Publications

Meddings J, Reichert H, McMahon LF. 2014. Challenges and proposed improvements for reviewing symptoms and catheter use to identify National Healthcare Safety Network catheter-associated urinary tract infections.  Am J Infect Cont 42(10):S236-S241.

Reichert H, Welch K. Conceptualizing Statistics: A Heuristic Approach. Presented at the University of Michigan’s Division of General Medicine Spring Retreat, May 1, 2014, Ann Arbor, MI.

Budelmann C, Reichert H, Meddings J. Are you ex-Foley-ating? A hospital-wide intervention to decrease urinary catheter use, including nurse-directed positive-reinforcement strategies. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, April 23-26, 2014, San Diego, CA.

Meddings J, Reichert H, Dueweke E, Rhyner J. 2014. Issues regarding identification of urinary catheter use from medical records. In: Battles JB, Cleeman JI, Kahn KK, and Weinberg DA, eds. Advances in the Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associated Infections. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US).

Reichert H, McMahon LF, Meddings J. Hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections: reported by mandate to the National Healthcare Safety Network, but rarely listed as diagnoses in claims data. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, April 23-26, 2014, San Diego, CA.

Proctor DM, Suh M, Tachovsky JA, Abraham L, Hixon JG, Brorby GP, Campleman SL. 2014. Cumulative risk assessment of urban air toxics: A pilot study in San Antonio, Texas. Presented at the Society of Toxicology’s 53rd Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, March 23-27, 2014.

Suh M, Abraham L, Hixon JG, Proctor D. 2014. The effects of perchlorate, nitrate, and thiocyanate on free thyroxine for potentially sensitive subpopulations of the 2001–2002 and 2007–2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. J Expos Sci Epidemiol 24:579-587.

Reichert H, Welch K. Conceptualizing Statistics: A Heuristic Approach. Presented at the 2014 American Statistical Association (ASA) Conference on Statistical Practice, February 20-22, 2014, Tampa, FL.

Reichert H, Meddings J. What’s so Standard About Risk Standardization? Presented at the 2014 American Statistical Association (ASA) Conference on Statistical Practice, February 20-22, 2014, Tampa, FL.

Greene T, Kiyoshi-Teo H, Reichert H, Krein S, Saint S. 2014. Urinary catheter indications in the United States: Results from a national survey of acute care hospitals. Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol Oct:S96-S98.