Senior Lecturer on Population Medicine, Part-time
Huang SS, Labus BJ, Samuel MC, Wan DT, Reingold AL
Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial isolates from blood in San Francisco County, California, 1996-1999. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Feb; 8(2):195-201.
Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial isolates from blood in San Francisco County, California, 1996-1999.
Yokoe DS, Avery TR, Platt R, Kleinman K, Huang SS
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Ranking Hospitals Based on Colon Surgery and Abdominal Hysterectomy Surgical Site Infection Outcomes: Impact of Limiting Surveillance to the Operative Hospital. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 09 14; 67(7):1096-1102.
Ranking Hospitals Based on Colon Surgery and Abdominal Hysterectomy Surgical Site Infection Outcomes: Impact of Limiting Surveillance to the Operative Hospital.
Huang SS, Hinrichsen VL, Stevenson AE, Rifas-Shiman SL, Pelton SI, Hanage WP, Finkelstein JA.
Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting
Virtual Disappearance of Pneumococcal Vaccine Strains from Massachusetts Communities. Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. 2007.
Virtual Disappearance of Pneumococcal Vaccine Strains from Massachusetts Communities
Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Pottinger J, Herwaldt L, Zembower T, Noskin GA, Cosgrove S, Perl T, Curtis A, Tokars J, Platt R and the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program.
Improving assessment of vancomycin resistant enterococci. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2007; 195:339-46.
Improving assessment of vancomycin resistant enterococci
Lee GM, Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Hinrichsen VL, Pelton SI, Kleinman K, Hanage WP, Lipsitch M, McAdam AJ, Finkelstein JA
Epidemiology and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus colonization in children in the post-PCV7 era. BMC Infect Dis. 2009 Jul 11; 9:110.
Epidemiology and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus colonization in children in the post-PCV7 era.
Finkelstein JA, Huang SS, Daniel J, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman K, Goldmann D, Pelton SI, DeMaria A, Platt R
Antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era: predictors of carriage in a multicommunity sample. Pediatrics. 2003 Oct; 112(4):862-9.
Antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era: predictors of carriage in a multicommunity sample.
Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Warren DK, Fraser VJ, Climo MW, Wong ES, Cosgrove SE, Perl TM, Pottinger JM, Herwaldt LA, Jernigan JA, Tokars JL, Diekema DJ, Hinrichsen VL, Yokoe DS, Platt R
Improving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance and reporting in intensive care units. J Infect Dis. 2007 Feb 01; 195(3):330-8.
Improving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance and reporting in intensive care units.
Kypraios T, O'Neill PD, Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Cooper BS
Assessing the role of undetected colonization and isolation precautions in reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission in intensive care units. BMC Infect Dis. 2010 Feb 16; 10:29.
Assessing the role of undetected colonization and isolation precautions in reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission in intensive care units.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Risk of postdischarge infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus after initial infection or colonization. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Dec; 31(12):1290-3.
Risk of postdischarge infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus after initial infection or colonization.
Lankiewicz JD, Yokoe DS, Olsen MA, Onufrak F, Fraser VJ, Stevenson K, Khan Y, Hooper D, Platt R, Huang SS
Beyond 30 days: does limiting the duration of surgical site infection follow-up limit detection? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Feb; 33(2):202-4.
Beyond 30 days: does limiting the duration of surgical site infection follow-up limit detection?
Risk of acquiring antibiotic-resistant bacteria from prior room occupants. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Oct 09; 166(18):1945-51.
Risk of acquiring antibiotic-resistant bacteria from prior room occupants.
Hanage WP, Huang SS, Lipsitch M, Bishop CJ, Godoy D, Pelton SI, Goldstein R, Huot H, Finkelstein JA
Diversity and antibiotic resistance among nonvaccine serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage isolates in the post-heptavalent conjugate vaccine era. J Infect Dis. 2007 Feb 01; 195(3):347-52.
Diversity and antibiotic resistance among nonvaccine serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage isolates in the post-heptavalent conjugate vaccine era.
Weber SG, Huang SS, Oriola S, Huskins WC, Noskin GA, Harriman K, Olmsted RN, Bonten M, Lundstrom T, Climo MW, Roghmann MC, Murphy CL, Karchmer TB
Legislative mandates for use of active surveillance cultures to screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci: Position statement from the Joint SHEA and APIC Task Force. Am J Infect Control. 2007 Mar; 35(2):73-85.
Legislative mandates for use of active surveillance cultures to screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci: Position statement from the Joint SHEA and APIC Task Force.
