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William Trick, MD
Name: William Trick, MD
Job Title: Clinician Investigator
Phone: 312-864-6000
Fax: 312-864-9694
Email: wtrick@cchil.org
Division: Collaborative Research Unit (CRU)
Room: A1611
Biosketch: Bill went to medical school in Chicago and completed training in internal medicine in Minnesota. After four years of practicing internal medicine in Tucson, Arizona, he joined the Epidemic Intelligence Service in the Hospital Infections Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He remained with CDC as a medical epidemiologist for the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. In 2003, he joined the Collaborative Research Unit at Stroger Hospital of Cook County.
Education:
  • Medical Degree: University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Continuing Medical Education: Epidemic Intelligence Service officer, Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1997-1999
Research Interests: Application of data stored in the electronic medical record to develop and sustain research and quality improvement programs.
Recent Publications/
Presentations:		 Peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order)
  1. Trick WE, Scheckler WE, Tokars JA, Jones KC, Reppen M, Smith E, and Jarvis WR. Modifiable risk factors associated with coronary artery bypass graft deep sternal site infection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;119:108-114.
  2. Trick WE, Kioski CM, Howard KM, Cage GD, Tokars JI, Yen BM, and Jarvis WR. Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventriculitis among patients in a neurosurgical intensive care unit. Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol 2000;21:204-208.
  3. Trick WE, Scheckler WE, Tokars JA, Jones KC, Smith EM, Reppen ML, and Jarvis WR. Risk factors for post-coronary artery bypass graft radial artery harvest site infection. Clin Infect Dis 2000;30:270-275.
  4. Hacek DM, Trick WE, Collins SM, Noskin GA, and Peterson LR. Comparison of the rodac imprint method to selective enrichment broth for recovery of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from environmental surfaces. J Clin Microbiol 2000;38:4646-4648.
  5. Trick WE, Weinstein RA, DeMarais PL, Kuehnert MJ, Tomaska W, Nathan C, Rice TW, McAllister SK, Carson LA, and Jarvis WR. Colonization of skilled-care facility residents with antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. J Amer Geriatr Soc 2001;49:270-276.
  6. Ostrowsky BE, Trick WE, Sohn AH, Quirk SB, Holt S, Carson LA, Hill BC, Arduino MJ, Kuehnert MJ, Jarvis WR. Control of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in health care facilities in a region. N Eng J Med 2001;344(19):1426-33.
  7. Trick WE, Weinstein RA. Intravascular Catheter Use. How to tell when the medicine is worse than the malady. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;163(7):1515-6.
  8. Trick WE, Weinstein RA. Hand hygiene for intensive care unit personnel: rub it in. Crit Care Med 2001 May;29(5):1083-4.
  9. Trick WE, Temple RS, Chen D, Wright MO, Solomon SL, Peterson LR. Patient Colonization and Environmental Contamination by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a Rehabilitation Facility. Arch of Phys Med Rehab 2002 Jul;83(7):899-902.
  10. Suntharam N, Lankford MG, Trick WE, Peterson LR, Noskin GA. Risk factors for acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci among hematology-oncology patients. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2002 Jul;43(3):183-8.
  11. Trick WE, Fridkin SK, Edwards JR, Hajjeh RA, Gaynes RP. Secular trend of hospital acquired candidemia among intensive-care unit patients in the United States during 1989-1999. Clin Infect Dis 2002, Sep;35(5):627-30.
  12. Zagorski BM, Trick WE, Schwartz DN, Wisniewski MF, Hershow RC, Fridkin SK, Weinstein RA. The effect of renal dysfunction on antimicrobial utilization measurements. Clin Infect Dis 2002, Dec;35(12):1491-7.
  13. Lankford MG, Zembower TR, Trick WE, Hacek DM, Noskin GA, Peterson LR. Influence of role models and hospital design on the hand hygiene compliance of healthcare workers. Emerg Infect Dis 2003, Feb;9(2).
  14. Vernon MO, Trick WE, Welbel SF, Peterson BJ, Weinstein RA. Hand hygiene adherence: does number of sinks matter? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2003, Mar;24(3):224-5.
  15. Trick WE, Vernon MO, Hayes RA, Nathan C, Rice TW, Peterson BJ, Segreti J, Welbel SF. Solomon SL, Weinstein RA. Comparison of the efficacy of hand hygiene agents and the impact of rings on hand contamination in a hospital. Clin Infect Dis 2003, June;36(11):1383-90.
  16. Roberts RR, Scott II DR, Cordell R, Solomon SL, Steele L, Kampe LM, Trick WE, Weinstein RA. The use of economic modeling to determine the hospital costs associated with nosocomial infections. Clin Infect Dis 2003, June;36(11):1424-32.
  17. Wisniewski MF, Kieszkowski P, Zagorski BM, Trick WE, Sommers M, Weinstein RA. Development of a clinical data warehouse for hospital infection control. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2003, Sept-Oct;10:454-462.
  18. Paule SM, Trick WE, Tenover FC, Lankford M, Cunningham S, Stosor V, Cordell LR, Peterson LR. Comparison of polymerase chain reaction to culture for surveillance detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. J Clin Microbiol 2003, Oct;41(10):4805-4807.
  19. Trick WE, Chapman WW, Wisniewski MF, Peterson BJ, Solomon SL, Weinstein RA. Electronic interpretation of chest radiographs to detect central venous catheters. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003, Dec;24:950-954.
