Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Professor of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Epidemiology
N1122 Doan Hall
410 W. 10th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
614-293-0348
Kurt.Stevenson@osumc.edu
Professional Interests
Dr. Stevenson has spent his career since 1989 directing infection control and antimicrobial stewardship programs with specific research interests in controlling the development, acquisition, and spread of antimicrobial resistant bacterial pathogens in the healthcare setting. This research has spanned the acute and long term care settings, rural hospitals, and some ambulatory care settings, such as dialysis units.
He is also interested in clinical epidemiology, performance improvement, and health services research as they interface with antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention. He has been the Medical Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship at OSUWMC since 2005.
Education and Training
MPH: Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, 2001
MD: University of Utah School of Medicine, 1983
MS: Microbiology and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, 1979
BS: Microbiology and Chemistry, Brigham Young University, (Summa Cum Laude), 1977
Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases Society of America
1982-83 Honors Program in Internal Medicine, University of Utah
1983 Florence M. Strong Award, University of Utah
1985-89 NIH Institutional Physician Scientist Award, University of Iowa
1990 Resident's Teaching Award, Scenic General Hospital, Modesto, CA
1997 Consultant of the Year, Family Practice Residency of Idaho, Boise
2011 Recipient of Association of Professionals in Infection and Control and Epidemiology Inc (APIC) and American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) Award for Excellence in a Scientific Research Publication for paper Stevenson KB, Khan Y, Dickman J, Gillenwater T, Kulich P, Myers C, Taylor D, Santangelo J, Lundy J, Jarjoura D, Li X, Shook J, Mangino JE. Administrative Coding Data, Compared to CDC/NHSN Criteria, are Poor Predictors of Healthcare-Associated Infections. Am J Infect Control, 2008;36:155-164. PMID: 18371510. Only one article selected each year based on scientific impact and number of citations.
2012-15 Associate Editor, American Journal of Infection Control
2012-present Editorial Board, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
2012-2014 Member, Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
2014-2016 Secretary and Member of Board, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Stevenson KB, Samore M, Barbera J, Moore JW, Hannah E, Houck P, Tenover FC, and Gerberding JL. Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance by Small Rural Hospital Microbiology Laboratories: Comparison of Survey Responses with Current NCCLS Laboratory Standards. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003;47:303-311. PMID: 12967743.
Stevenson KB, Samore M, Barbera J, Hannah E, Moore JW, Gerberding JL, and Houck P. Pharmacist Involvement in Antimicrobial Use at Rural Community Hospitals in Four Western States. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2004;61:787-792. PMID: 15127962.
Stevenson KB, Murphy CL, Samore MH, Hannah EL, Moore JW, Barbera J, Houck P, and Gerberding JL. Assessing the Status of Infection Control Programs in Small Rural Hospitals in the Western United States. Am J Infect Control. 2004;32:255-261. PMID: 15292888.
Stevenson KB, Moore J, Colwell H, Sleeper B. Standardized Infection Surveillance in Long-term Care: Interfacility Comparisons from a Regional Cohort of Facilities. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2005;26:231-238. PMID: 15796273.
Stevenson KB, Searle K, Stoddard GJ, Samore M. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Rural Communities, Western United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005;11:895-903. PMID: 15963285.
Loeb M, Brazil K, Lohfield L, McGeer A, Simor A, Stevenson K, Zoutman D, Smith S, Liu X, Walter SD. Effect of a multifaceted intervention on number of antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected urinary tract infections in residents of nursing homes: cluster randomised controlled trial. Br Med J. 2005;331:669. PMID: 16150741
Stevenson KB, Barbera J, Moore JW, Samore MH, and Houck P. Understanding Keys to Successful Implementation of Electronic Decision Support in Rural Hospitals: Analysis of a Pilot Study for Antimicrobial Prescribing. Am J Med Qual. 2005;20:313-318. PMID: 16280394
Samore MH, Bateman K, Alder SC, Hannah E, Donnelly S, Stoddard GJ, Haddadin B, Rubin MA, , Williamson J, Stults B, Rupper R, Stevenson K. Clinical Decision Support and Appropriateness of Antimicrobial Prescribing: A Randomized Trial. JAMA. 2005;294:2305-2314. PMID: 16278358.
