Mary Lou Manning, PhD, CRNP, CIC

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901 Walnut Street
Suite 814
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 503-6354
(215) 503-0376 fax

Education
PhD, Temple University, Health Education (major), Health Counseling (minor), 1996

CRNP, Widener University, School of Nursing and the Children's Cancer Research Center of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Oncology, 1986

MSN, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, 1981

BSN, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, 1978

Certification
Board certified in infection prevention and control

University Appointment
Associate Professor

Research and Clinical Interests
Healthcare of children
Healthcare leadership
Infection prevention and control
Quality improvement

Research Grants
2010 Principle Investigator, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson School of Health Professions, Jefferson School of Nursing, Jefferson School of Pharmacy, Knowledge and Attitudes of Chief Nurse Executives Related to the Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree

2008 Principle Investigator, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson School of Nursing, Factors Influencing Immunization Acceptance of Nursing and Medical Students at an Urban University

2008 Principle Investigator, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Executive Nurse Fellow Alumni Association, Inclusion of Childhood Obesity Prevention and Related Social Action in a Nursing School Curricula

Professional Memberships
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Philadelphia-Delaware Valley Chapter, President-elect 2010

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, National Education Committee

American Nurses' Association, Pennsylvania Nurses' Association

American Association of Nurse Executives

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Sigma Theta Tau, Xi Chapter

Awards And Honors
Blue Ribbon Abstract Award, 2008 Association for Professional in Infection Control and Epidemiology Annual Conference
Dartmouth Clinical Microsystems 2005 Film Festival Award
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Fellow, 2005
Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellowship, 2003-2006
American Nurses Foundation Scholar, 1995

Consultation
International Organization for Migration, Indonesia Disaster Recovery Program. Infection Control Consultant and Clinical Educator for the Satellite Health Centers, Meulaboh, Indonesia. February 17-March 2, 2007.

U.S. Exchanges, LLC, William Solar Pediatric Hospital, Havana, Cuba January 7-8, 2002.

American International Health Alliance, Infection Control and Occupational Health for Primary Care. Moscow, Russia February 1-3, 2001.

American International Health Alliance, Infection Control and Occupational Health for Primary Care. Almaty, Kazakstan January 29-30, 2001.

Infections in Neonates and Organization of Nursing in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. X Katowickie Szkolenia Neonatologiczne, Ustron, Poland, November 19-21, 1998.

American International Health Alliance, Infection Control Train-the-Trainer Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, January 13-17, 1997.

American International Health Alliance, Infection Control Hospital Survey, Sokolov Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Russia, January 10-15, 1997.

American International Health Alliance, Third Annual Partnership Conference for the New Independent States, St. Petersburg, Russia, October 16-19, 1995.

American International Health Alliance, Infection Control Hospital Consultant, Children's Hospital No. 2, Obstetrical Hospital No. 2, Ukraine State Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine, June 23-29, 1995.

Publications

Most recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1. Provider use of corrected age during health supervision visits for premature infants
2. Infection preventionists' job descriptions: Do they reflect expanded roles and responsibilities?
3. Journal Club: A venue to advance evidence-based infection prevention practice
4. Multimethod teaching strategies to integrate selected QSEN competencies in a Doctor of Nursing Practice distance education program
5. Doctor of nursing practice students advocating for health care access, quality, and reform: From the virtual classroom to Capitol Hill
6. Expanding infection preventionists' influence in the 21st Century: Looking back to move forward
7. Clinical management of skin and soft tissue infections in the emergency department of a suburban hospital
8. The Immunization Status of Home-schooled Children in America
9. Improving clinical communication through structured conversation
10. An outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia after general anesthesia
11. Bioterrorism.
12. Central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections in pediatric oncology home care
13. Serratia marcescens transmission in a pediatric intensive care unit: A multifactorial occurrence
14. Nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus infections: The cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit of infection control
15. The judicious use of antibiotic agents in common childhood respiratory illness.
16. Patient density, nurse-to-patient ratio and nosocomial infection risk in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit
17. Immunity induced by primary human cytomegalovirus infection protects against secondary infection among women of childbearing age
18. Delayed type hypersensitivity to human cytomegalovirus
19. Health assessment of the early adolescent: Challenges and clinical issues

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