Healthcare Associated Infections Collaborative

The Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) Collaboratives developed quality assessment methods in cooperation with the Rochester area hospitals to monitor infections of interest to our surrounding community.

• CLABSI: Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections Outside the ICU
• C difficile Infection (CDI) Reduction Collaborative
• Rochester Nursing Home Collaborative
  • Publications
    • Barney GR, Felsen CB, Dumyati GK. One-day point prevalence as a method for estimating antibiotic use in nursing homes. Infect Control & Hosp Epidemiol, 2018 Dec. 5 1-3. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.309.
    • Felsen, C., Barney, G., & Dumyati, G. (n.d.). Innovative methods to summarize nursing home antibiotic data. Infect Control & Hosp Epidemiol, 1-2. doi:10.1017/ice.2019.226
    • Felsen CB, Dodds Ashley ES, Barney GR, Nelson DL, Nicholas JA, Yang H, Aydelotte ME, Karlic A, Nicholas NC, Petrone KK, Pine RD, Schabel SL, Medina-Walpole A, Dumyati GK. ​​Reducing Fluoroquinolone Use and Clostridioides difficile Infections in Community Nursing Homes Through Hospital-Nursing Home Collaboration.​  J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Jan;21(1):55-61.e2. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2019.11.010.
    • Seshadri, S., Felsen, C., Sellers, C., & Dumyati, G. (2020). “There is no one to pick up the pieces”: Sustainability of antibiotic stewardship programs in nursing homes. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1-8. doi:10.1017/ice.2020.1217
  • In the News
    • Wall Street Journal - New Push to Stop Overuse of Antibiotics in Nursing Homes, Oct. 2015​

Other Publications

• Chang NN, Leecaster M, Fridkin S, Dumyati G, Tsay R, et al. Assessing Pathogen Transmission Opportunities: Variation in Nursing Home Staff-Resident Interactions. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2023; Available online March 27, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.02.018.
• Dumyati G., Jump R., Gaur S., Mandating COVID-19 Vaccine for Nursing Home Staff: An Ethical Obligation, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2021, ISSN 1525-8610, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.08.017.
• Dumyati G, Gaur S, Nace DA, Jump RLP, Does Universal Testing for COVID-19 Work for Everyone?, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.08.013. (Journal pre-proof)
• Gaur S, Dumyati G,Nace DA, Jump RLP. Unprecedented Solutions for Extraordinary Times: Helping Long-Term Care Settings Deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Mar 30: 1-8. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.98. [Epub ahead of print]
• Dumyati G, Stone ND, Nace DA, Crnich CJ, Jump RL. Challenges and Strategies for Prevention of Multidrug-Resistant Organism Transmission in Nursing Homes. Curr Infect Dis Rep, 2017 Apr;19(4):18. doi: 10.1007/s11908-017-0576-7.
• Jump RLP, Gaur S, Katz MJ, Crnich CJ, Dumyati G, Ashraf MS, Frentzel E, Schweon SJ, Sloane P, Nace D; Infection Advisory Committee for AMDA—The Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.Template for an Antibiotic Stewardship Policy for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2017 Nov 1;18(11):913-920. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2017.07.018.