Huang SS, Livingston JM, Rawson NS, Schmaltz S, Platt R
Developing algorithms for healthcare insurers to systematically monitor surgical site infection rates. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2007 Jun 06; 7:20.
Developing algorithms for healthcare insurers to systematically monitor surgical site infection rates.
Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after previous infection or colonization. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Feb 01; 36(3):281-5.
Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after previous infection or colonization.
Greene SK, Huang J, Abrams AM, Gilliss D, Reed M, Platt R, Huang SS, Kulldorff M
Gastrointestinal disease outbreak detection using multiple data streams from electronic medical records. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2012 May; 9(5):431-41.
Gastrointestinal disease outbreak detection using multiple data streams from electronic medical records.
Hanage WP, Finkelstein JA, Huang SS, Pelton SI, Stevenson AE, Kleinman K, Hinrichsen VL, Fraser C
Evidence that pneumococcal serotype replacement in Massachusetts following conjugate vaccination is now complete. Epidemics. 2010 Jun; 2(2):80-4.
Evidence that pneumococcal serotype replacement in Massachusetts following conjugate vaccination is now complete.
Hudson LO, Murphy CR, Spratt BG, Enright MC, Terpstra L, Gombosev A, Hannah P, Mikhail L, Alexander R, Moore DF, Huang SS
Differences in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from pediatric and adult patients from hospitals in a large county in California. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Mar; 50(3):573-9.
Differences in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from pediatric and adult patients from hospitals in a large county in California.
Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Warren DK, Fraser VJ, Climo MW, Wong ES, Cosgrove SE, Perl TM, Pottinger JM, Herwaldt LA, Jernigan JA, Tokars JL, Diekema DJ, Hinrichsen VL, Yokoe DS, Platt R, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program.
Improving MRSA surveillance and reporting in ICUs. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2007; 195:330-8.
Improving MRSA surveillance and reporting in ICUs
Lee BY, McGlone SM, Song Y, Avery TR, Eubank S, Chang CC, Bailey RR, Wagener DK, Burke DS, Platt R, Huang SS
Social network analysis of patient sharing among hospitals in Orange County, California. Am J Public Health. 2011 Apr; 101(4):707-13.
Social network analysis of patient sharing among hospitals in Orange County, California.
Avery TR, Kleinman KP, Klompas M, Aschengrau A, Huang SS
Inclusion of 30-day postdischarge detection triples the incidence of hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Feb; 33(2):114-21.
Inclusion of 30-day postdischarge detection triples the incidence of hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Huang SS, Diekema DJ, Warren DK, Zuccotti G, Winokur PL, Tendolkar S, Ward MA, Datta R, Jones RM, Boyken L, Aubrey T, Onderdonk AO, Platt R.
Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America Annual Meeting
Strain-relatedness of isolates from patients with serial MRSA infection. Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America Annual Meeting. 2007.
Strain-relatedness of isolates from patients with serial MRSA infection
Huang SS, Hinrichsen VL, Stulgis L, Miroshnik I, Datta R, Watson K, Platt R.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in the year following detection of carriage. Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America Annual Meeting. 2006.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in the year following detection of carriage
Friedman TC, Loh YP, Cawley NX, Birch NP, Huang SS, Jackson IM, Nillni EA
Processing of prothyrotropin-releasing hormone (Pro-TRH) by bovine intermediate lobe secretory vesicle membrane PC1 and PC2 enzymes. Endocrinology. 1995 Oct; 136(10):4462-72.
Processing of prothyrotropin-releasing hormone (Pro-TRH) by bovine intermediate lobe secretory vesicle membrane PC1 and PC2 enzymes.
Goodman ER, Platt R, Bass R, Onderdonk AB, Yokoe DS, Huang SS
Impact of an environmental cleaning intervention on the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci on surfaces in intensive care unit rooms. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Jul; 29(7):593-9.
Impact of an environmental cleaning intervention on the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci on surfaces in intensive care unit rooms.
Lee BY, Singh A, Bartsch SM, Wong KF, Kim DS, Avery TR, Brown ST, Murphy CR, Yilmaz SL, Huang SS
The potential regional impact of contact precaution use in nursing homes to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Feb; 34(2):151-60.
The potential regional impact of contact precaution use in nursing homes to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Calderwood MS, Kleinman K, Bratzler DW, Ma A, Bruce CB, Kaganov RE, Canning C, Platt R, Huang SS
Use of Medicare claims to identify US hospitals with a high rate of surgical site infection after hip arthroplasty. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Jan; 34(1):31-9.
