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Michael Klompas
Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications - 349
Citations - 21009
Michael Klompas is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Pneumonia. The author has an hindex of 62, co-authored 290 publications receiving 14548 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael Klompas include Harvard University & University of Manitoba.
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SEP-1 Has Brought Much Needed Attention to Improving Sepsis Care…But Now Is the Time to Improve SEP-1
TL;DR: Critics of SEP-1 recall the well-intended but ill-fated CMS community-acquired pneumonia measure requiring clinicians to give antibiotics to patients within 4 hours of hospital arrival, which led to an increase in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing but no appreciable decrease in mortality.
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Rapid control of hospital-based SARS-CoV-2 Omicron clusters through daily testing and universal use of N95 respirators
Meghan A Baker,Chanu Rhee,Robert Tucker,Amy Badwaik,Cassie Coughlin,Meghan A Holtzman,Candace Hsieh,Angela Maguire,Elizabeth Mermel Blaeser,Saranya Seetharaman,Ofelia Solem,Vineeta Vaidya,Michael Klompas +12 more
TL;DR: The highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant increases risk for nosocomial transmission despite universal masking, admission testing, and symptom screening, and broader use of these strategies may prevent Nosocomial transmissions.
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Inclusion of 30-Day Postdischarge Detection Triples the Incidence of Hospital-Onset Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
TL;DR: On the basis of administrative claims data, the inclusion of post-DD HO- MRSA significantly increased the estimated HO-MRSA incidence and altered hospital rankings and reviewed changes in hospital rankings.
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Bacterial ecology of hospital workers' facial hair: a cross-sectional study
Elliot Wakeam,Roland A. Hernandez,Roland A. Hernandez,D. Rivera Morales,Samuel R.G. Finlayson,Samuel R.G. Finlayson,Michael Klompas,Michael J. Zinner +7 more
TL;DR: Overall, colonization is similar in male healthcare workers with and without facial Hair; however, certain bacterial species were more prevalent in workers without facial hair.
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Strategies to enhance adoption of ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention interventions: a systematic literature review.
Jente M. Goutier,Christine G. Holzmueller,Kelsey C. Edwards,Michael Klompas,Kathleen Speck,Sean M. Berenholtz +5 more
TL;DR: It is believed this work fills an important void in most clinical practice guidelines, and broad use of these strategies may expedite VAP reduction efforts.