Publications

Quan KA, Sater MRA, Uy C, Clifton-Koeppel R, Dickey LL, Wilson W, Patton P, Chang W, Samuelson P, Lagoudas GK, Allen T, Merchant L, Gannotta R, Bittencourt CE, Soto JC, Evans KD, Blainey PC, Murray J, Shelton D, Lee HS, Zahn M, Wolfe J, Madey K, Yim J, Gohil SK, Grad YH, Huang SS. Epidemiology and genomics of a slow outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA) in a neonatal intensive care unit: Successful chronic decolonization of MRSA-positive healthcare personnel. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Jun 16:1-8. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.133. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35706396.

Gohil SK, Quan KA, Madey KM, King-Adelsohn S, Tjoa T, Tifrea D, Crews BO, Monuki ES, Khan S, Schubl SD, Bittencourt CE, Detweiler N, Chang W, Willis L, Khusbu U, Saturno A, Rezk SA, Figueroa C, Jain A, Assis R, Felgner P, Edwards R, Hsieh L, Forthal D, Wilson WC, Stamos MJ, Huang SS. Infection prevention strategies are highly protective in COVID-19 units while main risks to healthcare professionals come from coworkers and the community. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2021 Nov 22;10(1):163. doi: 10.1186/s13756-021-01031-5. PMID: 34809702; PMCID: PMC8608236.

Gohil SK, Olenslager K, Quan KA, Dastur CK, Afsar N, Chang W, Huang SS. Asymptomatic and Symptomatic COVID-19 Infections Among Health Care Personnel Before and After Vaccination. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jul 1;4(7):e2115980. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.15980. PMID: 34236414; PMCID: PMC8267609.

Polage CR, Quan KA, Madey K, Myers FE, Wightman DA, Krishna S, Grein JD, Gibbs L, Yokoe D, Mabalot SC, Chinn R, Hallmark A, Rubin Z, Fontenot M, Cohen S, Birnbaum D, Huang SS, Torriani FJ. Evaluation of the National Healthcare Safety Network standardized infection ratio risk adjustment for healthcare-facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection in intensive care, oncology, and hematopoietic cell transplant units in general acute-care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Apr;41(4):404-410. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.4. Epub 2020 Feb 13. PMID: 32052726.

Gohil SK, Yim J, Quan K, Espinoza M, Thompson DJ, Kong AP, Bahadori B, Tjoa T, Paiji C, Rudkin S, Rashid S, Hong SS, Dickey L, Alsharif MN, Wilson WC, Amin AN, Chang J, Khusbu U, Huang SS. Impact of a Central-Line Insertion Site Assessment (CLISA) score on localized insertion site infection to prevent central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Jan;41(1):59-66. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.291. Epub 2019 Nov 8. PMID: 31699181.

Quan KA, Yim J, Merrill D, Khusbu U, Madey K, Dickey L, Dangodara AA, Rudkin SE, O'Brien M, Thompson D, Parekh N, Albers CG, Wilson WC, Thrupp L, Bittencourt CE, Huang SS, Gohil SK. Reductions in Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Rates Using Real-Time Automated Clinical Criteria Verification to Enforce Appropriate Testing. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 May;39(5):625-627. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.32. Epub 2018 Mar 19. PMID: 29552992; PMCID: PMC6601342.

Chinn R, Lempp JM, Huang SS, Murthy R, Torriani FJ, Daley J, Dekker E, Goss-Bottorff B, Kaler W, Meyer K, Myers F, Nichols A, Kathleen Quan, Birnbaum D. Standardized Infection Ratio for Surgical Site Infection after Colon Surgery: Discord in Models Measuring Healthcare Quality. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Nov;37(11):1378-1382. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.167. Epub 2016 Aug 30. PMID: 27573521.

Quan KA, Cousins SM, Porter DD, O'Brien M, Rudkin S, Lambertson B, Hoang D, Dangodara AA, Huang SS. Electronic health record solutions to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections by enhancing documentation of central line insertion practices, line days, and daily line necessity. Am J Infect Control. 2016 Apr 1;44(4):438-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.10.036. Epub 2015 Dec 21. PMID: 26717872.

Scott SK, Gohil SK, Quan K, Huang SS. Marked reduction in compliance with central line insertion practices (CLIP) when accounting for missing CLIP data and incomplete line capture. Am J Infect Control. 2016 Feb;44(2):242-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.09.007. Epub 2015 Oct 27. PMID: 26518499; PMCID: PMC4727987.

Quan KA, Cousins SM, Porter DD, Puppo RA, Huang SS. Automated tracking and ordering of precautions for multidrug-resistant organisms. Am J Infect Control. 2015 Jun;43(6):577-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.12.019. Epub 2015 Feb 10. PMID: 25681303.

Quan KA, Cousins SM, Hizon DA, Heck KK, Samuelson P, Garcia F Jr, Huang SS. Electronic solutions to enhance tracking and compliance with mandatory influenza vaccination for all hospital staff. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Nov;35(11):1421-4. doi: 10.1086/678415. PMID: 25333440.

Datta R, Shah A, Huang SS, Cui E, Nguyen V, Welbourne SJ, Quan KA, Thrupp L. High nasal burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus increases risk of invasive disease. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jan;52(1):312-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01606-13. Epub 2013 Oct 23. PMID: 24153126; PMCID: PMC3911445.

Tehrani DM, Russell D, Brown J, Boynton-Delahanty K, Quan K, Gibbs L, Braddock G, Zaroda T, Koopman M, Thompson D, Nichols A, Cui E, Liu C, Cohen S, Rubin Z, Pegues D, Torriani F, Datta R, Huang SS. Discord among performance measures for central line-associated bloodstream infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Feb;34(2):176-83. doi: 10.1086/669090. Epub 2012 Dec 14. PMID: 23295564.

Quan K, Tehrani DM, Dickey L, Spiritus E, Hizon D, Heck K, Samuelson P, Kornhauser E, Zeitany R, Mancia S, Thrupp L, Tiso SM, Huang SS. Voluntary to mandatory: evolution of strategies and attitudes toward influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Jan;33(1):63-70. doi: 10.1086/663210. Epub 2011 Nov 22. PMID: 22173524.