John Frederick
Western Michigan University
4 Papers
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John Frederick is an academic researcher from Western Michigan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Infection control. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 4 publications. Previous affiliations of John Frederick include Veterans Health Administration.
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Outpatient healthcare personnel knowledge and attitudes towards infection prevention measures for protection from respiratory infections.
Mary T. Bessesen,Mary T. Bessesen,Susan M Rattigan,John Frederick,Derek A. T. Cummings,Derek A. T. Cummings,Charlotte A. Gaydos,Cynthia L. Gibert,Cynthia L. Gibert,Geoffrey J. Gorse,Geoffrey J. Gorse,Ann-Christine Nyquist,Ann-Christine Nyquist,Connie S. Price,Nicholas G. Reich,Michael S. Simberkoff,Michael S. Simberkoff,Alexandria C. Brown,Lewis J. Radonovich,Trish M. Perl,Trish M. Perl,Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas,Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas +22 more
TL;DR: For example, this article found that the proportion of participants in the medical mask group who reported at least one reason to avoid using medical masks fell from 88.5% on the pre-season survey to 39.6% in the post-season one.
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A comparison of surveillance definitions for urinary tract infections (UTI) in long-term care
TL;DR: In this population of long-term patients, even with the ready availability of laboratory support, the McGeer definition identified more of the UTIs than did the CDC surveillance definitions.
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The prevalence of COVID-19 in healthcare personnel in an adult and pediatric academic medical center.
John Shepard,Samantha M.R. Kling,Grace M. Lee,Frances Wong,John Frederick,Mehdi Skhiri,Marisa Holubar,Jonathan G. Shaw,Diane E J Stafford,Lisa M. Schilling,Joseph Kim,Sang Ick Chang,Karen Frush,Eric Hadhazy +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a retrospective analysis was conducted at Stanford Children's Health (SCH) and Stanford Health Care (SHC) in Stanford, California, where all healthcare personnel employed by SCH or SHC, who had a COVID-19 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test resulted by the SHC Laboratory, between March 1, 2020 and June 15, 2020.
Protecting Healthcare Personnel in Outpatient Settings: The Influence of Mandatory Versus Nonmandatory Influenza Vaccination Policies on Workplace Absenteeism During Multiple Respiratory Virus Seasons.
John Frederick,Alexandria C. Brown,Derek A. T. Cummings,Charlotte A. Gaydos,Cynthia L. Gibert,Geoffrey J. Gorse,Jenna Los,Ann-Christine Nyquist,Trish M. Perl,Connie Price,Lewis J. Radonovich,Nicholas G. Reich,Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas,Mary T. Bessesen,Michael S. Simberkoff +14 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that mandatory HCP influenza vaccination policies increase influenza vaccination rates and that HCP symptomatic absenteeism diminishes as rates of influenza vaccination increase.