Use of Medicare claims to identify US hospitals with a high rate of surgical site infection after hip arthroplasty.
Huang SS, Yokoe DS, Hinrichsen VL, Stulgis L, Datta R, Miroshnik I, Platt R.
Impact of routine ICU surveillance for VRE on bacteremia. Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America Annual Meeting. 2007.
Impact of routine ICU surveillance for VRE on bacteremia
Huang SS, Yokoe DS, Hinrichsen VL, Spurchise LS, Datta R, Miroshnik I, Platt R
Impact of routine intensive care unit surveillance cultures and resultant barrier precautions on hospital-wide methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Oct 15; 43(8):971-8.
Impact of routine intensive care unit surveillance cultures and resultant barrier precautions on hospital-wide methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
Legislative mandates for use of active surveillance cultures to screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci: position statement from the Joint SHEA and APIC Task Force. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Mar; 28(3):249-60.
Legislative mandates for use of active surveillance cultures to screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci: position statement from the Joint SHEA and APIC Task Force.
Reynolds C, Quan V, Kim D, Peterson E, Dunn J, Whealon M, Terpstra L, Meyers H, Cheung M, Lee B, Huang SS
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in 10 nursing homes in Orange County, California. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jan; 32(1):91-3.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in 10 nursing homes in Orange County, California.
Lee BY, McGlone SM, Wong KF, Yilmaz SL, Avery TR, Song Y, Christie R, Eubank S, Brown ST, Epstein JM, Parker JI, Burke DS, Platt R, Huang SS
Modeling the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreaks throughout the hospitals in Orange County, California. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jun; 32(6):562-72.
Modeling the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreaks throughout the hospitals in Orange County, California.
Costa MA, Huang SS, Moore M, Kulldorff M, Finkelstein JA
New approaches to estimating national rates of invasive pneumococcal disease. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Jul 15; 174(2):234-42.
New approaches to estimating national rates of invasive pneumococcal disease.
Huang SS, Finkelstein JA, and Lipsitch M.
Modeling Community and Individual Level Effects of Child Care on Pneumococcal Carriage. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2005; 40(9):1215-22.
Modeling Community and Individual Level Effects of Child Care on Pneumococcal Carriage
Skurnik D, Merighi M, Grout M, Gadjeva M, Maira-Litran T, Ericsson M, Goldmann DA, Huang SS, Datta R, Lee JC, Pier GB
Animal and human antibodies to distinct Staphylococcus aureus antigens mutually neutralize opsonic killing and protection in mice. J Clin Invest. 2010 Sep; 120(9):3220-33.
Animal and human antibodies to distinct Staphylococcus aureus antigens mutually neutralize opsonic killing and protection in mice.
Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman K, Kotch J, Schiff N, Stille CJ, Steingard R, Finkelstein JA
Parental knowledge about antibiotic use: results of a cluster-randomized, multicommunity intervention. Pediatrics. 2007 Apr; 119(4):698-706.
Parental knowledge about antibiotic use: results of a cluster-randomized, multicommunity intervention.
Hanage WP, Bishop CJ, Huang SS, Stevenson AE, Pelton SI, Lipsitch M, Finkelstein JA
The Pediatric infectious disease journal
Carried pneumococci in Massachusetts children: the contribution of clonal expansion and serotype switching. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Apr; 30(4):302-8.
Carried pneumococci in Massachusetts children: the contribution of clonal expansion and serotype switching.
Finkelstein JA, Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman S, Schiff N, Stille C, and REACH Mass Team.
57th Annual Pediatric Academic Societies’ Meeting
Results of REACH Mass: a 16-community trial to promote judicious antibiotic use. 57th Annual Pediatric Academic Societies’ Meeting. 2006.
Results of REACH Mass: a 16-community trial to promote judicious antibiotic use
Huang SS, Singh R, McKinnell JA, Park S, Gombosev A, Eells SJ, Gillen DL, Kim D, Rashid S, Macias-Gil R, Bolaris MA, Tjoa T, Cao C, Hong SS, Lequieu J, Cui E, Chang J, He J, Evans K, Peterson E, Simpson G, Robinson P, Choi C, Bailey CC, Leo JD, Amin A, Goldmann D, Jernigan JA, Platt R, Septimus E, Weinstein RA, Hayden MK, Miller LG
Decolonization to Reduce Postdischarge Infection Risk among MRSA Carriers. N Engl J Med. 2019 02 14; 380(7):638-650.