  20. Trick WE, Paule SM, Cunningham S, Cordell RL, Lankford M, Solomon SL, Peterson LR, Detection of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Colonization using Conventional Culture and PCR among Previously Colonized Patients. Clin Infect Dis 2004, March;38(6):780-786.
  21. Trick WE, Vernon MO, Welbel SF, Wisniewski MF, Jernigan JA, Weinstein RA. Unnecessary central-venous catheter use: The need to look outside the intensive-care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2004, March;25:266-268.
  22. Trick WE, Zagorski BM, Tokars JI, Vernon MO, Welbel SF, Wisniewski MF, Richards C, Weinstein RA. Comparison of computer algorithms to traditional surveillance methods to detect hospital-acquired primary bloodstream infections. Emerg Infect Dis 2004, September;10:1612-1620.
  23. Trick WE, Weinstein RA, DeMarais PL, Tomaska W, Nathan C, McAllister SK, Hageman J, Rice TW, Westbrook G, Jarvis WR. Comparison of routine glove use to contact isolation precautions to prevent transmission of multidrug-resistant bacteria in a long-term care facility. J Amer Geriatr Soc 2004, December;52:2003-2009.
  24. Vernon MO, Hayden MK, Trick WE, Hayes RA, Blom DW, Weinstein RA. Chlorhexidine gluconate to cleanse patients in a medical intensive care unit: The effectiveness of source control to reduce the bioburden of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Arch Intern Med 2006;166:1-7.
  25. Trick WE, Kee R, Murphy-Swallow D, Mohamed Mansour, Mennella C, Raba JM. Detection of chlamydial and gonococcal urethral infection during jail intake: development of a screening algorithm. Sex Transm Dis 2006;33:599-603.
  26. Trick WE, Miranda JA, Evans AT, Charles-Damte M, Reilly BM, Clarke P. Prospective cohort study of central-venous catheters among internal medicine ward patients. Am J Infect Control 2006, 34: 636-641.
  27. Trick WE, Vernon MO, Welbel SF, DeMarais P, Hayden MK, Weinstein RA. Multicenter intervention program to increase adherence to hand hygiene recommendations and glove use and to reduce the incidence of antimicrobial resistance. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007, 28:42-49.
  28. Wisniewski MF, Kim S, Trick WE, Welbel SF, Weinstein RA. Effect of education on hand hygiene beliefs and practices: A 5-year program. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007, 28:88-91.
  29. Miranda JA, Trick WE, Evans AT, Charles-Damte M, Reilly BM, Clarke P. Firm-based trial to improve central-venous catheter insertion practices. J Hosp Med 2007, 2: 135-142.
  30. Schwartz DN, Abiad H, DeMarais PL, Armeanu E, Steele LV, Trick WE, Wang Y, Weinstein RA. An educational intervention to improve antimicrobial use in a long-term care facility. J Amer Geriatr Soc, 2007, 55: 1236-1242.
  31. Bleasdale SC, Trick WE, Gonzales IM, Lyles R, Hayden MK, Weinstein RA. Effectiveness of chlorhexidine bathing to reduce catheter-associated bloodstream infections in medical intensive care unit patients. Arch Intern Med, 2007, 167: 2073-2079.
  32. Trick WE. Building a data warehouse to support infection control activities. Amer J Infect Control, 2008, 36: S75-81.
  33. Morita JY, Ramirez E, Trick WE. Effect of a school entry vaccination requirement on racial and ethnic disparities in hepatitis B immunization coverage levels. Pediatrics, 2008, 121: e547-552.
  34. Cabello J, Das K, Trick WE, Gerard MN, Charles-Damte M. Housestaff attitudes about influenza vaccination after participation in a clinical trial to improve vaccination of hospital patients. Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol, 2008, 29: 174-176.
  35. Gerard MN, Trick WE, Das K, Charles-Damte M, Murphy GA, Benson IM. Use of clinical decision support to increase influenza vaccination: multi-year evolution of the system. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2008, 15:776-779.
  36. Katz A, Goldberg D, Smith J, Trick WE. Tobacco, alcohol, and drug use among hospital patients: Concurrent use and willingness to change. J Hosp Med, 2008, 3: 369-375.
  37. Rubin MA, Mayer J, Greene T, Sauer BC, Hota B, Trick WE, Jernigan JA, Samore MH. An agent-based model for evaluating surveillance methods for catheter-related bloodstream infection. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008, 6: 631-635.
  38. Trick WE, Das K, Gerard MN, Charles-Damte M, Murphy GA, Benson IM, Morita, JY. Clinical trial of standing-orders strategies to increase inpatient influenza vaccination. Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol, 2009, 30:86-88.
  39. Chawla S, Trick WE, Gilkey S, Attar B. Does cholecystectomy status influence the common bile duct diameter: A matched-pair analysis. Dig Dis Sci, Published Online, 2009.
  40. Hota B, Harting B, Weinstein RA, Lyles RD, Bleasdale SC, Trick WE. Electronic algorithmic prediction of central vascular catheter use. Infect Contr Hosp Epidemiol, 2010, 31:4-11.
  41. Hota B, Lin M, Doherty J, Borlawsky T, Woeltje K, Stevenson K, Khan Y, Weinstein RA, Trick WE. Formulation of a model for automating infection surveillance: algorithmic detection of central-line associated bloodstream infection. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2010, 17:42-48.
  42. Using Computer Decision Support to Increase Maternal Postpartum Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccination
    Trick, William E.; Linn, Edward S.; Jones, Zina; Caquelin, Clay; Kee, Romina; Morita, Julia Y.
    Obstetrics & Gynecology. 116(1):51-57, July 2010.
 
 
 
 
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