Kirsty Buising

Penetration of Vancomycin into Noninfected Bone in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty Evaluated by a Minimal Physiologically Based Population Pharmacokinetic Modeling Approach.

Cornelia B Landersdorfer, Wee Leng Lee, Roger L Nation, David CM Kong, Kirsty Buising, Trisha N Peel, Peter FM Choong

Journal article  |  2023  |  Mol Pharm

Arthroplasty is a healthcare priority and represents high volume, high cost surgery. Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) results ..

Addressing Antimicrobial Stewardship in Primary Care—Developing Patient Information Sheets Using Co-Design Methodology

Ruby Biezen, Stephen Ciavarella, Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Tim Monaghan, Kirsty Buising

Journal article  |  2023  |  Antibiotics

Antibiotic resistance is a threat to global health, and inappropriate antibiotic use can be associated with adverse effects. Devel..

IMpleMenting Effective infection prevention and control in ReSidential aged carE (IMMERSE): protocol for a multi-level mixed methods implementation study.

Joanne Tropea, Sanne Peters, Jill J Francis, Noleen Bennett, Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh, Kirsty Buising, Lyn-Li Lim, Caroline Marshall, Madelaine Flynn, Michael Murray, Paul Yates, Craig Aboltins, Douglas Johnson, Jason Kwong, Karrie Long, Judy McCahon, Wen K Lim

Journal article  |  2023  |  BMC Geriatr

BACKGROUND: Older people living in residential aged care facilities are at high risk of acquiring infections such as influenza, ga..

109. Exploring nurse led Antimicrobial Stewardship programs in Australian hospitals: Semi structured interviews with key informants

Fiona Gotterson, Kirsty Buising, Lisa Hall, Elizabeth Manias, Arjun Rajkhowa

Journal article  |  2022  |  Infection, Disease & Health

Diabetes IN hospital - Glucose and Outcomes in the COVID-19 pandemic (DINGO COVID-19): the 2020 Melbourne hospital experience prior to novel variants and vaccinations

Rahul D Barmanray, Joanna Y Gong, Mervyn Kyi, Dev Kevat, Mohammad A Islam, Anna Galligan, Georgina R Manos, Indu Nair, Nayomi Perera, Nicholas K Adams, Ashvin Nursing, Annabelle M Warren, Peter S Hamblin, Richard J MacIsaac, Elif Ekinci, Balasubramanian Krishnamurthy, Harin Karunajeewa, Kirsty Buising, Kumar Visvanathan, Thomas WH Kay, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: A relationship between diabetes, glucose and COVID-19 outcomes has been reported in international cohorts. Th..

COVID-19 pandemic 2020: a tertiary Melbourne hospital's experience

Brodie Farrow, Asha Bonney, Kasha P Singh, Steven Tong, Louis Irving, Wen Kwang Lim, Seok Lim, Douglas Johnson, Caroline Marshall, Kirsty Buising, Belinda Liu, Benjamin Cowie, Megan Rees, Alistair Miller

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected different parts of Australia in distinct ways across 2020 and 2021. In 2020, Melbou..

Effectiveness of portable air filtration on reducing indoor aerosol transmission: preclinical observational trials

JH Lee, M Rounds, F McGain, R Schofield, G Skidmore, I Wadlow, K Kevin, A Stevens, C Marshall, L Irving, M Kainer, K Buising, J Monty

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

BACKGROUND: While the range of possible transmission pathways of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 in various settin..

Performance of hospital-based contact tracing for COVID-19 during Australia's second wave

Christopher R Bailie, Vivian K Leung, Elizabeth Orr, Elizabeth Singleton, Cate Kelly, Kirsty L Buising, Benjamin C Cowie, Martyn D Kirk, Sheena G Sullivan, Caroline Marshall

Journal article  |  2022  |  INFECTION DISEASE & HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Hospital-based contact tracing aims to limit spread of COVID-19 within healthcare facilities. In large outbreaks, this..

Clinical insights into appropriate choice of antimicrobials for acute respiratory tract infections

Tim Monaghan, Ruby Biezen, Kirsty Buising, Christine Hallinan, Ron Cheah, Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Australia has relatively high rates of antibiotic prescribing in the community. The aim of this study w..

The feasibility and generalizability of assessing the appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals: a review of the Australian National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey

Rodney James, Yoshiko Nakamachi, Andrew Morris, Miranda So, Sasheela Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, Pem Chuki, Ly Sia Loong, Pauline Siew Mei Lai, Caroline Chen, Robyn Ingram, Arjun Rajkhowa, Kirsty Buising, Karin Thursky

Journal article  |  2021  |  JAC-ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

The National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS) is a web-based qualitative auditing platform that provides a standardized and..