Leon Worth

The relationship between diabetes and surgical site infection following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in current-era models of care

N Cheuk, LJ Worth, J Tatoulis, P Skillington, M Kyi, S Fourlanos

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

BACKGROUND: Although diabetes is a recognized risk factor for postoperative infections, the seminal Portland Diabetic Project stud..

Quality of inpatient antimicrobial use in hematology and oncology patients.

Abby P Douglas, Lisa Hall, Rodney S James, Leon J Worth, Monica A Slavin, Karin A Thursky, undefined National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey

Journal article  |  2021  |  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

OBJECTIVES: To compare antimicrobial prescribing practices in Australian hematology and oncology patients to noncancer acute inpat..

The same but different: a comparison of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in metropolitan and non-metropolitan hospitals (2010-2020).

Noleen Bennett, Michael J Malloy, Sue E Atkins, Susan Gonelli, Leon J Worth

Journal article  |  2021  |  Intern Med J

BACKGROUND: Variation of infection rates between hospitals must be identified; differences may highlight opportunities for quality..

Topical antimicrobial prescribing patterns in residents of Australian aged-care facilities: use of a national point prevalence survey to identify opportunities for quality improvement

Noleen Bennett, Katherine Walker, Kirsty Buising, Ron Cheah, Xin Fang, Robyn Ingram, Rodney James, Michael J Malloy, Karin Thursky, Leon J Worth

Journal article  |  2021  |  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

BACKGROUND: Australian residential aged care facilities (RACFs) are encouraged to participate in an annual Aged Care National Anti..

Development and piloting of a prevention assessment and response tool for healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (the SAB-PART Study) using a Delphi method.

D Karanfilovska, AC Cheng, D Spelman, LJ Worth

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Hosp Infect

BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (HA-SAB) causes preventable harm in hospitalized pat..

Cytomegalovirus DNAemia and disease: current-era epidemiology, clinical characteristics and outcomes in cancer patients other than allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation.

Kim H Tay, Monica A Slavin, Karin A Thursky, Julien Coussement, Leon J Worth, Benjamin W Teh, Amit Khot, Constantine S Tam, Michelle K Yong

Journal article  |  2021  |  Intern Med J

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: High-intensity chemotherapy and advances in novel immunotherapies have seen the emergence of cytomegalo..

High influenza vaccination uptake in Victorian healthcare workers in 2020.

Lyn-Li Lim, Alex Hoskins, Leon Worth, Katherine Walker, Ann Bull, Noleen Bennett

Journal article  |  2021  |  Commun Dis Intell (2018)

Performance of a hospital-acquired complication algorithm using administrative data for detection of central line-associated bloodstream infections: experience at an Australian healthcare facility.

M Herson, SJ Curtis, G Land, AJ Stewardson, LJ Worth

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Hosp Infect

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Olivia Catherine Smibert, Leon J Worth

Journal article  |  2021  |  SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER

Attributable Length of Stay, Mortality Risk, and Costs of Bacterial Health Care-Associated Infections in Australia: A Retrospective Case-cohort Study

XJ Lee, AJ Stewardson, LJ Worth, N Graves, TM Wozniak

Journal article  |  2021  |  CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

BACKGROUND: Unbiased estimates of the health and economic impacts of health care-associated infections (HAIs) are scarce and focus..