Current research being done at HEIC

• Catheter Associated UTI

Product Evaluation of Silver/Hydrogel-Coated Silicon Foley Catheters: An examination of the efficacy, cost-effectiveness and catheter-associated nosocomial urinary tract infections contracted over a 14-month period PI: Trish M. Perl, MD, Msc & Arjun Srinivasan, MD; Sponsor: Bard Medical Division

• Catheter Associated BSI

The Impact of an Intervention Designed to Reduce the Incidence of Nosocomial Catheter-associated Bloodstream Infections PI: Trish M. Perl, MD, Msc & Sara Cosgrove, MD, MS; Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Surveillance Protocol for the Evaluation of Catheter-associated Bloodstream Infections (CABSI) and Central Venous Catheter Care PI: Trish M. Perl, MD, Msc; Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Novel Surveillance for SSI

Health Outcomes Associated with Surgical Site Infections (SSI) in Solid Organ Transplant PI: Trish M. Perl, MD, Msc & Eli Pernercivich, MD, MS; Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Invasive Fungal Infections (IFI)

Surveillance of Invasive Fungal Infections in Bone Marrow/Stem Cell and Solid Organ Transplantation Recipients: A Prospective, Multi-center Study PI: Trish M. Perl, MD, Msc; Sponsor: University of Alabama, Birmingham/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Antibiotic Management Programs (AMP)

Housestaff focus groups and surveys to determine knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs concerning antibiotic use at The Johns Hopkins Hospital PI: Arjun Srinivasan, MD; Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Innovative Training Methods

Innovative Health Care Worker Training: Infectious Disease Risks (HCW) PI: Trish M. Perl, MD, Msc; Sponsor: Columbia University

• Studies Involving Pediatrics

Detection of Pertussis Infection by Pertussis PCR Among Children Admitted with Respiratory Symptoms During Respiratory Syncitial Virus (RSV) Season PI: Trish M. Perl, MD, Msc & George Siberry, MD; Sponsor: Thrasher Research Fund

• Bioterrorism Surveillance

A Survey of Acute-Care Hospital-Based Health Care Workers Regarding Attitudes Toward Smallpox Vaccination PI: Trish M. Perl, MD, Msc; Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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