Alexis M. Elward, MD

Specialty Areas
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Infectious Diseases

Areas of Clinical Interest
Nosocomial infections, hospital-acquired infection, nosocomial blood stream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia

Areas of Research Interest
nosocomial infections, hospital-acquired infection, nosocomial blood stream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia,

MacCannell T, Umscheid CA, Agarwal RK, Lee I, Kuntz G, Stevenson KB; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee-HICPAC. Guideline for the prevention and control of norovirus gastroenteritis outbreaks in healthcare settings. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Oct;32(10):939-69.

O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Burns LA, Dellinger EP, Garland J, Heard SO, Lipsett PA, Masur H, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph AG, Rupp ME, Saint S; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Am J Infect Control. 2011 May;39(4 Suppl 1):S1-34.

O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Burns LA, Dellinger EP, Garland J, Heard SO, Lipsett PA, Masur H, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph AG, Rupp ME, Saint S; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) (Appendix 1). Summary of recommendations: Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 May;52(9):1087-99.

O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Burns LA, Dellinger EP, Garland J, Heard SO, Lipsett PA, Masur H, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph AG, Rupp ME, Saint S; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 May;52(9):e162-93.

Bucher BT, Guth RM, Elward AM, Hamilton NA, Dillon PA, Warner BW, Keller MS. 
General recommendations on immunization --- recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Jun;212(6):1033-1038.e1. Epub 2011 Mar 12.

Risk factors and outcomes of surgical site infection in children. Bucher BT, Guth RM, Elward AM, Hamilton NA, Dillon PA, Warner BW, Keller MS. J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Jun;212(6):1033-1038.e1.

Shaklee J, Zerr DM, Elward A, Newland J, Leckerman K, Asti L, Guth R, Bass J, Selvarangan R, Coffin S, Zaoutis T. Improving surveillance for pediatric Clostridium difficile infection: derivation and validation of an accurate case-finding tool. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Mar;30(3):e38-40.

Toltzis P, Elward A, Davis D, Helfaer M, Smathers S, Zaoutis T. Opportunities for antibiotic reduction in mechanically ventilated children. Toltzis P, Elward A, Davis D, Helfaer M, Smathers S, Zaoutis T. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 May;12(3):282-5.

Milstone AM, Song X, Coffin S, Elward A; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America's Pediatric Special Interest Group. Identification and eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in the neonatal intensive care unit: results of a national survey.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Jul;31(7):766-8.

Gould CV, Umscheid CA, Agarwal RK, Kuntz G, Pegues DA; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Guideline for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections 2009. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Apr;31(4):319-26. No abstract available.

Umscheid CA, Agarwal RK, Brennan PJ; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Updating the guideline development methodology of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). Am J Infect Control. 2010 May;38(4):264-73. Epub 2010 Jan 29. Review. 

Elward AM, McAndrews JM, Young VL. Methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: preventing surgical site infections following plastic surgery. Aesthet Surg J. 2009 May-Jun;29(3):232-44. Review. 

Blossom DB, Kallen AJ, Patel PR, Elward A, Robinson L, Gao G, Langer R, Perkins KM, Jaeger JL, Kurkjian KM, Jones M, Schillie SF, Shehab N, Ketterer D, Venkataraman G, Kishimoto TK, Shriver Z, McMahon AW, Austen KF, Kozlowski S, Srinivasan A, Turabelidze G, Gould CV, Arduino MJ, Sasisekharan R. Outbreak of adverse reactions associated with contaminated heparin. N Engl J Med. 2008 Dec 18;359(25):2674-84. Epub 2008 Dec 3. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2010 Mar 18;362(11):1056.

Fritz SA, Garbutt J, Elward A, Shannon W, Storch GA. Prevalence of and risk factors for community-acquired methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive staphylococcus aureus colonization in children seen in a practice-based research network.Fritz SA, Garbutt J, Elward A, Shannon W, Storch GA. Pediatrics. 2008 Jun;121(6):1090-8.

Foglia E, Meier MD, Elward A. Ventilator-associated pneumonia in neonatal and pediatric intensive care unit patients. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2007 Jul;20(3):409-25, table of contents. Review.

Foglia EE, Fraser VJ, Elward AM. Effect of nosocomial infections due to antibiotic-resistant organisms on length of stay and mortality in the pediatric intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Mar;28(3):299-306. Epub 2007 Feb 20.

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