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Georgia Duckworth
Researcher at Health Protection Agency
Publications - 59
Citations - 4353
Georgia Duckworth is an academic researcher from Health Protection Agency. The author has contributed to research in topics: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus & Staphylococcal infections. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 59 publications receiving 4205 citations.
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Guidelines for the control and prevention of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in healthcare facilities.
J. E. Coia,Georgia Duckworth,David I. Edwards,Mark Farrington,C. Fry,Hilary Humphreys,C. Mallaghan,D. R. Tucker +7 more
TL;DR: The general principles of infection control should be adopted for patients with MRSA, including patient isolation and the appropriate cleaning and decontamination of clinical areas, and the inappropriate or unnecessary use of antibiotics should be avoided.
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Isolation measures in the hospital management of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): systematic review of the literature.
Ben S. Cooper,S.P. Stone,C. C. Kibbler,Barry Cookson,Jennifer A. Roberts,Graham F. Medley,Georgia Duckworth,R. Lai,Shah Ebrahim +8 more
TL;DR: There is evidence that concerted efforts that include isolation can reduce MRSA even in endemic settings, and current isolation measures recommended in national guidelines should continue to be applied until further research establishes otherwise.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals and the community: Stealth dynamics and control catastrophes
Ben S. Cooper,Graham F. Medley,S.P. Stone,C. C. Kibbler,Barry Cookson,Jennifer A. Roberts,Georgia Duckworth,R. Lai,Shah Ebrahim +8 more
TL;DR: It is found that even control measures able to repeatedly prevent sustained outbreaks in the short-term can result in long-term control failure resulting from gradual increases in the community reservoir.
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The ORION statement: guidelines for transparent reporting of outbreak reports and intervention studies of nosocomial infection
S.P. Stone,Ben S. Cooper,C.C. Kibbler,Barry Cookson,Jenny Roberts,Graham F. Medley,Georgia Duckworth,Rosalind Lai,Shah Ebrahim,Erwin M. Brown,Phil Wiffen,Peter Davey +11 more
TL;DR: The ORION (Outbreak Reports and Intervention Studies of Nosocomial infection) statement consists of a 22 item checklist, and a summary table, and the emphasis is on transparency to improve the quality of reporting and on the use of appropriate statistical techniques.
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Protective effect of antibiotics against serious complications of common respiratory tract infections: retrospective cohort study with the UK General Practice Research Database
TL;DR: Antibiotics are not justified to reduce the risk of serious complications for upper respiratory tract infection, sore throat, or otitis media, particularly in elderly people in whom the risk is highest.