect Control 2009 0.95
18 Mortality rates associated with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection in surgical intensive care units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008 0.92
19 Nearly complete elimination of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine serotypes in Tennessee. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2013 0.89
20 Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: the way to the wound is through the nose. J Infect Dis 2005 0.89
21 Two studies feed the debate on active surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci carriage: to screen or not to screen? J Infect Dis 2006 0.88
22 Blood culture collection through peripheral intravenous catheters increases the risk of specimen contamination among adult emergency department patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012 0.88
23 Respiratory virus shedding in a cohort of on-duty healthcare workers undergoing prospective surveillance. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2013 0.88
24 Infection reduction strategies including antibiotic stewardship protocols in surgical and trauma intensive care units are associated with reduced resistant gram-negative healthcare-associated infections. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2010 0.88
25 Strategies for use of a limited influenza vaccine supply. JAMA 2005 0.84
26 Frequency of disinfectant resistance genes in pediatric strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2013 0.84
27 Quality improvement projects targeting health care-associated infections: comparing Virtual Collaborative and Toolkit approaches. J Hosp Med 2011 0.83
28 A computerized pneumococcal vaccination reminder system in the adult emergency department. Vaccine 2011 0.83
29 Results of a national survey of infectious diseases specialists regarding influenza vaccination programs for healthcare workers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010 0.82
30 Exposure to pulmonary tuberculosis in a neonatal intensive care unit: unique aspects of contact investigation and management of hospitalized neonates. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007 0.82
31 Reducing blood culture contamination in community hospital emergency departments: a multicenter evaluation of a quality improvement intervention. Acad Emerg Med 2014 0.81
32 Triaging patients at risk of influenza using a patient portal. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2011 0.81
33 Smallpox vaccination does not elevate systemic levels of prothrombotic proteins associated with ischemic cardiac events. J Infect Dis 2005 0.81
34 A comparison of 2 strategies to prevent infection following pertussis exposure in vaccinated healthcare personnel. Clin Infect Dis 2012 0.80
35 Evaluating the utility of syndromic surveillance algorithms for screening to detect potentially clonal hospital infection outbreaks. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2011 0.80
36 Evidence-based algorithms for diagnosing and treating ventilator-associated pneumonia. J Hosp Med 2008 0.80
37 One-year surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization and skin and soft tissue infections in collegiate athletes. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2010 0.79
38 Healthcare workers' knowledge and attitudes about pertussis and pertussis vaccination. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007 0.79
39 Influence of broad-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis on intracranial pressure monitor infections and subsequent infectious complications in head-injured patients. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2006 0.79
40 New approaches for influenza vaccination of healthcare workers. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2011 0.79
41 Central line-associated bloodstream infection surveillance outside the intensive care unit: a multicenter survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012 0.78
42 Providers' beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors before implementing a computerized pneumococcal vaccination reminder. Acad Emerg Med 2006 0.78
43 Creating and validating a pneumococcal vaccination registry. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2005 0.77
44 Health care-acquired viral respiratory diseases. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2011 0.77
45 The challenges of pertussis outbreaks in healthcare facilities: is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006 0.77
46 Cost analysis of strategies to reduce blood culture contamination in the emergency department: sterile collection kits and phlebotomy teams. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014 0.77
47 Treatment outcomes in patients with third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacter bacteremia. Scand J Infect Dis 2012 0.76
48 Relationship between age and the risk of surgical site infection: a contemporary reexamination of a classic risk factor. J Infect Dis 2005 0.75
49 Injection Rhymes with Infection? Anesthesiology 2016 0.75
50 Use of population-based cohort data to assess community-acquired pneumonia: a powerful approach. Clin Infect Dis 2004 0.75
51 Who, what, when, where, why, and how? The unanswered questions of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis. Curr Infect Dis Rep 2006 0.75
52 Cases from the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins University. Hodgkin's disease with Pel-Ebstein fevers. Am J Med 2002 0.75
53 Steroids in the treatment of group A streptococcal necrotizing soft tissue infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2010 0.75
54 University HealthSystem Consortium quality performance benchmarking study of the insertion and care of central venous catheters. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008 0.75
55 Infection control and prevention considerations. Cancer Treat Res 2014 0.75
56 An evaluation of immediate-use steam sterilization practices in adult knee and hip arthroplasty procedures. Am J Infect Control 2012 0.75
57 Implementing a computerized pneumococcal vaccination reminder system in an emergency department: a prospective study. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2008 0.75