Recent and relevant publications from the NISPAC investigator team.
Bennett N, Malloy M, James R, Fang X, Thursky K, Worth L. Prophylactic Antimicrobial Prescribing in Australian Residential Aged‑Care Facilities: Improvement is Required Drugs – Real World Outcomes. 2022; 1-7. doi: 10.1007/s40801-022-00323-5
Bennett N, Walker K, Buising K, Cheah R, Fang X, Ingram R et al. Topical antimicrobial prescribing patterns in residents of Australian aged-care facilities: use of a national point prevalence survey to identify opportunities for quality improvement. American Journal of Infection Control. 2021;49(9):1113-1117. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.03.019
Lim L, Hoskins A, Worth L, Walker K, Bull A, Bennett N. High influenza vaccination uptake in Victorian healthcare workers in 2020. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 2021;45. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2021.45.37
Sluggett J, Moldovan M, Lang C, Lynn D, Papanicolas L, Crotty M et al. Contribution of facility level factors to variation in antibiotic use in long-term care facilities: a national cohort study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2021;76(5):1339-1348. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkab007
Haeusler G, Thursky K. Electronic health record data for antimicrobial prescribing. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2021;21(2):155-157. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30453-9
Sluggett J, Bell J, Lang C, Corlis M, Whitehead C, Wesselingh S et al. Variation in Provision of Collaborative Medication Reviews on Entry to Long-Term Care Facilities. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2021;22(1):148-155.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.10.027
Sluggett J, Moldovan M, Lynn D, Papanicolas L, Crotty M, Whitehead C et al. National Trends in Antibiotic Use in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities, 2005–2016. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020;72(12):2167-2174. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa436
Khanina A, Urbancic K, Haeusler G, Kong D, Douglas A, Tio S et al. Establishing essential metrics for antifungal stewardship in hospitals: the results of an international Delphi survey. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2020;76(1):253-262. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkaa409
Sluggett J, Lalic S, Hosking S, Ritchie B, McLoughlin J, Shortt T et al. Root Cause Analysis to Identify Medication and Non-Medication Strategies to Prevent Infection-Related Hospitalizations from Australian Residential Aged Care Services. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020;17(9):3282.
Travis L, Worth L, Trubiano J, Thursky K, Bennett N. Burden of antibiotic allergy labels in Australian aged care residents: Findings from a national point-prevalence survey. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2020;41(6):641-644. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.53
Dowson L, Bennett N, Buising K, Marshall C, Friedman N, Stuart R et al. Urinary tract infections in Australian aged care homes: Antibiotic prescribing practices and concordance to national guidelines. American Journal of Infection Control. 2020;48(3):261-266. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.08.034
Bennett N, Bradford J, Bull A, Worth L. Infection prevention quality indicators in aged care: ready for a national approach. Australian Health Review. 2019;43(4):396. doi: 10.1071/AH18052
Bennett N, Imam N, Ingram R, James R, Buising K, Bull A et al. Skin and soft tissue infections and current antimicrobial prescribing practices in Australian aged care residents. Epidemiology and Infection. 2019;147. doi: 10.1017/S0950268819000128
Bennett N, Imam N, James R, Chen C, Bull A, Thursky K et al. Prevalence of infections and antimicrobial prescribing in Australian aged care facilities: Evaluation of modifiable and nonmodifiable determinants. American Journal of Infection Control. 2018;46(10):1148-1153. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.03.027
Thursky K, Lingaratnam S, Jayarajan J, Haeusler G, Teh B, Tew M et al. Implementation of a whole of hospital sepsis clinical pathway in a cancer hospital: impact on sepsis management, outcomes and costs. BMJ Open Quality. 2018;7(3):e000355. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000355
Bennett N, Johnson S, Richards M, Smith M, Worth L. Infections in Australian Aged-Care Facilities: Evaluating the Impact of Revised McGeer Criteria for Surveillance of Urinary Tract Infections. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2016;37(5):610-612. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.7
Stuart R, Marshall C, Orr E, Bennett N, Athan E, Friedman D et al. Survey of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship practices in Australian residential aged-care facilities. Internal Medicine Journal. 2015;45(5):576-580. doi: 10.1111/imj.12740
Lim C, Kwong M, Stuart R, Buising K, Friedman N, Bennett N et al. Antibiotic prescribing practice in residential aged care facilities — health care providers’ perspectives. Medical Journal of Australia. 2014; 201(10):574-574. doi: 10.5694/mja13.00102
Smith M, Bull A, Dunt D, Richards M, Wijesundara B, Bennett N. Formative and process evaluation of a healthcare-associated infection surveillance program in residential aged care facilities, Grampians region, Victoria. Healthcare infection. 2012; 17(2):64-69. doi: 10.1071/HI12009
Smith M, Bull AL, Richards MJ, Woodburn P, Bennett NJ. Infection rates in residential aged care facilities, Grampians region, Victoria, Australia Healthcare Infection. 2011; 16(3): 116-20. doi: 10.1071/HI11017