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Timothy H. Dellit, MD

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington
  • Associate Medical Director, Harborview Medical Center

Dr. Dellit is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the clinician teacher pathway. He serves as Associate Medical Director for Infection Control, Quality Improvement, and Risk Management at Harborview Medical Center. He attends on the general medicine and infectious diseases consult services with special clinical interest in traumatic orthopedic infections. His programmatic interests are focused on the reduction of healthcare-associated infections, antimicrobial resistance, systematic improvements in healthcare quality, and patient safety.

Selected Publications

Dellit TH, Owens RC, McGowan JE Jr., et al. Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Guidelines for developing an institutional program to enhance antimicrobial stewardship, Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:159-77.
[The following link will open in a new window. Infectious Diseases News. Accessed November 3, 2010 ]

Harting BP, Talbot TR, Dellit TH, Hebden J, Cuny J, Greene WH, Segreti J. A University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) quality performance benchmarking study of the insertion and care of central venous catheters. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008;29:440-2.
[ The following link will open in a new window. SHEA. Accessed November 3, 2010.]

Dellit TH, Chan JD, Skerrett SJ, Nathens AB. Development of a guideline for the management of ventilator-associated pneumonia based on local microbiologic findings and impact of the guideline on antimicrobial use practices. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Jun;29(6):525-33.
[ The following link will open in a new window. PubMed Abstract ]

Evans HL, Dellit TH, Chan J, Nathens AB, Maier RV, Cuschieri J. Effect of chlorhexidine whole-body bathing on hospital-acquired infections among trauma patients. Arch Surg. 2010 Mar;145(3):240-6.
[The following link will open in a new window. PubMed Abstract ]

Talbot TR, Dellit TH, Hebden J, Sama D, Cuny J. Factors associated with increased healthcare worker influenza vaccination rates: results from a national survey of university hospitals and medical centers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 May;31(5):456-62.
[The following link will open in a new window. PubMed Abstract ]

Chan JD, Graves JA, Dellit TH. Antimicrobial Treatment and Clinical Outcomes of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. J Intensive Care Med. 2010 Sep 13. [Epub ahead of print]
[The following link will open in a new window. PubMed Abstract ]

Chan JD, Pham TN, Wong J, Hessel M, Cuschieri J, Neff M, Dellit TH. Clinical outcomes of linezolid versus vancomycin in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ventilator-associated pneumonia: Retrospective analysis. J Intensive Care Med 2011, 26:385-91. May 23 epub.
[The following link will open in a new window. PubMed Abstract ]

Choudhuri J, Pergamit R, Chan JD, Schreuder A, McNamara E, Lynch JB, Dellit TH. An electronic catheter-associated urinary tract surveillance tool. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2011;32:757-62.
[The following link will open in a new window. PubMed Abstract ]

Clemens EC, Chan JD, Lynch JB, Dellit TH. Relationships between vancomycin minimal inhibitory concentration, dosing strategies, and outcomes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2011;71:408-14.
[The following link will open in a new window. PubMed Abstract ]

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