A survey of healthcare workers on the acceptance and value of personal protective equipment for patient care.

Objective: Assess healthcare workers' (HCW) attitudes toward universal masking, and gowns and gloves used as part of transmission-based precautions.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Academic, tertiary care medical center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Characterizing Patients Presenting on Hospital Admission With Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections: A Multicenter Study.

Background: There are no systematic measures of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in patients maintaining central venous catheters (CVCs) outside acute care hospitals. To clarify the burden of CLABSIs in these patients, we characterized patients with CLABSI present on hospital admission (POA).

Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of patients with CLABSI-POA in 3 health systems covering 11 hospitals across Maryland, Washington DC, and Missouri from November 2020 to October 2021.

Game-based learning to improve diagnostic accuracy: a pilot randomized-controlled trial.

Objectives: Perform a pilot study of online game-based learning (GBL) using natural frequencies and feedback to teach diagnostic reasoning.

Methods: We conducted a multicenter randomized-controlled trial of computer-based training. We enrolled medical students, residents, practicing physicians and nurse practitioners.

Prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii and Candida auris in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation.

Importance: To date, only 1 statewide prevalence survey has been performed for Acinetobacter baumannii (2009) in the US, and no statewide prevalence survey has been performed for Candida auris, making the current burden of these emerging pathogens unknown.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of A baumannii and C auris among patients receiving mechanical ventilation in Maryland.

Design, Setting, And Participants: The Maryland Multi-Drug Resistant Organism Prevention Collaborative performed a statewide cross-sectional point prevalence of patients receiving mechanical ventilation admitted to acute care hospitals (n = 33) and long-term care facilities (n = 18) between March 7, 2023, and June 8, 2023.