Developing a Toolkit to Reduce Infections Following Durable LVAD Implantation in the United States Using a Multistage Mixed Methods Design
Using mixed methods approaches, an infection prevention toolkit was developed to enhance care coordination among VAD team members and mitigate postdLVAD infections. Future work should evaluate the effectiveness of implementing this infection prevention toolkit within the dLVAD setting.
Authors
- Supriya Shore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5436-6097)
- Michael R. Mathis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9697-2212)
- Donald S. Likosky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0416-9359)
- Pierre‐Emmanuel Noly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6600-1258)
- Sriram Swaminathan
- J. Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6753-5753)
- Ahmad Hider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8897-8932)
- Robert B. Hawkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3959-8201)
- Mary H. Johnson
- Paul C. Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4211-8587)
- Stephanie M. Pouch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5628-2444)
- Michael G. Petty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8705-7549)
- Laura Coyle
- Sharon Comstock
- Thomas Cascino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3779-0790)
- Hechuan Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0890-0746)
- Mary Jane Melong
- Kevin Knott
- Michael P. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-593X)
- P. Paul Chandanabhumma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-5591)
- Ashraf Shaaban Abdel Aziz Abou El Ela
- Michael J. Pienta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-0240)
- Khalil Nassar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9607-8037)
- Jonathan Hastie
- Tessa M.F. Watt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3714-2507)
- Allison M. Janda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5080-5630)
- Francis D. Pagani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4430-9969)
- Preeti Malani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-8408)
- Emily Stoneman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2474-826X)
- Gardner Yost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6751-2911)
- Monica Colvin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9294-4612)
- Stavros G. Drakos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1223-327X)
- Shiwei Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5635-405X)
- Ezequiel Molina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7332-7483)
- Shamdeo Persaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0908-7689)
- Michelle Hou
- Carol Chenoweth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3211-0509)
- G. Answini
- Jeffrey Scott McCullough (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6155-980X)
- Danielle Jones
- Lourdes Cabrera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2406-5098)
- Vivian Feldman
- Keith D. Aaronson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1538-576X)
- Kari Gorder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3539-7696)
- Regi Freeman
- Ruth Halben
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circoutcomes.125.012073
- Primary Topic
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00