Decolonization to Reduce Postdischarge Infection Risk among MRSA Carriers.
Huang SS, Septimus E, Kleinman K, Moody J, Hickok J, Heim L, Gombosev A, Avery TR, Haffenreffer K, Shimelman L, Hayden MK, Weinstein RA, Spencer-Smith C, Kaganov RE, Murphy MV, Forehand T, Lankiewicz J, Coady MH, Portillo L, Sarup-Patel J, Jernigan JA, Perlin JB, Platt R
Chlorhexidine versus routine bathing to prevent multidrug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream infections in general medical and surgical units (ABATE Infection trial): a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet. 2019 Mar 23; 393(10177):1205-1215.
Chlorhexidine versus routine bathing to prevent multidrug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream infections in general medical and surgical units (ABATE Infection trial): a cluster-randomised trial.
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System
Research Associate in Population Medicine
Associate Professor of Population Medicine
Instructor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute Distinguished Professor of Population Medicine
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 05; 39(5):625-627.
Reductions in Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Rates Using Real-Time Automated Clinical Criteria Verification to Enforce Appropriate Testing.
Bartsch SM, Wong KF, Stokes-Cawley OJ, McKinnell JA, Cao C, Gussin GM, Mueller LE, Kim DS, Miller LG, Huang SS, Lee BY
Knowing More of the Iceberg: How Detecting a Greater Proportion of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Carriers Influences Transmission. J Infect Dis. 2020 05 11; 221(11):1782-1794.
Knowing More of the Iceberg: How Detecting a Greater Proportion of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Carriers Influences Transmission.
McKinnell JA, Singh RD, Miller LG, Kleinman K, Gussin G, He J, Saavedra R, Dutciuc TD, Estevez M, Chang J, Heim L, Yamaguchi S, Custodio H, Gohil SK, Park S, Tam S, Robinson PA, Tjoa T, Nguyen J, Evans KD, Bittencourt CE, Lee BY, Mueller LE, Bartsch SM, Jernigan JA, Slayton RB, Stone ND, Zahn M, Mor V, McConeghy K, Baier RR, Janssen L, O'Donnell K, Weinstein RA, Hayden MK, Coady MH, Bhattarai M, Peterson EM, Huang SS
The SHIELD Orange County Project: Multidrug-resistant Organism Prevalence in 21 Nursing Homes and Long-term Acute Care Facilities in Southern California. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 10 15; 69(9):1566-1573.
The SHIELD Orange County Project: Multidrug-resistant Organism Prevalence in 21 Nursing Homes and Long-term Acute Care Facilities in Southern California.
Bartsch SM, Huang SS, Wong KF, Slayton RB, McKinnell JA, Sahm DF, Kazmierczak K, Mueller LE, Jernigan JA, Lee BY
Impact of Delays between Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute and Food and Drug Administration Revisions of Interpretive Criteria for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 11; 54(11):2757-2762.
Impact of Delays between Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute and Food and Drug Administration Revisions of Interpretive Criteria for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
Gohil SK, Singh R, Chang J, Gombosev A, Tjoa T, Zahn M, Steger P, Huang SS
Emergence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Orange County, California, and support for early regional strategies to limit spread. Am J Infect Control. 2017 Nov 01; 45(11):1177-1182.
Emergence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Orange County, California, and support for early regional strategies to limit spread.
Ye Z, Mukamel DB, Huang SS, Li Y, Temkin-Greener H
Healthcare-associated pathogens and nursing home policies and practices: results from a national survey. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Jul; 36(7):759-66.
Healthcare-associated pathogens and nursing home policies and practices: results from a national survey.
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, Birnbaum D
Standardized Infection Ratio for Surgical Site Infection after Colon Surgery: Discord in Models Measuring Healthcare Quality. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 11; 37(11):1378-1382.
Standardized Infection Ratio for Surgical Site Infection after Colon Surgery: Discord in Models Measuring Healthcare Quality.
Postdischarge Infection Risk among MRSA Carriers. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2019 05 30; 380(22):2182.
Postdischarge Infection Risk among MRSA Carriers. Reply.
The SAFER Lines Project: Standardizing Assessment For Effective Response
Decreasing Bioburden to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Readmissions
Improving Assessment of MRSA &VRE Transmission in ICUs
PROTECT Trial: Protecting nursing home residents from infections and readmissions
Comparative Effectiveness of MRSA Decolonization Strategies
Modeling Antimicrobial Resistance in Communities
Project CLEAR - Changing Lives by Eradicating Antibiotic Resistance
Chlorhexidine-based decolonization to reduce healthcare-associated infections and multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs): who, what, where, when, and why? J Hosp Infect. 2019 Nov; 103(3):235-243.
