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Joseph Vayalumkal

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Clinical Associate ProfessorDepartment of PediatricsUniversity of Calgary

Joseph Vayalumkal

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Cumming School of Medicine

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.

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Latest papers

Hospital characteristics associated with healthcare-associated viral respiratory infection rates in a Canadian acute care network.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2026
Longitudinal wastewater-based surveillance of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in tertiary-care hospitals.
The Science of the total environment · 2026
The evolving epidemiology of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in Canadian acute care facilities, 2010-2023.
Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Improving patient safety and hospital hygiene through the efficient and accurate identification of patients with antimicrobial resistant organisms (AROs) using clinical support tools in electronic medical records
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$296,150
Dynamic surveillance for antimicrobial resistance in tertiary care hospitals through real-time wastewater monitoring
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 2 grants and awards

13 publications.

Hospital characteristics associated with healthcare-associated viral respiratory infection rates in a Canadian acute care network.

McGill E, Lee D, Quach C, Leis JA, Downing M, Conly J, Ellison J, Embil JM, Lee BE, Longtin Y

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2026.10490

Longitudinal wastewater-based surveillance of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in tertiary-care hospitals.

Au E, Acosta N, Waddell BJ, Lee J, Du K, Weyant RB, Bautista M, McCalder J, Van Doorn J, Low K, Stefani S, Visser G, Clark R, Pitout J, Kim J, Missaghi B, Larios O, Kanji J, Vayalumkal J, Leal J, Westlund P, Quinn RR, James MT, Lee B, Pang XL, Dalton B, Frankowski K, O'Grady C, Conly JM, Hubert CRJ, Parkins MD

The Science of the total environment2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181851 PMID: 42217846

The evolving epidemiology of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in Canadian acute care facilities, 2010-2023.

Mitchell R, Mataseje L, Cayen J, McGill E, Cannon K, Davis I, Duncombe T, Ellis C, Ellison J, Happe J, Hota SS, Katz KC, Kibsey P, Lee S, Leis JA, Li X, McGeer A, Minion J, Musto S, Patterson C, Rajda E, Smith SW, Srigley JA, Suh KN, Thampi N, Tomlinson J, Vayalumkal J, Versluys K, Wong T, Longtin Y

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control2025

DOI: 10.1186/s13756-025-01602-w PMID: 40652275

The adoption and compliance to central line-associated bloodstream infection insertion and maintenance bundle programs in intensive care unit settings across Canada.

Zhou ZL, Silva A, Cannon K, Chow B, Comeau JL, Ellis C, Frenette C, Hadzic A, Happe J, Johnston L, Katz KC, Khan J, Langley JM, Lee BE, Lee S, Lefebvre MA, Lybeck C, McGeer A, Neitzel A, Parsonage J, Patterson C, Quach C, Science M, Smith SW, Thampi N, Titoria R, Tomlinson J, Vayalumkal J, Suh KN, Srigley JA, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

Infection control and hospital epidemiology2025

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.189 PMID: 39696922

Analysis of invasive group A streptococcal puerperal sepsis in Calgary, Alberta: clinical consequences and policy implications

Qaddoura A, McQuiston M, Tyrrell G, Croxen M, Li V, Demarco R, Pinfield S, Ramazanova R, Hope K, Cairns E-R

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology2024

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.154

A mixed-methods needs assessment for an antimicrobial stewardship curriculum in pediatrics.

Constantinescu C, Conly J, Vayalumkal J, Gilfoyle E, Oguaju C, Kassam A

Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE2024

DOI: 10.1017/ash.2024.8 PMID: 38415092

Antimicrobial use in Canadian acute-care hospitals: Findings from three national point-prevalence surveys between 2002 and 2017

Liang JJ, Rudnick W, Mitchell R, Brooks J, Bush K, Conly J, Ellison J, Frenette C, Johnston L, Lavallée C

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology202211 citations

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.519

Risk of transmission of respiratory viruses during aerosol-generating medical procedures (AGMPs) revisited in the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.

Leal J, Farkas B, Mastikhina L, Flanagan J, Skidmore B, Salmon C, Dixit D, Smith S, Tsekrekos S, Lee B, Vayalumkal J, Dunn J, Harrison R, Cordoviz M, Dubois R, Chandran U, Clement F, Bush K, Conly J, Larios O

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control2022

DOI: 10.1186/s13756-022-01133-8 PMID: 35953854

Supplementation with a probiotic mixture accelerates gut microbiome maturation and reduces intestinal inflammation in extremely preterm infants.

Samara J, Moossavi S, Alshaikh B, Ortega VA, Pettersen VK, Ferdous T, Hoops SL, Soraisham A, Vayalumkal J, Dersch-Mills D, Gerber JS, Mukhopadhyay S, Puopolo K, Tompkins TA, Knights D, Walter J, Amin H, Arrieta MC

Cell host & microbe2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2022.04.005 PMID: 35550672

Trends in health care–associated infections in acute care hospitals in Canada: an analysis of repeated point-prevalence surveys

Mitchell R, Taylor G, Rudnick W, Alexandre S, Bush K, Forrester L, Frenette C, Granfield B, Gravel-Tropper D, Happe J

CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL201961 citations

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.190361

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Joseph Vayalumkal

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Hospital characteristics associated with healthcare-associated viral respiratory infection rates in a Canadian acute care network.

Longitudinal wastewater-based surveillance of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in tertiary-care hospitals.

The evolving epidemiology of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in Canadian acute care facilities, 2010-2023.

The adoption and compliance to central line-associated bloodstream infection insertion and maintenance bundle programs in intensive care unit settings across Canada.

Analysis of invasive group A streptococcal puerperal sepsis in Calgary, Alberta: clinical consequences and policy implications

A mixed-methods needs assessment for an antimicrobial stewardship curriculum in pediatrics.

Antimicrobial use in Canadian acute-care hospitals: Findings from three national point-prevalence surveys between 2002 and 2017

Risk of transmission of respiratory viruses during aerosol-generating medical procedures (AGMPs) revisited in the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.

Supplementation with a probiotic mixture accelerates gut microbiome maturation and reduces intestinal inflammation in extremely preterm infants.

Trends in health care–associated infections in acute care hospitals in Canada: an analysis of repeated point-prevalence surveys

Improving patient safety and hospital hygiene through the efficient and accurate identification of patients with antimicrobial resistant organisms (AROs) using clinical support tools in electronic medical records

Dynamic surveillance for antimicrobial resistance in tertiary care hospitals through real-time wastewater monitoring

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