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Beth H. Stover
Researcher at Boston Children's Hospital
Publications - 12
Citations - 1432
Beth H. Stover is an academic researcher from Boston Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: MEDLINE & Intensive care. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 12 publications receiving 1415 citations.
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Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.
Naomi P. O'Grady,Mary Alexander,E. Patchen Dellinger,Julie L. Gerberding,Stephen O. Heard,Dennis G. Maki,Henry Masur,Rita D. McCormick,Leonard A. Mermel,Michele L. Pearson,Issam I Raad,Adrienne G. Randolph,Robert A. Weinstein,Jane D. Siegel,Raymond Chinn,Alfred DeMaria,Elaine Larson,James T. Lee,Ramon E. Moncada,William A. Rutala,William E. Scheckler,Beth H. Stover,Marjorie A. Underwood +22 more
TL;DR: The recommended preventive strategies with the strongest supportive evidence are education and training of healthcare providers who insert and maintain catheters, and maximal sterile barrier precautions during central venous catheter insertion, which can reduce the risk for serious catheter-related infection.
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A national point-prevalence survey of pediatric intensive care unit-acquired infections in the United States.
Lisa A. Grohskopf,Ronda L. Sinkowitz-Cochran,Denise O. Garrett,Annette H. Sohn,Gail L. Levine,Jane D. Siegel,Beth H. Stover,William R. Jarvis +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a point-prevalence survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of intensive care unit-acquired infections, a major cause of morbidity in PICU patients.
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Improving influenza immunization rates among healthcare workers caring for high-risk pediatric patients.
Kristina A. Bryant,Beth H. Stover,Linda B Cain,Gail L. Levine,Jane D. Siegel,William R. Jarvis +5 more
TL;DR: Despite delayed distribution of influenza vaccine during the 2000-2001 season, immunization rates at 7 hospitals and among HCWs in high-risk units exceeded the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions goal of 50%.
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Vancomycin Use in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients
Harry L. Keyserling,Ronda L. Sinkowitz-Cochran,James M. Harris,Gail L. Levine,Jane D. Siegel,Beth H. Stover,Sharon A. Lau,William R. Jarvis +7 more
TL;DR: Efforts to modify empiric vancomycin use in children's hospitals should be targeted at intensivists, neonatologists, and hematologists.
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Varicella-zoster virus: infection, control, and prevention
TL;DR: Widespread use of this vaccine may be beneficial in reducing the opportunities for varicella-zoster virus introductions in health care settings, particularly among the immunocompromised.