Chlorhexidine-based decolonization to reduce healthcare-associated infections and multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs): who, what, where, when, and why?
Dickinson DT, He J, Gussin G, Gravenstein S, Dembry LM, Huang SS
Quantifying influenza exposure within California hospitals and nursing homes using administrative data. Am J Infect Control. 2020 07; 48(7):831-833.
Quantifying influenza exposure within California hospitals and nursing homes using administrative data.
Caroff DA, Wang R, Zhang Z, Wolf R, Septimus E, Harris AD, Jackson SS, Poland RE, Hickok J, Huang SS, Platt R
The Limited Utility of Ranking Hospitals Based on Their Colon Surgery Infection Rates. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 01 23; 72(1):90-98.
The Limited Utility of Ranking Hospitals Based on Their Colon Surgery Infection Rates.
INSPIRE (INtelligent Stewardship Prompts to Improve Real-time Empiric Antibiotic Selection for Patients): The INSPIRE-ASP Trial for Intra-Abdominal and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Baker MA, Yokoe DS, Stelling J, Kleinman K, Kaganov RE, Letourneau AR, Varma N, O'Brien T, Kulldorff M, Babalola D, Barrett C, Drees M, Coady MH, Isaacs A, Platt R, Huang SS
Automated outbreak detection of hospital-associated pathogens: Value to infection prevention programs. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 09; 41(9):1016-1021.
Automated outbreak detection of hospital-associated pathogens: Value to infection prevention programs.
McKinnell JA, Miller LG, Singh RD, Gussin G, Kleinman K, Mendez J, Laurner B, Catuna TD, Heim L, Saavedra R, Felix J, Torres C, Chang J, Estevez M, Mendez J, Tchakalian G, Bloomfield L, Ceja S, Franco R, Miner A, Hurtado A, Hean R, Varasteh A, Robinson PA, Park S, Tam S, Tjoa T, He J, Agrawal S, Yamaguchi S, Custodio H, Nguyen J, Bittencourt CE, Evans KD, Mor V, McConeghy K, Weinstein RA, Hayden MK, Stone ND, Steinberg K, Beecham N, Montgomery J, DeAnn W, Peterson EM, Huang SS
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Organism Colonization in 28 Nursing Homes: An "Iceberg Effect". J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 12; 21(12):1937-1943.e2.
High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Organism Colonization in 28 Nursing Homes: An "Iceberg Effect".
Sturdevant SG, Huang SS, Platt R, Kleinman K
Contemporary clinical trials communications
Matching in cluster randomized trials using the Goldilocks Approach. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2021 Jun; 22:100746.
Matching in cluster randomized trials using the Goldilocks Approach.
Baker MA, Sands KE, Huang SS, Kleinman K, Septimus EJ, Varma N, Blanchard J, Poland RE, Coady MH, Yokoe DS, Fraker S, Froman A, Moody J, Goldin L, Isaacs A, Kleja K, Korwek KM, Stelling J, Clark A, Platt R, Perlin JB
The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Healthcare-Associated Infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 05 30; 74(10):1748-1754.
The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Healthcare-Associated Infections.
Caroff DA, Chan C, Kleinman K, Calderwood MS, Wolf R, Platt R, Huang SS
Combined laparoscopic and open colon surgery rankings fail to accurately rank hospitals by surgical-site infection rate. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 04; 44(4):624-630.
Combined laparoscopic and open colon surgery rankings fail to accurately rank hospitals by surgical-site infection rate.
MDRO Carriage, Transmission, Sequelae, and Prevention in Nursing Homes
The DECREASE SSI Trial (Decolonization to Reduce After-Surgery Events of Surgical Site Infection)
Improving healthcare environmental cleaning and disinfection: current and evolving issues. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 May; 34(5):507-13.
Improving healthcare environmental cleaning and disinfection: current and evolving issues.
Hudson LO, Murphy CR, Spratt BG, Enright MC, Elkins K, Nguyen C, Terpstra L, Gombosev A, Kim D, Hannah P, Mikhail L, Alexander R, Moore DF, Huang SS
Diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from inpatients of 30 hospitals in Orange County, California. PLoS One. 2013; 8(4):e62117.
Diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from inpatients of 30 hospitals in Orange County, California.
