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Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

Kavanagh KT, Cormier LE. Re: Long covid outcomes at one year after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection: nationwide cohort study. Another way of stating the results is that in very young unvaccinated adults (median age 25 years) who have mild disease, if one has cognitive impairment during the acute illness, this symptom will probably persist (81% of the time), if one has dyspnea or weakness, well over a third will have persistent symptoms, if one has heart palpitations about a third will have persistence of this symptom. BMJ. Jan. 1, 2023. https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj-2022-072529/rr-2
Kavanagh KT, Cormier LE. Success and Failures in MRSA infection Control During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. Sept. 24, 2022. https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-022-01158-z
Kavanagh KT, Pontus C, Par J, Cormier LE. COVID-19 Lessons Learned: A Global Perspective. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. Aug. 26, 2021. https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-021-00992-x
Kavanagh KT, Pare J, Pontus, C. COVID-19: Through the Eyes through the Front Line, an International Perspective. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. Nov. 7, 2020. 179, https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-020-00850-2
Kavanagh KT, Dykes PC. Hospital Pressure Injury Metrics, an Unfulfilled Need of Paramount Importance. Journal of Patient Safety. March 12, 2020. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000694 https://journals.lww.com/journalpatientsafety/Citation/9000/Hospital_
Pressure_Injury_Metrics,_an_Unfulfilled.99204.aspx .
Kavanagh KT, Brown RE, Kraman SS, Calderon LE, Kavanagh SP. Reporter Occupation and Source of Adverse Device Event Reports Contained in the FDA’s MAUDE Database. Patient Related Outcome Measures. DOI: 10.2147/PROM.S212991 July 1, 2019. https://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=46767
Kavanagh KT. Control of MSSA and MRSA in the United States: Protocols, Policies, Risk Adjustment and Excuses ARIC. DOI: 10.1186/s13756-019-0550 June 19, 2019 https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-019-0550-2
Kavanagh KT, Kraman SS. Comment Regarding: Prevalence, Underlying Causes, and Preventability of Sepsis-Associated Mortality in US Acute Care Hospitals
JAMAOpenNetwork: "But when medicine makes the leap from a death caused deliberately to one caused by a preventable error we all too often use the patient’s terminal condition to negate or ignore the occurrence. I feel many would question the logic behind this philosophy and that almost all would realize this is not how one achieves a high-performance delivery system which is patient centered." Download Comment https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2724768
Kavanagh KT, Kraman Ss. An Analysis of the FDA MAUDE Database and the Search for
Cobalt Toxicity in Class 3 Johnson & Johnson/DePuy Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants. Journal of Patient Safety: Dec. 2018 - Volume 14 - Issue 4 - p e89-e96 doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000534 . https://journals.lww.com/journalpatientsafety/Abstract/2018/12000/
An_Analysis_of_the_FDA_MAUDE_Database_and_the.12.aspx
Kavanagh KT, Abusalem S, Calderon LE. View point: gaps in the current guidelines for the prevention of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. Sept. 18, 2018. Free Access: https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-018-0407-0
Kavanagh KT, Abusalem S, Calderon LE. The incidence of MRSA infections in the United States. Is a more comprehensive tracking system needed? Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. April 7, 2017. Free Access: https://rdcu.be/KRmU https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-017-0193-0

Coverage by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2017/04/stewardship-resistance-scan-apr-07-2017

