Published Articles

Using RFID for Cath Lab Inventory and Usage Data Capture

Published in Cath Lab Digest in October 2006, this article describes the results of a new inventory control system adopted in the St. Elizabeth Cath Lab.

Halsey Bagg, MSHS, CHE, Director Cardiology Services, St. Elizabeth Medical Center; Co-Coordinator, Mohawk Valley Heart Institute, Utica, New York

Inspiring infection-prevention success stories that you can accomplish

This article was published in the online magazine Hospital Purchasing News. It summarizes the results of an infection control team at MVHI that worked on reducing deep sternal wound infections from the national average rate of 3.5% of open heart surgery cases down to zero or none.

Susan Cantrell, ELS

Leading the Quest for Quality: 2007 Profiles in Quality and Patient Safety

An article about the reduction in surgical wound infections for open-heart surgery, one of many quality improvement articles recognized in this book, published by HANYS (Hospital Association of New York State).

Nancy Landor

A Multidisciplinary Approach To Decrease Post-Cardiac Surgical Infections Through Antibiotic Timing

This article was written for The New York State Journal of Health-System Pharmacy about the surgical infection control project.

John Noviasky, Linda Kokoszki RN, Lorraine Circelli RN, Stacey
Morosco RN, James Bramley MD, Kathy Ward RN, Nicole Myers
PharmD Candidate
St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Utica, NY

Project to Reduce Surgical Site Infections

This publication is a website seminar presented by team members of the infection reduction team.

Lorraine Circelli, RN, ASN, Linda Kokoszki, RN, BSN, CIC, James H. Monahan RN, EMT-P
Mohawk Valley Heart Institute and St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Utica, NY