Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Infectious Disease
Dr. Loreen A. Herwaldt, MD
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Doctor Loreen A. Herwaldt, MD is an expert in the field of Infectious Disease. She went to medical school at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She received awards:"Regional Top Doctor" and "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Loreen A. Herwaldt, MD is also published. She has 101 publications published. The lastest publication: "Trends in antifungal use and epidemiology of nosocomial yeast infections in a university hospital.' She accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Severe Influenza in 33 US Hospitals, 2013-2014: Complications and Risk Factors for Death in 507 Patients.
- Risk factors for surgical site infections after pediatric spine operations.
- Variable Screening and Decolonization Protocols for Staphylococcus aureus Carriage Prior to Surgical Procedures.
- Gentamicin/Collagen Sponge Use May Reduce the Risk of Surgical Site Infections for Patients Undergoing Cardiac Operations: A Meta-Analysis.
- Endemic fungal infections in solid organ and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients enrolled in the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET).
- Reply to "Letter to the Editor" by Baker and Chen Regarding "Effectiveness of Local Vancomycin Powder to Decrease Surgical Site Infections: A Meta-Analysis"
- Creatine Kinase Levels During Preseason Camp in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division-I Football Athletes.
- Effectiveness of local vancomycin powder to decrease surgical site infections: a meta-analysis.
- Universal glove and gown use and acquisition of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the ICU: a randomized trial.
- Benefits of universal gloving on hospital-acquired infections in acute care pediatric units.
- A Cluster of Exertional Rhabdomyolysis Affecting a Division I Football Team.
- Surgical site infections and cellulitis after abdominal hysterectomy.
- Effect of daily chlorhexidine bathing on hospital-acquired infection.
- The Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus on a Burn Trauma Unit.
- Diagnosing and Reporting of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections.
- Surgical site infections and their prevention.
- Antimicrobial Therapy for Bloodstream Infection Due to Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in an Era of Increasing Methicillin Resistance: Opportunities for ...
- Clinical significance of positive cranial bone flap cultures and associated risk of surgical site infection after craniotomies or craniectomies.
- Prospective surveillance for invasive fungal infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, 2001-2006: overview of the Transplant-Associated Infection Su...
- Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Iowa, USA.
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain ST398 is present in midwestern U.S. swine and swine workers.
- Emergence of the USA300 strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a burn-trauma unit.
- Use of a pandemic preparedness drill to increase rates of influenza vaccination among healthcare workers.
- Infection control resources in Iowa.
- Infection control policies and practices for Iowa long-term care facility residents with Clostridium difficile infection.
- Clostridium difficile-associated disease in patients in a small rural hospital.
- An outbreak of severe Clostridium difficile-associated disease possibly related to inappropriate antimicrobial therapy for community-acquired pneumonia.
- A prospective study of outcomes, healthcare resource utilization, and costs associated with postoperative nosocomial infections.
- Descriptive epidemiology and case-control study of patients colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
- Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a rural state.
- Prospective analysis of nosocomial infection rates, antibiotic use, and patterns of resistance in a burn population.
- Preventing catheter-associated bloodstream infections: a survey of policies for insertion and care of central venous catheters from hospitals in the prevention epicent...
- Risk factors for groin wound infection after femoral artery catheterization: a case-control study.
- Influenza vaccination rates, feedback and the Hawthorne effect.
- Survey of long-term-care facilities in Iowa for policies and practices regarding residents with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant ent...
- Importance of control group selection for evaluating antimicrobial use as a risk factor for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
- Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Nosocomial Infections: Implications for Prevention.
- Enhanced identification of postoperative infections among inpatients.
- Preoperative risk factors for nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus.
- Accuracy and appropriateness of antimicrobial susceptibility test reporting for bacteria isolated from blood cultures.
- Prevalence of the use of central venous access devices within and outside of the intensive care unit: results of a survey among hospitals in the prevention epicenter p...
- Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and surgical-site infections.
- A study of hand hygiene in the postanesthesia care unit--it's about time!
- Preventing falls in the elderly.
- Outbreak of invasive disease caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in neonates and prevalence in the neonatal intensive care unit.
