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Elaine Larson
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 682
Citations - 33816
Elaine Larson is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Hygiene. The author has an hindex of 88, co-authored 674 publications receiving 31100 citations. Previous affiliations of Elaine Larson include City University of New York & Emory University.
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Central challenges facing the national clinical research enterprise.
Nancy S. Sung,William F. Crowley,Myron Genel,Patricia Salber,Lewis G. Sandy,Louis M. Sherwood,Stephen B. Johnson,Veronica Catanese,Hugh H. Tilson,Kenneth A. Getz,Elaine Larson,David A. Scheinberg,E. Albert Reece,Harold C. Slavkin,Adrian S. Dobs,Jack Grebb,Rick A. Martinez,Allan Korn,David L. Rimoin +18 more
TL;DR: The goal of this article is to articulate the 4 central challenges facing clinical research at present--public participation, information systems, workforce training, and funding; to make recommendations about how they might be addressed by particular stakeholders; and to invite a broader, participatory dialogue with a view to improving the overall performance of the US clinical research enterprise.
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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 review of antibiotic use in food animals: perspective, policy, and potential.
TL;DR: Several lines of reasoning support the conclusion that agricultural antibiotics are associated with resistance, yet most public policy is based on expert opinion and consensus, and strategies to address current gaps in knowledge are proposed.
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Recommendations for preventing the spread of vancomycin resistance: Recommendations of the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)
Walter J. Hierholzer,Julia S. Garner,Audrey B. Adams,Donald E. Craven,David W. Fleming,Susan W. Forlenza,Mary J. R. Gilchrist,Donald A. Goldmann,Elaine Larson,C. Glen Mayhall,Rita D. McCormick,Ronald Lee Nichols +11 more
TL;DR: A rapid increase in the incidence of infection and colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) has been reported from U.S. hospitals in the last 5 years, and the lack of available antimicrobials for therapy of infections due to VRE poses several problems.
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APIC guidelines for handwashing and hand antisepsis in health care settings
TL;DR: The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) Board of Directors and Guidelines Committee are pleased to present the ‘‘APIC’’ Guideline for Hand Washing and Hand Antisepsis in Health Care Settings.