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Latest papers
Trends in health care–associated infections in acute care hospitals in Canada: an analysis of repeated point-prevalence surveys
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL · 2019
Understanding the burden of influenza infection among adults in Canadian hospitals: a comparison of the 2009-2010 pandemic season with the prepandemic and postpandemic seasons.
American journal of infection control · 2013
Statistical estimates of respiratory admissions attributable to seasonal and pandemic influenza for Canada.
Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2013
Latest funding
- $100,000
Breaking barriers: exploration of behavioural, social, and organizational factors influencing vaccine uptake among long-term care home residents
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $125,000
Building a culture of vaccine confidence in priority populations: identification and adaptation of strategies to increase vaccine coverage in long-term care workers for future health emergencies
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $499,415
COVID-19 in the urban built environment (CUBE): Evaluating the use of environmental swabs for the detection and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in school and congregate settings
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
9 publications.
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
Understanding the burden of influenza infection among adults in Canadian hospitals: a comparison of the 2009-2010 pandemic season with the prepandemic and postpandemic seasons.
Mitchell R, Taylor G, McGeer A, Frenette C, Suh KN, Wong A, Katz K, Wilkinson K, Amihod B, Gravel D, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
Statistical estimates of respiratory admissions attributable to seasonal and pandemic influenza for Canada.
Schanzer DL, McGeer A, Morris K
Laboratory-confirmed pandemic h1n1 influenza in hospitalized adults: findings from the Canadian Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Program, 2009-2010.
Wilkinson K, Mitchell R, Taylor G, Amihod B, Frenette C, Gravel D, McGeer A, Suh KN, Wong A, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
Infection prevention and control practices related to Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian acute and long-term care institutions
Wilkinson K, Gravel D, Taylor G, McGeer A, Simor A, Suh K, Moore D, Kelly S, Boyd D, Mulvey M
Health Care-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults Admitted to Acute Care Hospitals in Canada: A Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program Study
Gravel D, Miller M, Simor A, Taylor G, Gardam M, McGeer A, Hutchinson J, Moore D, Kelly S, Boyd D
A nosocomial outbreak of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among healthy newborns and postpartum mothers.
Saunders A, Panaro L, McGeer A, Rosenthal A, White D, Willey BM, Gravel D, Bontovics E, Yaffe B, Katz K
Cluster of Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Among Toronto Healthcare Workers After Implementation of Infection Control Precautions: A Case Series
Ofner-Agostini M, Gravel D, McDonald LC, Lem M, Sarwal S, McGeer A, Green K, Vearncombe M, Roth V, Paton S
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian Aboriginal People
Ofner-Agostini M, Simor AE, Mulvey M, Bryce E, Loeb M, McGeer A, Kiss A, Paton S
Breaking barriers: exploration of behavioural, social, and organizational factors influencing vaccine uptake among long-term care home residents
Principal investigators: Heer, Carrie; Hsu, Amy T; Presseau, Justin
Keywords: Covid-19 Vaccines; Health Promotion; Implementation Science; Influenza Vaccines; Long-Term Care; Seniors; Vaccination Hesitancy
Building a culture of vaccine confidence in priority populations: identification and adaptation of strategies to increase vaccine coverage in long-term care workers for future health emergencies
Principal investigators: Hsu, Amy T; Heer, Carrie; Presseau, Justin
Keywords: Behavioural Science; Evidence Synthesis; Immunization; Implementation Science; Long-Term Care
COVID-19 in the urban built environment (CUBE): Evaluating the use of environmental swabs for the detection and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in school and congregate settings
Principal investigators: Thampi, Nisha; Castellani, Lucas; Fralick, Michael P; Kassen, Rees; MacFadden, Derek R; Nott, Caroline; Wong, Alex
Keywords: Covid-19; Environmental Detection; Environmental Swabbing; Reopening; School; Surveillance
Incidence and risk factors of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and related adverse health outcomes among Ontario long-term care residents and marginalized older community-dwelling adults with COVID-19 (I-CARE)
Principal investigators: MacFadden, Derek R; Daneman, Nick; Maxwell, Colleen J; Mishra, Sharmistha; Schwartz, Kevin L
Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Clostridium Difficile; Covid-19; Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing; Long Term Care; Marginalization; Older Adults
Canada's response to Covid-19 in the context of the IHR(2005) and its opportunity to lead in global health security: a policy analysis
Principal investigators: Wilson, Kumanan
Keywords: Covid-19; Ihr(2005); National Health Measures; Policy Analysis; Public Health Security
A K-mer Based Approach for Institutional AMR Surveillance, Transmission Monitoring, and Rapid Diagnostics
Principal investigators: MacFadden, Derek R; McGeer, Allison J
Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Genomics; Infection Control And Surveillance; Rapid Diagnostics
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Infectious Diseases
- Medicine
- Pathology & Molecular Medicine
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
- Department of Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of Ottawa, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Mark Loeb
Pathology & Molecular Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2011
Andrew Simor
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Kathryn Bush
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Dominik Mertz
Infectious Diseases
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Dominik Mertz
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Kathryn Suh
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2011
Dominik Mertz
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Allison McGeer
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Michelle Science
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Stephanie Smith
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2019
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