- Hemorrhage after coronary artery bypass graft procedures.
- Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Veterans Administration Medical Center.
- An outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric cardiothoracic surgery unit.
- Survey of high school athletic programs in iowa regarding infections and infection prevention policies and practices.
- Effectiveness of a bundled intervention of decolonization and prophylaxis to decrease Gram positive surgical site infections after cardiac or orthopedic surgery: syste...
- Food-initiated outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus analyzed by pheno- and genotyping.
- In vitro selection of resistance to vancomycin in bloodstream isolates of Staphylococcus haemolyticus and Staphylococcus epidermidis.
- Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
- Efficacy of microbial identification system for epidemiologic typing of coagulase-negative staphylococci.
- In their own words: presenting the patient''s perspective using research-based theatre.
- A multicenter intervention to prevent catheter-associated bloodstream infections.
- Sources of Staphylococcus aureus for patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
- Intranasal mupirocin to prevent postoperative Staphylococcus aureus infections.
- Improving the assessment of vancomycin-resistant enterococci by routine screening.
- Improving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance and reporting in intensive care units.
- Incidence of and risk factors for community-associated Clostridium difficile infection: a nested case-control study.
- A successful, voluntary, multicomponent statewide effort to reduce health care-associated infections.
- Invasive non-Aspergillus mold infections in transplant recipients, United States, 2001-2006.
- Current practice in Staphylococcus aureus screening and decolonization.
- Reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs): lessons learned from a national collaborative of regional HAI programs.
- Invasive fungal infections among organ transplant recipients: results of the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET).
- Risk factors for acquiring vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on a burn surgery step-down unit.
- Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization and colonization or infection at other body sites in patients on a burn trauma unit.
- Effectiveness of universal screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on admission to a burn-trauma step-down unit.
- Improved surveillance for surgical site infections after orthopedic implantation procedures: extending applications for automated data.
- Varying rates of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea at prevention epicenter hospitals.
- Attributable mortality of nosocomial candidemia, revisited.
- Outbreak of severe Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections caused by a contaminated drain in a whirlpool bathtub.
- Does the Centers for Disease Control's NNIS system risk index stratify patients undergoing cardiothoracic operations by their risk of surgical-site infection?
- Persistence of Legionella pneumophila in a hospital's water system: a 13-year survey.
- Control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the hospital setting.
- Recurrent gram-negative bacteremia: incidence and clinical patterns.
- Molecular epidemiology of gram-negative bacteremia.
- Staphylococcus cohnii: a case report on an unusual pathogen.
- A case of nosocomial frostbite.
- Investigation of suspected nosocomial clusters of Staphylococcus haemolyticus infections.
- Trends in antifungal use and epidemiology of nosocomial yeast infections in a university hospital.
- Epidemiology of polyclonal gram-negative bacteremia.
- Reduction of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and infection in dialysis patients.
- Infection control in the outpatient setting.
- The epidemiology of hemorrhage related to cardiothoracic operations.
- Exposure workups.
- A cluster of serious Escherichia coli infections in a neonatal intensive-care unit.
- The clinical microbiology laboratory and infection control: emerging pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, and new technology.
- Product evaluation.
- Basics of surveillance--an overview.
- Role of molecular epidemiology in infection control.
- Nasal and cutaneous carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in hemodialysis patients: the effect of nasal mupirocin.
- A prolonged outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the burn unit of a tertiary medical center.
- Ethical aspects of infection control.
- Comparative evaluation of an automated ribotyping system versus pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for epidemiological typing of clinical isolates of Escherichia coli an...
- The positive predictive value of isolating coagulase-negative staphylococci from blood cultures.
- Greek philosophy, medical ethics, and the influenza vaccine.
- Pertussis and pertussis vaccines in adults.
- Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage: role in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-associated infections.
Schools
University of Wisconsin Madison
Barnes Jewish Hospital S Campus
Doctors Specialties
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Infectious Disease
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Education
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Washington University - Barnes-Jewish Hospital -
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1811979131 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | HERWALDT |
| First Name Of The Provider | LOREEN |
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