Publications
2011
Kong F, Cook D, Paterson DL, Whitby M, Clements A. Do staffing and workload levels influence the risk of new meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisitions in a well-resourced intensive care unit? Journal of Hospital Infection 2011.
Morton A, Mengersen K, Rajmokan M, Whitby M, Playford E, Jones M. Funnel plots and risk-adjusted count data adverse events. A limitation of indirect standardisation. Journal of Hospital Infection 2011: 1-4
Mollee P, Jones M, Stackelroth J, van Kuilenburg R, Joubert W, Faoagali J, Looke D et al. Catheter-associated bloodstream infection incidence and risk factors in adults with cancer: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Hospital Infection 2011; 26-30
2010
Nimmo, G.R., Schooneveldt, J.M., Sutherland, J.L., Power, S., Olesen, D., Selvey, C., Beard, F., Jones, M., Paterson, D.L. Epidemiology of non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Queensland, Australia: Associations with indigenous populations and Panton-Valentine leukocidin European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2010; 29 (10): 1253-1259.
Hall L, Keane L, Mayoh S, Olesen D. Changing learning to improve practice - Hand hygiene education in Queensland medical schools. Healthcare Infection 2010; 15: 126-129.
Halton K, Graves N. Using economic data to reduce healthcare-acquired infection. NZMJ 2010; 123(1324): 6-8
Halton K, Cook D, Paterson DL, Safdar N, Graves N. Cost-Effectiveness of a Central Venous Catheter Care Bundle. PLoS ONE 2010; 5(9): e12815
Nimmo GR, Schooneveldt JM, Sutherland JL, Power S, Olesen D et al. Epidemiology of non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Queensland, Australia: associations with indigenous populations and Panton-Valentine leukocidin. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2010; June18 [PMID:20556466]
Clements A, Magalhães R, Tatem A, Paterson D, Riley T. Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027: assessing the risks of further worldwide spread. Lancet Infect Dis 2010;10: 395–04
Lakhan P, Doherty J, Jones M, Clements A. A systematic review of maternal intrinsic risk factors associated with surgical site infection following Caesarean sections. Healthcare Infection 2010; 15: 35-41
Graves N, Harbarth S, Beyersmann J, Barnett A, Halton K, Cooper B. Estimating the cost of health care-associated infections: mind your p's and q's. Clin Infect Dis 2010; 50(7): 1017-21.
Stefan H. Steiner and Mark Jones. Risk Adjusted Survival Time Monitoring with an Updating (EWMA) Control Chart. Statistics in Medicine, 2009, 29, 444-454.
2009
Tong ENC, Clements ACA, Haynes MA, Jones MA, Morton AP, Whitby M. Improved hospital-level risk adjustment for surveillance of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Infectious Diseases 2009;9:145
Graves N, Halton K, Paterson D, Whitby M. Economic rationale for infection control in Australian hospitals. Healthcare Infection 2009; 14: 81-88
Halton KA, Cook DA, Whitby M, Paterson DL, Graves N. Cost effectiveness of antimicrobial catheters in the intensive care unit: addressing uncertainty in the decision. Crit Care 2009; 13(2): R35
2008
Bolz, K; Ramritu P, Halton K, Cook D, Graves N. Management of central venous catheters in Australia: policies and practices. Healthcare Infection 2008;13:48-55.
Rosenthal V, Maki D, Graves N. The International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC): Goals and objectives, description of surveillance methods, and operational activities. Am J Infect Control 2008;36:e1-e12 [PMID18992646]
Morton AP, Clements AC, Doidge SR, Stackelroth J, Curtis M, Whitby M. Surveillance of healthcare-acquired infections in Queensland, Australia: data and lessons from the first 5 years. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008; 29: 695-701 [PMID: 18690786]
Graves N, Halton K, Doidge S, Clements A, Lairson D, Whitby M. Who bears the cost of healthcare-acquired surgical site infection? J Hosp Infect 2008 (Article in Press)
Whitby M, McLaws M, Slater K, Tong E, Johnson B. Three successful interventions in health care workers that improve compliance with hand hygiene: Is sustained replication possible? Am J Infect Control 2008;36:349-55.
(Economics Working Paper) Graves N, Tong E, Clements A, Faddy M, Whitby M. Two methods for attributing length of stay to healthcare acquired infection.
Clements A, Halton K, Graves N, Pettitt A, Morton A, Looke D, Whitby M.
Overcrowding and understaffing in modern healthcare systems: Key determinants in MRSA transmission. Lancet Infect Dis. 2008; forthcoming
Ramritu P, Halton K, Cook D, Whitby M, Graves N.
