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Donald A. Goldmann is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple topics primarily within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Epidemiology, Immunology, General Health Professions, Emergency Medical Services, and Pharmacy.

The scientist's recent publications include studies on healthcare epidemiology, immune cell function, and infectious diseases. Notable recent papers are:

  • Institutional quality and patient safety programs: An overview for the healthcare epidemiologist (2020) published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • A landscape of X-inactivation during human T cell development (2024) published in Nature Communications
  • 1439. Latent tuberculosis infection treatment location and association with care completion (2022) published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • ICE volume 42 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (2020) published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • 887. Race and ethnicity differences in hospital length of stay for children with acute osteomyelitis in the United States (2022) published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Patient Safety and Medication Errors
  • Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Donald A. Goldmann's frequent co-authors include Pranavi Sreeramoju, Tara N. Palmore, Michael B. Edmond, Jan E. Patterson, and Kent A. Sepkowitz. Their collaborative work has resulted in multiple publications, especially within the venues Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology and Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

The scientist has published mainly in the following venues:

  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2 publications)
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2 publications)
  • Nature Communications (1 publication)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (1 publication)

In summary, Donald A. Goldmann's research addresses important topics at the intersection of clinical epidemiology and immunology, with an emphasis on patient safety, infection control, and genetic aspects of immune responses. Their work contributes to understanding healthcare quality and safety practices, infectious disease treatment, and immunological development.

Best Publications

  • Medication errors and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients.

    Rainu Kaushal;David W. Bates;Christopher Landrigan;Kathryn J. McKenna

  • Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care

    Christopher P. Landrigan;Gareth J. Parry;Catherine B. Bones;Andrew D. Hackbarth

  • Multi-state investigation of the actual disinfection/sterilization of endoscopes in health care facilities.

    Ronald G. Kaczmarek;Roscoe M. Moore;John Mccrohan;Donald A. Goldmann

  • Strategies to Prevent and Control the Emergence and Spread of Antimicrobial-Resistant Microorganisms in Hospitals: A Challenge to Hospital Leadership

    D A Goldmann;R A Weinstein;R P Wenzel;O C Tablan

  • Hospital-acquired neonatal infections in developing countries

    Anita K M Zaidi;W Charles Huskins;Durrane Thaver;Zulfiqar A Bhutta

  • Recommendations for preventing the spread of vancomycin resistance: Recommendations of the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

    Walter J. Hierholzer;Julia S. Garner;Audrey B. Adams;Donald E. Craven

  • Score for neonatal acute physiology : a physiologic severity index for neonatal intensive care

    Douglas K. Richardson;James E. Gray;Marie C. McCormick;Kathryn Workman

  • Prioritizing strategies for preventing medication errors and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients.

    Elizabeth B. Fortescue;Rainu Kaushal;Rainu Kaushal;Christopher P. Landrigan;Kathryn J. McKenna

  • Intervention to Reduce Transmission of Resistant Bacteria in Intensive Care

    W. Charles Huskins;Charmaine M. Huckabee;Naomi P. O’Grady;Patrick Murray

  • Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci: Role as Pathogens

    Johannes Huebner;Donald A. Goldmann

  • Guideline for prevention of nosocomial pneumonia.

    O. C. Tablan;L. J. Anderson;N. H. Arden;R. F. Braiman

  • A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Updates

    Deborah S. Yokoe;Deverick J. Anderson;Sean M. Berenholtz;David P. Calfee

  • Broadly Protective Vaccine for Staphylococcus aureus Based on an in Vivo-Expressed Antigen

    David McKenney;Kimberly L. Pouliot;Ying Wang;Vivek Murthy

  • Association of Intravenous Lipid Emulsion and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Bacteremia in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

    Jonathan Freeman;Donald A. Goldmann;Nancy E. Smith;David G. Sidebottom

  • The SQUIRE (Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence) guidelines for quality improvement reporting: explanation and elaboration

    Greg Ogrinc;Susan Mooney;Carlos A. Estrada;Tina C. Foster

  • Hospital Strategies Associated With 30-Day Readmission Rates for Patients With Heart Failure

    Elizabeth H. Bradley;Leslie Curry;Leora I. Horwitz;Heather Sipsma

  • The ica locus of Staphylococcus epidermidis encodes production of the capsular polysaccharide/adhesin

    David McKenney;Johannes Hübner;Eugene Muller;Ying Wang

  • Neonatal therapeutic intervention scoring system: a therapy-based severity-of-illness index.

    James E. Gray;Douglas K. Richardson;Marie C. McCormick;Kathryn Workman-Daniels

  • Voluntary Anonymous Reporting of Medical Errors for Neonatal Intensive Care

    Gautham Suresh;Jeffrey D Horbar;Paul Plsek;James Gray;James Gray

  • Post-PCV7 Changes in Colonizing Pneumococcal Serotypes in 16 Massachusetts Communities, 2001 and 2004

    Susan S. Huang;Richard Platt;Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman;Stephen I. Pelton

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald B. Pier
Gerald B. Pier Brigham and Women's Hospital
Richard Platt
Richard Platt Harvard University
David W. Bates
David W. Bates Brigham and Women's Hospital
Grace M. Lee
Grace M. Lee Stanford University
Gareth Parry
Gareth Parry Freeman Hospital
Kenneth D. Mandl
Kenneth D. Mandl Harvard Medical School
Marie C. McCormick
Marie C. McCormick Harvard University
Rainu Kaushal
Rainu Kaushal Cornell University
John A. Jernigan
John A. Jernigan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dennis Ross-Degnan
Dennis Ross-Degnan Harvard University

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