Kavanagh KT, Saman DM, Bartel R, Westerman K. Estimating hospital-related deaths due to medical error: A perspective from patient advocates. Journal of Patient Safety. Mar. 2017 - Volume 13 - Issue 1 - p 1-5. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000364 Accessed From https://journals.lww.com/journalpatientsafety/Fulltext/2017/03000/
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Letter to Editor: Comment Regarding: Electronic hand hygiene monitoring as a tool for reducing health care–associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. American Journal of infection Control. December 01 2016 https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(16)30904-X/fulltext
- (PubMed Commons) Kavanagh KT, Saman DM. Comment on PMID: 27908437: Comment on “Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring as a Tool for Reducing Nosocomial Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection” In: PubMed Commons [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine; 2017 Dec. 26. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27346800/#comments
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- (PubMed Commons) Kavanagh KT, Saman DM. Comment on PMID: 27908437: Response to Letter Regarding Manuscript “Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring as a Tool for Reducing Nosocomial Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection” In: PubMed Commons [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine; 2016 Dec. 16. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27908437#cm27908437_34333
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Missing opportunities on the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic Resistance (PACCARB). American Journal of infection Control. Published Sep. 6,, 2016. https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(16)30706-4/fulltext Download Authors Manuscript Version (Free Access): https://www.healthwatchusa.org/HWUSA-Publications/PDF-Downloads/20160906-PACCARBCommentary-FinalSubmittedManuiscript.pdf View Altmetric Score
A perspective on the principles of integrity in infectious disease research. Journal of Patient Safety. June 2016 - Volume 12 - Issue 2 - p 57-62. https://journals.lww.com/journalpatientsafety/fulltext/2016/06000/
A_Perspective_on_the_Principles_of_Integrity_in.1.aspx
Authors' Response to Letter Regarding “Questionable validity of the catheter-associated urinary tract infection metric used for value-based purchasing” American Journal of Infection Control. Jan. 29, 2016. Published Ahead of Print. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.12.002 https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553%2815%2901229-8/pdf View Altmetric Score
Calderon LE, Kavanagh KT, Rice MK. Questionable Validity of the Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection Metric Used for Value Based Purchasing. American Journal of Infection Control. Published online Jul. 1, 2015. https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553%2815%2900613-6/fulltext View Altmetric Score
Viewpoint: A response to “Screening and isolation to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: sense, nonsense, and evidence”, Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2015, 4:4 (5 February 2015) http://www.aricjournal.com/content/pdf/s13756-015-0044-9.pdf View Altmetric Score
- Dancer S. "The Year in Infection Control" ECCMID (the 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen, Denmark). Dr. Dancer is the past editor of the Journal of Hospital Infection. The publication is quoted in slides 12 & 27 https://eccmidlive.org/resources/part-ii--3
Conflict of Interest, Dr Charles Denham and the Journal of Patient Safety. J Patient Saf. 2014 Dec;10(4):181-185. PubMed PMID: 25408235. https://journals.lww.com/journalpatientsafety/Fulltext/2014/
12000/Conflict_of_Interest,_Dr_Charles_Denham_and_the.1.aspx
Letter to the editor regarding: The effectiveness of Medicare's non-payment of hospital-acquired conditions policy Health Policy. August 27, 2014. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851014002218
How I Was Prescribed an Unnecessary Antibiotic While Traveling to a Conference on Antibiotic Resistance JAMA Internal Medicine, Aug 4, 2014. Published Ahead of Print.
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The use of surveillance and preventative measures for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections in surgical patients. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2014, 3:18 doi:10.1186/2047-2994-3-18 Published: 14 May 2014. View Altmetric Score https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4028005/ https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2047-2994-3-18
Reply to ''Planned Analyses of the REDUCE MRSA Trial'' Kevin T. Kavanagh, Daniel M. Saman and Yanling Yu Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2014, 58(4):2486. DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02821-13. https://aac.asm.org/content/58/4/2486.long Download Full Article PDF
Commentary: Much Work Still to Be Done to Prevent Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections. American Journal of Medical Quality 1062860613513317, first published on December 13, 2013 as doi:10.1177/1062860613513317
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Assessing the Necessity of the Standardized Infection Ratio for Reporting Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections. PLOS One. Nov. 4, 2013.
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A Perspective on How the United States Fell Behind Northern Europe in the Battle Against Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. (Ahead of Print. Oct. 7, 2013.) Dec. 2013 57(12):5789-5791. PMID: 24100502 https://aac.asm.org/content/57/12/5789.full.pdf . View Altmetric Score
- American Council on Science and Health's blog entitled "More on the antibiotic crisis: Could Our Government Possibly Screw Up Worse Than This"? https://www.acsh.org/news/2013/11/14/antibiotic-crisis-government-possibly-screw-worse
The Relationship Between Tort Reform and Medical Utilization. Journal of Patient Safety, October 7, 2013. [Epub ahead of print] Download Full Article PDF View Altmetric Score

