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Pamela A. Lipsett
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Publications - 185
Citations - 18710
Pamela A. Lipsett is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intensive care unit & Intensive care. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 182 publications receiving 17159 citations. Previous affiliations of Pamela A. Lipsett include American College of Chest Physicians & Johns Hopkins University.
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Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections
Naomi P. O'Grady,Mary Alexander,Lillian A. Burns,E. Patchen Dellinger,Jeffrey Garland,Stephen O. Heard,Pamela A. Lipsett,Henry Masur,Leonard A. Mermel,Michele L. Pearson,Issam I Raad,Adrienne G. Randolph,Mark E. Rupp,Sanjay Saint +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed guidelines for healthcare personnel who insert intravascular catheters and for persons responsible for surveillance and control of infections in hospital, outpatient, and home healthcare settings.
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Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Tamar F. Barlam,Tamar F. Barlam,Sara E. Cosgrove,Lilian M. Abbo,Conan MacDougall,Audrey N. Schuetz,Edward Septimus,Arjun Srinivasan,Timothy H. Dellit,Yngve Falck-Ytter,Neil O. Fishman,Cindy W. Hamilton,Timothy C. Jenkins,Pamela A. Lipsett,Preeti N. Malani,Larissa S May,Gregory J. Moran,Melinda M. Neuhauser,Jason G. Newland,Christopher A. Ohl,Matthew H. Samore,Susan K. Seo,Kavita K. Trivedi +22 more
TL;DR: These recommendations address the best approaches for antibiotic stewardship programs to influence the optimal use of antibiotics.
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Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit.
Sean M. Berenholtz,Peter J. Pronovost,Pamela A. Lipsett,Deborah B. Hobson,Karen Earsing,Jason E. Farley,Shelley Milanovich,Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer,Bradford D. Winters,Haya R. Rubin,Todd Dorman,Trish M. Perl +11 more
TL;DR: Multifaceted interventions that helped to ensure adherence with evidence-based infection control guidelines nearly eliminated CR-BSIs in the authors' surgical ICU.
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Organizational characteristics of intensive care units related to outcomes of abdominal aortic surgery.
Peter J. Pronovost,Mollie W. Jenckes,Todd Dorman,Elizabeth Garrett,Michael Breslow,Brian A. Rosenfeld,Pamela A. Lipsett,Eric B. Bass +7 more
TL;DR: Organizational characteristics of ICUs are related to differences among hospitals in outcomes of abdominal aortic surgery, and Clinicians and hospital leaders should consider the potential impact of ICU organizational characteristics on outcomes of patients having high-risk operations.
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Improving communication in the ICU using daily goals.
Peter J. Pronovost,Sean M. Berenholtz,Todd Dorman,Pamela A. Lipsett,Terri Simmonds,Carol Haraden +5 more
TL;DR: Implementing the daily goals form resulted in a significant improvement in the percent of residents and nurses who understood the goals of care for the day and a reduction in ICU LOS.