SHEA Barry Farr Awards - Best Paper
2021 Winner
A successful program preventing nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia in a large hospital system.. ICHE - 2020; 41:547-552.
CC Lacerna, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA
2020 Winner
Respiratory viruses on personal protective equipment and bodies of healthcare workers. ICHE - 2019; 40:1356-1360.
Linh T. Phan, Ph.D., MS
2019 Winner
"Impact of Discontinuing Contact Precautions for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis" 2018; 39(6):676-682.
Nadia Masroor, VCU Health, Richmond, VA
2018 Winner
"A Multicenter Randomized Trial to Determine the Effect of an Environmental Disinfection Intervention on the Incidence of Healthcare-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection" 2017; 38(7):777-783.
Curtis J. Donskey, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Cleveland , OH
2017 Winner
"Prevalence of qacA/B Genes and Mupirocin Resistance Among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolates in the Setting of Chlorhexidine Bathing Without Mupirocin." 2016; 37(5):590-597.
David K. Warren, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2016 Winner
Jesse T. Jacob, Emory University, Atlanta
2015 Winner
“Survival time of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus status after institutions clearance.” 2014;35(10):1271.
Kalpana Gupta, Boston VA & Boston University
2014 Winner
“Sustained improvement in hand hygiene adherence: Utilizing shared accountability and financial incentives." 2013;34:1129.
Thomas Talbot, Vanderbilt University, Nashville
2013 Winner
“Outbreak of carbapenemresistant Enterobacteriaceae at a long in transmission through active surveillance and targeted interventions term acute care hospital: Sustained reductions.” 2012;33(10):984-992, 993-1000.
Amit Chitnis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2012 Winner
“Collaborative Cohort Study of an Intervention to Reduce Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit.” 2011;32:305-314.
Sean Berenholtz, Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute
2011 Winner
Ajay Sethi, University of Wisconsin
2010 Winner
"Effectiveness of Routine Patient Cleansing with Chlorhexidine Gluconate for Infection Prevention in the Medical Intensive Care Unit" 2009;30(10):959.
Kyle Popovich, Rush
2009 Winner
"Outcomes of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection and the impact of antimicrobial and adjunctive therapies" 2008;29(12)1099.
Gopi Patel, Mount Sinai
2008 Winner
"Underresourced Hospital Infection Control and Prevention Programs: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish?" 2007;28(7)767.
Deverick Anderson, Duke University
"Outbreak of Colonization and Infection With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in a French University Hospital" 2006;27(9)984.
2006 Winner
Oliver Lesens
SHEA William Jarvis Awards - Best Paper
2021 Winner
Air and environmental sampling for SARS-CoV-2 around hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). ICHE - 2020;41(11):1258-1265
VC Cheng
2020 Winner
Anaphylaxis and anaphylactoid reactions associated with the insertion of peripherally inserted central catheters: A multiyear comparative retrospective cohort study. ICHE - 2019;40:1215-1221
Christina Thornton, MD, PhD
2019 Winner
"A noninferiority cluster-randomized controlled trial on antibiotic postprescription review and authorization by trained general pharmacists and infectious disease clinical fellows" 2018; 39(10): 1154-1162.
Pinyo Rattanaumpawan, Mahidol University
2018 Winner
"Reduction of Environmental Contamination With Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria by Copper-Alloy Coating of Surfaces in a Highly Endemic Setting" 2017; 38(7): 765-771.
Maria Souli, University General Hospital Attikon
2017 Winner
"A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of 6-Step vs 3-Step Hand Hygiene Technique in Acute Hospital Care in the United Kingdom" 2016; 37(6): 661-666.
Jacqui S. Reilly, Glasgow Caledonian University
2016 Winner
“Universal screening and decolonization for control of MRSA in nursing homes: A cluster randomized study.” 2015;36(4)401.
Cristina Bellini, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
2015 Winner
"Chlorhexidine Bathing in a Tertiary Care Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Impact on Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections" 2014;35(2):158.
Caroline Quach, McGill University Health Center, Canada
2014 Winner
Victor D. Rosenthal, International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)
2013 Winner
Eu Suk Kim, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
2012 Winner
Wing Kin (John) Yeung, Chinese University of Hong Kong
2011 Winner
"Successful Implementation of the World Health Organization Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy in a Referral Hospital in Mali, Africa" 2010;31(2):133
Benedetta Allegranzi, WHO and University of Geneva, Switzerland
2010 Winner
"Intervention with an Infection Control Bundle to Reduce Transmission of Influenza-Like Illnesses in a Thai Preschool" 2009;30(9):817
Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Thammasat University Hospital, Thailand
2009 Winner
"Case-Mix Adjustment Approach to Benchmarking Prevalence Rates of Nosocomial Infection in Hospitals in Cyprus and Greece" 2008;29(8):685
Evangelos Kritsotakis, University of Crete
2008 Winner
"Prospective Observational Study of Candidemia in São Paulo, Brazil: Incidence Rate, Epidemiology, and Predictors of Mortality" 2007;28(5):570
Arnoldo Colombo, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
2007 Winner
"Active Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) Decreases the Incidence of MRSA Bacteremia" 2006;27(10):1004
Pnina Shitrit, Sackler University, Israel