Murphy CR, Hudson LO, Spratt BG, Elkins K, Terpstra L, Gombosev A, Nguyen C, Hannah P, Alexander R, Enright MC, Huang SS
Predictors of hospitals with endemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Jun; 34(6):581-7.
Predictors of hospitals with endemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Murphy CR, Hudson LO, Spratt BG, Quan V, Kim D, Peterson E, Tan G, Evans K, Meyers H, Cheung M, Lee BY, Mukamel DB, Enright MC, Whealon M, Huang SS
Predicting high prevalence of community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in nursing homes. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Mar; 34(3):325-6.
Predicting high prevalence of community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in nursing homes.
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.
Voluntary to mandatory: evolution of strategies and attitudes toward influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel.
Murphy CR, Quan V, Kim D, Peterson E, Whealon M, Tan G, Evans K, Meyers H, Cheung M, Lee BY, Mukamel DB, Huang SS
Nursing home characteristics associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Burden and Transmission. BMC Infect Dis. 2012 Oct 24; 12:269.
Nursing home characteristics associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Burden and Transmission.
Huang SS, Septimus E, Kleinman K, Moody J, Hickok J, Avery TR, Lankiewicz J, Gombosev A, Terpstra L, Hartford F, Hayden MK, Jernigan JA, Weinstein RA, Fraser VJ, Haffenreffer K, Cui E, Kaganov RE, Lolans K, Perlin JB, Platt R
Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jun 13; 368(24):2255-65.
Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection.
Elkins KR, Nguyen CM, Kim DS, Meyers H, Cheung M, Huang SS
Successful strategies for high participation in three regional healthcare surveys: an observational study. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2011 Dec 30; 11:176.
Successful strategies for high participation in three regional healthcare surveys: an observational study.
McDanel JS, Murphy CR, Diekema DJ, Quan V, Kim DS, Peterson EM, Evans KD, Tan GL, Hayden MK, Huang SS
Chlorhexidine and mupirocin susceptibilities of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus from colonized nursing home residents. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Jan; 57(1):552-8.
Chlorhexidine and mupirocin susceptibilities of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus from colonized nursing home residents.
Lee BY, Yilmaz SL, Wong KF, Bartsch SM, Eubank S, Song Y, Avery TR, Christie R, Brown ST, Epstein JM, Parker JI, Huang SS
Modeling the regional spread and control of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Am J Infect Control. 2013 Aug; 41(8):668-73.
Modeling the regional spread and control of vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
McKinnell JA, Huang SS, Eells SJ, Cui E, Miller LG
Quantifying the impact of extranasal testing of body sites for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization at the time of hospital or intensive care unit admission. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Feb; 34(2):161-70.
Quantifying the impact of extranasal testing of body sites for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization at the time of hospital or intensive care unit admission.
McKinnell JA, Miller LG, Eells SJ, Cui E, Huang SS
A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of factors associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization at time of hospital or intensive care unit admission. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Oct; 34(10):1077-86.
A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of factors associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization at time of hospital or intensive care unit admission.
Estimated burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in California hospitals after changes to administrative codes, 2005-2010. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Nov; 34(11):1218-21.
Estimated burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in California hospitals after changes to administrative codes, 2005-2010.
Reporting surgical site infections following total hip and knee arthroplasty: impact of limiting surveillance to the operative hospital. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Nov; 57(9):1282-8.
Reporting surgical site infections following total hip and knee arthroplasty: impact of limiting surveillance to the operative hospital.
Hudson LO, Reynolds C, Spratt BG, Enright MC, Quan V, Kim D, Hannah P, Mikhail L, Alexander R, Moore DF, Godoy D, Bishop CJ, Huang SS
Diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from residents of 26 nursing homes in Orange County, California. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Nov; 51(11):3788-95.
Diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from residents of 26 nursing homes in Orange County, California.
Targeted decolonization to prevent ICU infections. N Engl J Med. 2013 10 10; 369(15):1470-1.
Targeted decolonization to prevent ICU infections.
Sandora TJ, Dolan SA, Harbarth S, Huang SS, McAdam AJ, Milstone AM
Identifying antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitalized patients: what is the role of active-surveillance cultures? Clin Chem. 2013 Nov; 59(11):1556-60.
Identifying antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitalized patients: what is the role of active-surveillance cultures?
Talbot TR, Bratzler DW, Carrico RM, Diekema DJ, Hayden MK, Huang SS, Yokoe DS, Fishman NO
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