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Steven J. Schweon
Researcher at Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai Roosevelt
Publications - 20
Citations - 526
Steven J. Schweon is an academic researcher from Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai Roosevelt. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vaccination & Antimicrobial stewardship. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 19 publications receiving 422 citations.
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Surveillance Definitions of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities: Revisiting the McGeer Criteria
Nimalie D. Stone,Muhammad Salman Ashraf,Jennifer Ann Marie Calder,Christopher J. Crnich,Kent B. Crossley,Paul J. Drinka,Carolyn V. Gould,Manisha Juthani-Mehta,Ebbing Lautenbach,Mark Loeb,Taranisia MacCannell,Preeti N. Malani,Lona Mody,Joseph M. Mylotte,Lindsay E. Nicolle,Mary Claire Roghmann,Steven J. Schweon,Andrew E. Simor,Philip W. Smith,Kurt B. Stevenson,Suzanne F. Bradley +20 more
TL;DR: Infection surveillance definitions for long-term care facilities (ie, the McGeer Criteria) have not been updated since 1991 are modified on the basis of a structured review of the literature.
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A national implementation project to prevent catheter-Associated urinary tract infection in nursing home residents
Lona Mody,Lona Mody,M. Todd Greene,M. Todd Greene,Jennifer Meddings,Jennifer Meddings,Sarah L. Krein,Sarah L. Krein,Sara McNamara,Barbara W. Trautner,David Ratz,David Ratz,Nimalie D. Stone,Lillian Min,Lillian Min,Steven J. Schweon,Andrew J. Rolle,Russell N. Olmsted,Dale R. Burwen,James B Battles,Barbara S. Edson,Sanjay Saint,Sanjay Saint +22 more
TL;DR: In a large-scale, national implementation project involving community-based nursing homes, combined technical and socioadaptive catheter-associated UTI prevention interventions successfully reduced the incidence of catheter -associated UTIs.
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Template for an Antibiotic Stewardship Policy for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings
Robin L.P. Jump,Swati Gaur,Morgan J. Katz,Christopher J. Crnich,Ghinwa Dumyati,Muhammad Salman Ashraf,Elizabeth Frentzel,Steven J. Schweon,Philip D. Sloane,David A. Nace +9 more
TL;DR: The Infection Advisory Committee at AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has developed an antibiotic stewardship policy template tailored to the LTC setting, which can be adapted by individual facilities to help LTC facilities implement an antibiotic Stewardship policy that will meet or exceed CMS requirements.
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A Multifaceted Antimicrobial Stewardship Program for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Cystitis in Nursing Home Residents.
David A. Nace,Joseph T. Hanlon,Joseph T. Hanlon,Christopher J. Crnich,Christopher J. Crnich,Paul J. Drinka,Steven J. Schweon,Gulsum Anderson,Subashan Perera +8 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that a low-intensity, multifaceted intervention was associated with improved antibiotic prescribing for uncomplicated cystitis in a cohort of nursing homes without an adverse association with other safety outcomes.
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Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings: A Consensus Statement From AMDA's Infection Advisory Subcommittee.
Muhammad Salman Ashraf,Swati Gaur,Oluma Y. Bushen,Teena Chopra,Philip Chung,Kalin M Clifford,Elizabeth Muller Hames,Cees M.P.M. Hertogh,Amar Krishna,Dheeraj Mahajan,David R. Mehr,Vycki Nalls,Theresa A. Rowe,Steven J. Schweon,Philip D. Sloane,Kavita K. Trivedi,Laura W van Buul,Robin L.P. Jump +17 more
TL;DR: The consensus statement encourages integrating antibiotic stewardship principles into the policies and procedures used by PALTC nursing staff and by prescribing clinicians as they care for residents with a suspected UTI.