Rubin MA, Bateman K, Donnelly S, Stoddard GJ, Stevenson K, Gardner RM, and Samore MH. Use of a Personal Digital Assistant for Managing Antibiotic Prescribing for Outpatient Respiratory Tract Infections in Rural Communities. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2006;13:627-634. PMID: 16929045
Stevenson KB, Khan Y, Dickman J, Gillenwater T, Kulich P, Myers C, Taylor D, Santangelo J, Lundy J, Jarjoura D, Li X, Shook J, Mangino JE. Administrative Coding Data, Compared to CDC/NHSN Criteria, are Poor Predictors of Healthcare-Associated Infections. Am J Infect Control, 2008;36:155-164. PMID: 18371510
Smith PW, Bennett G, Bradley S, Drinka P, Lautenbach E, Marx J, Mody L, Nicolle L, Stevenson K. SHEA/APIC Guideline: Infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility. Am J Infect Control. 2008;36:504-535. PMID: 18786461. Also published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008;29:785-814. PMID: 18767983
Bolon MK, Hooper D, Stevenson KB, Greenbaum M, Olsen MA, Herwaldt L, Noskin GA, Fraser VJ, Climo M, Khan Y, Vostok J, Yokoe DS, CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. Improved Surveillance for Surgical Site Infections after Orthopedic Implantation Procedures: Extending Applications for Automated Data. Clin Infect Dis 2009; 48:1223-1229. PMID: 19335165
Dubberke E, Butler AM, Hota B, Khan YM, Mangino JE, Mayer J, Popovich KJ, Stevenson KB, Yokoe DS, McDonald LC, Jernigan J, Fraser VJ; Prevention Epicenters Program from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Multicenter study of the impact of community-onset Clostridium difficile infection on surveillance for C. difficile infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2009;30:518-25. PMID: 19419269
Srinvasan VB, Rajamohan G, Pancholi P, Stevenson K, Tadesse D, Patchanee P, Marcon M, Gebreyes WA. Genetic Relatedness and Molecular Characterization of Multidrug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated in Central Ohio, USA. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 2009;8:21. PMID:19531268
Olsen MA, Higham-Kessler J, Yokoe DS, Butler AM, Vostok J, Stevenson KB, , Khan Y, Fraser VJ; Prevention Epicenters Program from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Developing a Risk Stratification Model for Surgical Site Infection after Abdominal Hysterectomy. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2009;30:1077-1083. PMID: 19803722.
Hota B, Lin M, Doherty J, Borlawsky, Woeltje K, Stevenson K, Khan Y, Young J, Weinstein RA, Trick W for the CDC Prevention Epicenter Program. 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. PMID: 20064800
Dubberke ER, Butler AM, Yokoe DS, Mayer J, Hota B, Mangino JE, Khan YM, Popovich KJ, Stevenson KB, McDonald LC, Olsen MA, Fraser VJ; Prevention Epicenters Program from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Multicenter Study of Surveillance for Hospital-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection by the Use of ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010;31:262-268. PMID: 20100085.
West J, Khan Y, Santangelo J, Lundy J, Murray D, Stevenson KB. Assessing Specific Secondary ICD-9-CM Codes as Potential Predictors of Surgical Site Infections. Am J Infect Cont 2010;38:701-705. PMID: 20579771’
Bauer KA, West JE, Balada-Llasat JM, Pancholi P, Stevenson KB, Goff D. An Antimicrobial Stewardship Program's Impact with Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/S. aureus Blood Culture Test in Patients with S. aureus Bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis 2010;51:1074-1080. PMID: 20879856
Klompas M, Khan Y, Kleinman K, Evans RS, Lloyd JF, Stevenson K, Samore M, Platt R; for the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. Mulitcenter evaluation of a novel surveillance paradigm for complications of mechanical ventilation. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 22;6(3):e18062. PMID: 21445364.
