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Donald A. Goldmann
Researcher at Boston Children's Hospital
Publications - 353
Citations - 29552
Donald A. Goldmann is an academic researcher from Boston Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Intensive care. The author has an hindex of 94, co-authored 345 publications receiving 28089 citations. Previous affiliations of Donald A. Goldmann include Boston University & United States Public Health Service.
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Interventional study to evaluate the impact of an alcohol-based hand gel in improving hand hygiene compliance
Stéphan Juergen Harbarth,Didier Pittet,Lynne Grady,Anne Zawacki,Gail Potter-Bynoe,Matthew H. Samore,Donald A. Goldmann +6 more
TL;DR: A statistically significant, modest improvement in compliance is noted after introduction of an alcohol-based hand gel with multifaceted QI support, suggesting that alcohol- based HH may be effective in improving compliance.
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Transmission of viral respiratory infections in the home.
TL;DR: Despite many years of study, the precise routes rhinovirus takes to inflict the misery of the common cold on a susceptible population remain controversial.
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Association of Intravenous Lipid Emulsion and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Bacteremia in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Jonathan Freeman,Donald A. Goldmann,Nancy E. Smith,David G. Sidebottom,Michael F. Epstein,Richard Platt +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a case-control study among 882 infants treated in two neonatal intensive care units during 1982 was conducted to investigate potential risk factors for this nosocomial infection.
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The Teicoplanin-Associated Locus Regulator (TcaR) and the Intercellular Adhesin Locus Regulator (IcaR) Are Transcriptional Inhibitors of the ica Locus in Staphylococcus aureus
TL;DR: TcaR appeared to be a weak negative regulator of transcription of the ica locus, whereas IcaR was a strong negative regulator, and in their absence PNAG production and biofilm formation were enhanced.
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Cephalothin prophylaxis in cardiac valve surgery. A prospective, double-blind comparison of two-day and six-day regimens.
Donald A. Goldmann,Cyrus C. Hopkins,Adolf W. Karchmer,Ronald M. Abel,M. Terry McEnany,Cary W. Akins,Mortimer J. Buckley,Robert C. Moellering,Barbara J. Noel +8 more
TL;DR: A short course of prophylactic antibiotics is prudent, but there is no justification for prolonging their administration.