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Saman DM, Kavanagh KT. Response to patient satisfaction as a possible indicator of quality surgical care. JAMA Surg. 2013 Oct 1;148(10):985. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.3408. https://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1756992 View Altmetric Score
Can Inpatient Hospital Experiences Predict Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections? PloS One. Apr. 5, 2013. PMID: 23577195 FREE ACCESS
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Redefining the standardized infection ratio to aid in consumer value purchasing. J Patient Saf. 2013 Jun;9(2):55-8. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3182809f31. PMID: 23370222 FREE ACCESS https://journals.lww.com/journalpatientsafety/fulltext/2013/06000/
Redefining_the_Standardized_Infection_Ratio_to_Aid.1.aspx
- Poster Presentation: Kavanagh KT and Saman DM. Meaningful Definition of the Standardized Infection Ratio. The 2012 HAI Data Summit. US Dept of Health and Human Services. Kansas City, MO. May 31, 2012
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Letter to the Editor Regarding "Nonpayment for Preventable Infections in U.S. Hospitals". New England Journal of Medicine. 2013; Jan. 368:191-192. PMID: 23301747 FREE ACCESS View Altmetric Score http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1213732
Moving Healthcare Quality Forward With Nursing-Sensitive Value-Based Purchasing. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2012 Oct 15. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2012.01469.x. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23066956 FREE ACCESS http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1547-5069.2012.01469.x/full View Altmetric Score
- Coverage of Article in Kentucky Health News
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  other-safety-issues-plague.html
- Coverage by Nurse Future.com
  https://nursefuture.com/2012/10/safety-issues-worry-hospitals/
- Coverage by WEKU "Safety Issues Worry Hospitals"
  https://www.weku.fm/post/safety-issues-worry-hospitals
- Coverage by Unitek College "Nurses Stand to Gain from Value-Based Care"
  https://www.unitekcollege.edu/blog/nurses-stand-gain-valuebased-care/

A Perspective on the Evidence Regarding Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance. J Patient Saf. Sept. 2012 - Volume 8 - Issue 3 - p 140-143. 2012 Aug 7. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22874134
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A_Perspective_on_the_Evidence_Regarding.6.aspx
Premier Pay for Performance and Patient Outcomes". New England Journal of Medicine. July 2012;367:381-383. PMID: 22830476 (Letter to the Editor Regarding the Effectiveness of Process Measures and Mortality Measures in Promoting Healthcare Quality) FREE ACCESS https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1206170 View Altmetric Score
Financial Incentives to Promote Healthcare Quality: The Hospital Acquired Conditions Nonpayment Policy. The Journal of Social Work in Public Health. 2011 Sep 26(5):524-541. PMID: 21902485
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Mounting evidence supports universal surveillance for MRSA in preoperative patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Aug;213(2):335-6. PMID: 21787990. (Commentary on Swiss/Geneva MRSA Study Published in JAMA (Harbarth, Fankhauser, Schrenzel, et.al, 2008)).

Letter to the editor In response to "Assessing nursing staffing ratios: variability in workload intensity". Policy Polit Nurs Pract. 2007 Aug;8(3):182. PMID: 18178924

Publications in Peer Reviewed Bulletins and Magazines

Health Care Integration: Will Physicians lose their voice? Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. 2011 Jun;96(6):28-30. PMID: 22315908 FREE ACCESS https://www.facs.org/~/media/files/publications/bulletin/2011/2011%20june%20bulletin.ashx

The picture on the right is a photomicrograph of
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA).