David A Pegues
Biographic Data
| ID | 5544672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David A Pegues |
| GIVEN NAMES | David A |
| FAMILY NAME | Pegues |
| SIGNATURE | PEGUES D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5295-0046 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Translating and Scaling the HHS Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections to the Local Level
BACKGROUND: The US Department of Health and Human Services National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs) set 5-year national-level goals beginning in 2009 for reducing the most common and serious HAIs. Meeting these goals on the local level depended on generalizing and sustaining evidence-based infection prevention practices at the >5000 US community and federal acute care hospitals. OBJECTIVES: To describe the impact of…
Campylobacter infections
In the United States, 8,837 Campylobacter isolates and eight outbreaks of Campylobacter infections were reported in 1984, a national isolation rate of 4.9/100,000. C. jejuni represented 99 per cent of reported isolates. Age-specific incidence was highest among infants (11/100,000), and young adults (8/100,000); infants in the second month of life were at highest risk. An unexplained nationwide November peak, not observed in previous years, occurr…
Campylobacter infections
In the United States, 8,837 Campylobacter isolates and eight outbreaks of Campylobacter infections were reported in 1984, a national isolation rate of 4.9/100,000. C. jejuni represented 99 per cent of reported isolates. Age-specific incidence was highest among infants (11/100,000), and young adults (8/100,000); infants in the second month of life were at highest risk. An unexplained nationwide November peak, not observed in previous years, occurr…
Campylobacter infections
In the United States, 8,837 Campylobacter isolates and eight outbreaks of Campylobacter infections were reported in 1984, a national isolation rate of 4.9/100,000. C. jejuni represented 99 per cent of reported isolates. Age-specific incidence was highest among infants (11/100,000), and young adults (8/100,000); infants in the second month of life were at highest risk. An unexplained nationwide November peak, not observed in previous years, occurr…
Translating and Scaling the HHS Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections to the Local Level
BACKGROUND: The US Department of Health and Human Services National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs) set 5-year national-level goals beginning in 2009 for reducing the most common and serious HAIs. Meeting these goals on the local level depended on generalizing and sustaining evidence-based infection prevention practices at the >5000 US community and federal acute care hospitals. OBJECTIVES: To describe the impact of…
Environmental health (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Action plan (1 work) · Bacteria (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Campylobacter (1 work) · Campylobacter jejuni (1 work) · Context (archaeology) (1 work) · Demography (1 work)