Selected Peer Reviewed Publications
Holmes K, Boston KM, McCarty J, Steinfeld S, Kennedy VA. Enhancing Infection Preventionist Certification Success Through a Structured Training Program. American Journal of Infection Control. Article In Press, July 2024.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2024.07.015
Holmes K, Moinuddin M, Steinfeld S. Developing valid test bank of surveillance case study scenarios for inter-rater reliability. American Journal of Infection Control. 2022 Aug 1;50(8):960-2.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2022.02.012
Holmes K, Moinuddin M, Steinfeld S. Developing valid test bank of surveillance case study scenarios for inter-rater reliability. American Journal of Infection Control. Published online February 2022.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2022.02.012
Weinheimer CM, Ellsworth M, Ferguson L, Boston K, Haltiwanger B, Pavlovitch S, Warren M, Patel B, Katz J, Ostrosky-Zeichner L. Reprocessing N95s with hydrogen peroxide vaporization: a robust system from collection to dispensing. American Journal of Infection Control. 2021 Apr 1;49(4):508-11.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.10.011
Reimer-McAtee M, Corsi G, Reed E, Boston KM, Yalamanchili H, Burnazian G, Bassett S, Butler J, McGinnis-Cole T, Chavez V, Wanger A. Successful implementation of the CDC recommendations during the care of 2 patients with Candida auris in in-patient rehabilitation and intensive care settings. American Journal of Infection Control. 2021 Apr 1;49(4):525-7.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.08.027
Holmes K, McCarty J, Steinfeld S. Infection Prevention and Control Programs [In: Boston K, editor. APIC Text [Internet]. Arlington, VA: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology; 2021. Chapter 1.
https://text.apic.org/toc/overview-of-infection-prevention-programs/infection-prevention-and-control-programs
Wang EW, Weekley A, McCarty J, Koo H, Lembcke B, Al Mohajer M. (2021). Impact of a division-wide bundle on hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile cases, antibiotic days of therapy, testing appropriateness, and associated financial costs. Avicenna journal of medicine, 11(1), 27–32.
https://doi.org/10.4103/ajm.ajm_193_19
Stroever S, Boston K, Ellsworth M, Cuccaro P, McCurdy S. Qualitative process evaluation of a central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) prevention team in the neonatal intensive care unit. American Journal of Infection Control. 2020 Sep 1;48(9):987-92.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.12.020
Holmes K, Moinuddin M, Steinfeld S. Interrater Reliability: Item Analysis to Develop Valid Questions for Case-Study Scenarios. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2020 Oct;41(S1):s303-.
https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.886
Vassallo A, Boston KM. The master of public health graduate as infection preventionist: navigating the changing landscape of infection prevention. American Journal of Infection Control. 2019 Feb 1;47(2):201-7.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2018.07.018
Chow NA, Toda M, Pennington AF, Anassi E, Atmar RL, Cox-Ganser JM, Da Silva J, Garcia B, Kontoyiannis DP, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Leining LM, McCarty J, Al Mohajer M, Murthy BP, Ju-Hyeong P … Beer KD (2019). Hurricane-Associated Mold Exposures Among Patients at Risk for Invasive Mold Infections After Hurricane Harvey - Houston, Texas, 2017. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 68(21), 469–473. 2010
https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6821a1
Boston K. Accrediting and Regulatory Agencies. In: Grota P, editor. APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology, 4th Edition. Washington, DC: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology; 2014. p. 4.1–14.
Boston KM, Baraniuk S, O'Heron S, Murray KO. Risk factors for spinal surgical site infection, Houston, Texas. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2009 Sep;30(9):884-9.
https://doi.org/10.1086/605323
Kennedy V, O'Heron S, Jaloway J, Steinfeld C. Nosocomial infections in intensive care patients. Critical Care Nursing Clinics. 2002 Dec 1;14(4):417-26.
doi.org/10.1016/S0899-5885(02)00025-4
Houston S, Hougland P, Anderson JJ, LaRocco M, Kennedy V, Gentry LO. Effectiveness of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate oral rinse in reducing prevalence of nosocomial pneumonia in patients undergoing heart surgery. American Journal of Critical Care. 2002 Nov 1;11(6):567-70.
https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2002.11.6.567
Kennedy VA, Steinfeld SR, Sims GL. Improving Care Practices for Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: One Facility's Evolution. Rehabilitation Nursing Journal. 2001 Mar 1;26(2):58-60.
DOI: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.2001.tb01927
Kennedy V. Renovation and Construction: Are Patients at Risk? Design Digest (2000)
Garcia R, Barnard B, Kennedy V. The fifth evolutionary era in infection control: interventional epidemiology. American journal of infection control. 2000 Feb 1;28(1):30-43.
doi:10.1016/s0196-6553(00)90009-9
Kennedy V, Barnard B, Hackett B. Use of a risk matrix to determine level of barrier protection during construction activities. Hosp Infect Control. 1997;2:27-8.
Edel E, Houston S, Kennedy V, LaRocco M. Impact of a 5-minute scrub on the microbial flora found on artificial, polished, or natural fingernails of operating room personnel. Nursing Research. 1998 Jan 1;47(1):54-9.
Rutala WA, Kennedy VA, Loflin HB, Sarubbi Jr FA. Serratia marcescens nosocomial infections of the urinary tract associated with urine measuring containers and urinometers. The American journal of medicine. 1981 Mar 1;70(3):659-63.
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(81)90592-1