Martin E Evans, MD

Published Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals

Jain, R., Kralovic, S.M., Evans, M.E.(corresponding author), Ambrose, M., Simbartl, L.A., Obrosky, D.S., Render, M.L., Freyberg, R.W., Jernigan, J.A., Muder, R.R., Miller, L.J., and Roselle, G.A. Veterans Affairs Initiative to Prevent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections. N Engl J Med, 2011;364:1419-1430

Salaimeh, A.A., Campion, J.J., Gharaibeh, B.Y., Evans, M.E., and Saito, K. Real-time quantification of Staphylococcus aureus in liquid medium using infrared thermography, Infrared Physics & Technology 2011;55:17-172

Kralovic, S.M., Evans, M.E., Simbartl, L.A., Ambrose, M., Jain, R., Roselle, G.A. Zeroing in on MRSA: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ MRSA prevention initiative, Amer J Infect Control 2013;41:456-458

Evans, M.E., Kralovic, S.M., Simbartl, L.A., Obrosky, D.S., Hammond, M.C., Golstein, B., Evans, C.T., Roselle, G.A., Jain, R. Prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in spinal cord injury units. Amer J Infect Control 2013;41:422-426

Evans, M., Kralovic, S., Simbartl, L., Freyberg, R., Obrosky, D.S., Roselle, G., Jain, R. Veterans Affairs methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevention initiative associated with a sustained reduction in transmissions and healthcare-associated infections. Amer J Infect Control 2013;41:1093-1095

Book Chapters/Monographs

Evans, M.E.,Weber, D.J., Rutala, W.A. Infection Control in Gene Therapy (Chapter 69).  In Mayhall, C. G. (Ed.) Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, 4^th Edition, Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2011:1026-1034.

Evans, M.E.  Infection Control in Gene Therapy.  In In Wenzel, R. P. (Ed.) Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Infections, 2011:in press.

Abstracts

Roselle, G., Evans, M., Kralovic, S., Simbartl, L., Hammond, M., Goldstein, B., Evans, C., Jain, R.  Effect of a Veterans Health Administration inititative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus health-care associated infections in spinal cord injury units.  Infectious Disease Society of American annual meeting, Boston, MA, October 21-24, 2011.

Clifton, M., Whitlock, J., Evans, M., Kralovic, S., Jain, R., Roselle, G.  Clostridium difficile infection prevention initiative to reduce the incidence and prevalence of C. difficile among Veterans in acute-care inpatient facilities.  APIC Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting, San Antonio, Tx, June 4-6, 2012.

Evans, M., Kralovic, S., Simbartl, L., Freyberg, R., Obrosky, D.S., Roselle, G., Jain, R.  Veterans Affairs methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bundle associated with a sustained effect on transmissions and healthcare-associated infections.  IDWeek 2012, San Diego, CA, October 17-21, 2012.

Rubin, M.A., Campo-Maldonado, J.E., Redd, A., Cummins, M., Sauer, B., Evans, M., and Nielson, C.  An automated electronic rule for predicting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage upon hospital admission at VA medical centers nationwide.  IDWeek 2012, San Diego, CA, October 17-21, 2012.

Kralovic, S., Evans, M.  Nationwide reduction of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus healthcare-associated infections rate in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs community living centers.  IDWeek 2012, San Diego, CA, October 17-21, 2012.

Kralovic, S., Evans, M.Clostiridium difficile infections in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers-nationwide trends for acute care hospitalizations.  IDWeek 2012, San Diego, CA, October 17-21, 2012.

Keizer, R., Williams, L., Rice, H., Schaninger, T., Evans, M.  Implementation of hand hygiene video monitoring system.  IDWeek 2013, San Francisco, CA, October 2-6, 2013.

Khader, K., Jones, M., Samore, M., Kralovic, S., Evans, M. Negative MRSA surveillance tests after positive tests: evidence of transient colonization? IDWeek 2013, San Francisco, CA, October 2-6, 2013.

Strymish, J., Gupta, K., Evans, M.  Rate of survival of MRSA cleared status over a 4 year period.  IDWeek 2013, San Francisco, CA, October 2-6, 2013.

Evans, M., Kralovic, S., Simbartl, L., Rain, R., Roselle, G.  A Veterans Affairs initiative to prevent healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile infections.  IDWeek 2013, San Francisco, CA, October 2-6, 2013.