Publications

Impact of an environmental cleaning intervention on the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci on surfaces in intensive care unit rooms.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Goodman ER, Platt R, Bass R, Onderdonk AB, Yokoe DS, Huang SS

Environmental cleaning intervention and risk of acquiring multidrug-resistant organisms from prior room occupants.

Arch. Intern. Med.
Datta R, Platt R, Yokoe DS, Huang SS

Active drug safety surveillance: a tool to improve public health.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Platt R, Madre L, Reynolds R, Tilson H

Comparing drug effectiveness at health plans: the ethics of cluster randomized trials.

Hastings Cent Rep
Sabin JE, Mazor K, Meterko V, Goff SL, Platt R

Cluster randomized trials in comparative effectiveness research: randomizing hospitals to test methods for prevention of healthcare-associated infections.

Med Care
Platt R, Takvorian SU, Septimus E, Hickok J, Moody J, Perlin J, Jernigan JA, Kleinman K, Huang SS

Cost-effectiveness of strategies to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection in an intensive care unit.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Gidengil CA, Gay C, Huang SS, Platt R, Yokoe D, Lee GM

Enhancing patient safety by reducing healthcare-associated infections: the role of discovery and dissemination.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Comparative effectiveness of different beta-adrenergic antagonists on mortality among adults with heart failure in clinical practice.

Arch. Intern. Med.
Go AS, Yang J, Gurwitz JH, Hsu J, Lane K, Platt R

Real-time surveillance to assess risk of intussusception and other adverse events after pentavalent, bovine-derived rotavirus vaccine.

Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.
Belongia EA, Irving SA, Shui IM, Kulldorff M, Lewis E, Yin R, Lieu TA, Weintraub E, Yih WK, Li R, Baggs J,

Antidepressant medication use and risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Andrade SE, McPhillips H, Loren D, Raebel MA, Lane K, Livingston J, Boudreau DM, Smith DH, Davis RL, Willy ME, Platt R

Neurotoxicity of generic anesthesia agents in infants and children: an orphan research question in search of a sponsor.

JAMA
Psaty BM, Platt R, Altman RB

Cluster randomized trials to study the comparative effectiveness of therapeutics: stakeholders' concerns and recommendations.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
Mazor KM, Sabin JE, Goff SL, Smith DH, Rolnick S, Roblin D, Raebel MA, Herrinton LJ, Gurwitz JH, Boudreau D, Meterko V, Dodd KS, Platt R

Using a Handheld Device for Patient Data Collection: A Pilot for Medical Countermeasures Surveillance.

Public Health Rep
Daley MF, Goddard K, McClung M, Davidson A, Weiss G, Palen T, Nyirenda C, Platt R, Courtney B, Reichman ME

Opportunity knocks: the electronic (public health) medical record.

Epidemiology
Platt R

Risk of acquiring antibiotic-resistant bacteria from prior room occupants.

Arch. Intern. Med.
Huang SS, Datta R, Platt R

Simulated anthrax attacks and syndromic surveillance.

Emerging Infect. Dis.
Nordin JD, Goodman MJ, Kulldorff M, Ritzwoller DP, Abrams AM, Kleinman K, Levitt MJ, Donahue J, Platt R

Potential Adverse Effects of Anesthesia in Children--Reply.

JAMA
Psaty BM, Platt R, Altman RB

Infection control practices to reduce airborne bacteria during total knee replacement: a hospital survey in four states.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Miner AL, Losina E, Katz JN, Fossel AH, Platt R

Laboratory monitoring of drugs at initiation of therapy in ambulatory care.

J Gen Intern Med
Raebel MA, Lyons EE, Andrade SE, Chan KA, Chester EA, Davis RL, Ellis JL, Feldstein A, Gunter MJ, Lafata JE, Long CL, Magid DJ, Selby JV, Simon SR, Platt R

Evaluating spatial surveillance: detection of known outbreaks in real data.

Stat Med
Kleinman K, Abrams A, Katherine Yih W, Platt R, Kulldorff M