Lin MY, Hota B, Khan YM, Woeltje KF, Borlawsky TB, Doherty JA, Stevenson KB, Weinstein RA, Trick WE for the CDC Prevention Epicenter Program. Quality of Traditional Surveillance for Public Reporting of Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection Rates. JAMA. 2010 Nov 10;304(18):2035-41. PMID:21063013
Schwartz DN, Evans RS, Camins BC, Khan YM, Lloyd JF, Shehab N, Stevenson, K for the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. Deriving Measures of Intensive Care Unit Antimicrobial Use from Computerized Pharmacy Data: Methods, Validation, and Overcoming Barriers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2011;32:472-480. PMID:2155978
Huang SS, Placzek H, Livingston J, Ma A, Onufrak F, Lankiewicz J, Kleinman K, Bratzler D, Olsen MA, Lyles R, Khan Y, Wright P, Yokoe DS, Fraser VJ, Weinstein RA, Stevenson K, Hooper D, Vostok J, Datta R, Nsa W, Platt R. Use of Medicare Claims to Rank Hospitals by Surgical Site Infection Risk following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Aug;32(8):775-83. PMID: 21768761
Calderwood MS, Ma A, Khan YM, Olsen MA, Bratzler DW, Yokoe DS, Hooper DC, Stevenson K, Fraser VJ, Platt R, Huang SS. Use of Medicare Diagnosis and Procedure Codes to Improve Detection of Surgical Site Infections Following Hip Arthroplasty, Knee Arthroplasty, and Vascular Surgery, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012;33:40-49 PMID: 22173521
Klompas M, Kleinman K, Khan Y, Evans RS, Lloyd JF, Stevenson K, Samore M, Platt R for the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. Rapid and Reproducible Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Clinical Inf Dis, 2012;54:370-377. PMID: 22247300
Stevenson KB, Balada-Llasat JM, Bauer K, Deutscher M, Goff D, Lustberg M, Pancholi P, Reed E, Smeenk D, Taylor J, West J. The Economics of Antimicrobial Stewardship: The Current State of the Art and Applying the Business Case Model. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012;33:389-97. PMID 22418635
Goff DA, Bauer KA, Reed EE, Stevenson KB, Taylor JJ, West JE. Is the “Low-Hanging Fruit” Worth Picking for Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs? Clin Infect Dis 2012;55:587-592.
PMID: 22615329
Wang SH, Khan Y, Hines L, Mediavilla JR, Zhang L, Chen L, Hoet A, Bannerman T, Pancholi P, Robinson DA, Krieswirth BN, Stevenson KB for the Prevention Epicenter Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 239-III, Ohio USA 2007-2009. Emerg Infect Dis 2012;18:1557-1565. PMID:23018025
Stone ND, Ashraf MS, Calder J, Crnich CJ, Crossley K, Drinka PJ, Gould CV, Juthani-Mehta M, Lautenbach E, Loeb M, Maccannell T, Malani PN, Mody L, Mylotte JM, Nicolle LE, Roghmann MC, Schweon SJ, Simor AE, Smith PW, Stevenson KB, Bradley SF; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology Long-Term Care Special Interest Group. Surveillance Definitions of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities: Revisiting the McGeer Criteria. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012:33:965-977. PMID:22961014.
Reed EE, Stevenson KB, West JE, Bauer KA, Goff DA. Impact of formulary restriction with prior authorization by an antimicrobial stewardship program. Virulence 2013;4:158-162 PMID 23154323
Elefritz JL, Deutscher M, Stevenson KB, Reed EE. Antibiotic Burden Associated with Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35:909-911 PMID 24915230
Stevenson KB, Searle K, Curry G, Boyce JM, Harbarth S, Stoddard GJ, and Samore MH. Infection Control Interventions in Small, Rural Hospitals with Limited Resources: Results of a Cluster-Randomized Feasibility Trial. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2014:3:10 PMID 24678604
Reed EE, Johnston J, Severing J, Stevenson KB, Deustscher M. Nephrotoxicity Risk Factors and Intravenous Vancomycin Dosing among Persons in the Immediate Post-Operative Period Following Antibiotic-Impregnated Cement Spacer Placement. Ann Pharmacother 2014;48:962-969. PMID 24823910
Wang SH, Hines L, van Balen J, Mediavilla JR, Pan X, Hoet AE, Kreiswirth, Pancholi P, Stevenson KB. Molecular and Clinical Characteristics of Hospital and Community Onset Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Associated with Bloodstream Infections. J Clin Microbiol 2015;53:1599-1608. PMID 25740776
Fargo KL, Johnston J, Stevenson KB, Reed EE. Impact of a Cost Visibility Tool in the Electronic medical Record on Antibiotic Prescribing in an Academic Medical Center. Hosp Pharm 2015; 50:496-504 PMID 26405341
Balen JV, Bottichio L, Stevenson K, Wang SH, Nava-Hoet R, Hoet AE. Understanding the Introduction and Circulation of Environmental MRSA in a Large Metropolitan Hospital During a Non-Outbreak, Year-Long Period. Am J Infect Control 2016 Aug 1;44(8):925-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.02.039 PMID: 27480895
Liscynesky C, Johnston J, Haydocy KE, Stevenson KB. Prospective evaluation of peripherally inserted central catheter complications in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Am J Infect Control. 2017 45:1046-1049 PMID: 28318647