Catheter-related bloodstream infections in intensive care units: a systematic review with meta-analysis. J Adv Nurs. 2008 Apr;62(1):3-21.[PMID: 18352960]
Ramritu P, Halton K, Collignon P, Cook D, Fraenkel D, Battistutta D, Whitby M, Graves N.
A systematic review comparing the relative effectiveness of antimicrobial-coated catheters in intensive care units. Am J Infect Control. 2008 Mar;36(2):104-17 [PMID: 18313512]
Munckhof WJ, Nimmo GR, Carney J, Schooneveldt JM, Huygens F, Inman-Bamber J, Tong E, Morton A, Giffard P. Methicillin-susceptible, non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant and multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: a clinical, epidemiological and microbiological comparative study. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 16 [PMID: 18278529]
2007
Clements AC, Tong EN, Morton AP, Whitby M. Risk stratification for surgical site infections in Australia: evaluation of the US National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance risk index. J Hosp Infect. 2007;66(2):148-55. [PMID: 17493705]
Halton K, Graves N. Economic evaluation and catheter-related bloodstream infections. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007;13(6):815-23. [PMID: 17553218]
Morton AP, Gatton M, Tong E, Clements A. New control chart methods for monitoring MROs in hospitals. Australian Infect Control 2007 Mar;12(1):14-8. [Not indexed on PubMed]
Whitby M, McLaws ML. Hand hygiene: the behaviour is the solution. J Hosp Infect. 2007 Nov;67(3):291. [Not indexed on PMID]
Slater K, Whitby M, McLaws ML. Prevention of needlestick injuries: the need for strategic marketing to address health care worker misperceptions. Am J Infect Control. 2007 Oct;35(8):560-2. [PMID: 17936149]
Whitby M, McLaws ML. Methodological difficulties in hand hygiene research. J Hosp Infect. 2007 Oct;67(2):194-5. [PMID: 17884247]
Whitby M, McLaws ML, Doidge S, Collopy B. Post-discharge surgical site surveillance: does patient education improve reliability of diagnosis? J Hosp Infect. 2007 Jul;66(3):237-42.[PMID: 17582652]
Whitby M, Pessoa-Silva CL, McLaws ML, Allegranzi B, Sax H, Larson E, Seto WH, Donaldson L, Pittet D. Behavioural considerations for hand hygiene practices: the basic building blocks. J Hosp Infect 2007 Jan;65(1):1-8 [PMID: 17145101]
Graves N, Tong E, Morton AP, Halton K, Curtis M, Lairson D, Whitby M. Factors associated with health care-acquired urinary tract infection. Am J Infect Control 2007 Aug;35(6):387-92. [PMID: 17660009]
Graves N, Weinhold D, Tong E, Birrell F, Doidge S, Ramritu P, Halton K, Lairson D, Whitby M. Effect of healthcare-acquired infection on length of hospital stay and cost. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007 Mar;28(2):178-84 [PMID: 17326018]
Graves N, Halton K, Lairson D. Economics and preventing hospital-acquired infection: broadening the perspective. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007 Feb;28(2):178-84 [PMID: 17265399]
2006
Graves N, Halton K, Curtis M, Doidge S, Lairson D, McLaws M, Whitby M. Costs of surgical site infections that appear after hospital discharge. Emerg Infect Dis 2006 May;12(5):831-4 [PMID: 16704847]
Whitby M, McLaws ML, Ross MW. Why healthcare workers don't wash their hands: a behavioural explanation. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006 May;27(5):484-92. [PMID: 16671030]
2005
Graves N, Birrell FA, Whitby M. Modeling the economic losses from pressure ulcers among hospitalized patients in Australia. Wound Repair Regen 2005 Sep-Oct;13(5):462-7 [PMID: 16176454]
Graves N, Weinhold D, Roberts JA. Correcting for bias when estimating the cost of hospital-acquired infection: an analysis of lower respiratory tract infections in non-surgical patients. Health Econ 2005 Jul;14(7):755-61 [PMID: 15678521]
Graves N, Birrell F, Whitby M. Effect of pressure ulcers on length of hospital stay. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2005 Mar;26(3):293-7 [PMID: 15796283]
2004
Curtis M, Graves N, Birrell F, Walker S, Henderson B, Shaw M, Whitby M. A comparison of competing methods for the detection of surgical-site infections in patients undergoing total arthroplasty of the knee, partial and total arthoplasty of hip and femoral or similar vascular bypass. J Hosp Infect 2004 Jul;57(3):189-93. [PMID: 15236846]
Graves N. Economics and preventing hospital-acquired infection. Emerg Infect Dis 2004 Apr;10(4):561-6. [PMID: 15200842]
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