Overview

The field of infection prevention and control aims to prevent patients from getting infections in the hospital. We use interventions such as hand hygiene, isolation precautions, and environmental cleaning in order to accomplish this. In the past, much of our work has involved developing policies and educating healthcare workers, but we know that people do not always comply and infections continue to occur. My research focuses on novel ways to change the behaviour of healthcare workers and patients and to change the culture of an organization in order to achieve the goal of reducing infections.

I am also interested in new technologies to monitor hand hygiene compliance. Currently we determine if healthcare workers are cleaning their hands appropriately by watching them, but this is not always accurate. Systems that monitor hand hygiene using technologies such as real-time locating systems and video monitoring may be more accurate and can potentially be used as tools for improvement. I am interested in carrying out evaluations of these systems to confirm their utility.

Publications

Postexposure management of infectious diseases
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
M. S. BADER and A. BROOKS and D. V. KELLY and J. A. SRIGLEY
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.84a.15049
01/2017

Using behavior change frameworks to improve healthcare worker influenza vaccination rates: A systematic review
Vaccine
Kimberly M. Corace and Jocelyn A. Srigley and Daniel P. Hargadon and Dorothy Yu and Tara K. MacDonald and Leandre R. Fabrigar and Gary E. Garber
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.04.071
06/2016

Interventions to improve patient hand hygiene: a systematic review
Journal of Hospital Infection
J.A. Srigley and C.D. Furness and M. Gardam
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.04.018
09/2016

Herd effect from influenza vaccination in non-healthcare settings: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials and observational studies
Eurosurveillance
Dominik Mertz and Shaza A. Fadel and Po-Po Lam and Dat Tran and Jocelyn A Srigley and Sandra A Asner and Michelle Science and Stefan P Kuster and Johannes Nemeth and Jennie Johnstone and Justin R Ortiz and Mark Loeb
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2016.21.42.30378
10/2016

Hand hygiene monitoring technology: a systematic review of efficacy
Journal of Hospital Infection
J.A. Srigley and M. Gardam and G. Fernie and D. Lightfoot and G. Lebovic and M.P. Muller
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.10.005
01/2015

Postexposure management of healthcare personnel to infectious diseases
Hospital Practice
Mazen S. Bader and Annie A. Brooks and Jocelyn A. Srigley
DOI: 10.1080/21548331.2015.1018091
03/2015

Bordetella Species Other than Bordetella pertussis
Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Jocelyn A. Srigley and David M. Goldfarb and Jeffrey M. Pernica
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2015.03.004
04/2015

Applying psychological frameworks of behaviour change to improve healthcare worker hand hygiene: a systematic review
Journal of Hospital Infection
J.A. Srigley and K. Corace and D.P. Hargadon and D. Yu and T. MacDonald and L. Fabrigar and G. Garber
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.06.019
11/2015

Quantification of the Hawthorne effect in hand hygiene compliance monitoring using an electronic monitoring system: a retrospective cohort study.
BMJ Quality & Safety
PubMed: 25002555
07/2014

Measurement of Patient Hand Hygiene in Multiorgan Transplant Units Using a Novel Technology: An Observational Study
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Jocelyn A. Srigley and Colin D. Furness and Michael Gardam
DOI: 10.1086/678419
11/2014

Effectiveness of a neonatal intensive care unit–specific antimicrobial stewardship program: A ten-year review
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Katrina H. Assen and Vanessa Paquette and Arianne Y. Albert and Ginger Shi and Jocelyn A. Srigley and Horacio Osiovich and Ashley D. Roberts and Joseph Y. Ting
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.318
11/2023

Barriers to healthcare-worker adherence to infection prevention and control practices in British Columbia during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: A cross-sectional study
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Brooke T. Cheng and R. Ayesha Ali and Jun Chen Collet and Tara Donovan Towell and Guanghong Han and Dave Keen and Ka Wai Leung and Julie Mori and Jocelyn A. Srigley
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.242
11/2023

Novel hand hygiene promotion method in a pediatric and maternity hospital: A quality improvement pilot project using auditory feedback
Journal of Infection Prevention
Chong Yu Wang and Mavis SH Chan and Jocelyn A Srigley
DOI: 10.1177/17571774231191337
09/2023

Evaluation of observed and unobserved self-collection of saline gargle samples for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in outpatients
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella and Peter Tilley and Ghada N. Al-Rawahi and Jocelyn A. Srigley and Iryna Kayda and Mitchell Canes and Meghan McLennan and Jeffrey N. Bone and Michelle Dittrick and Vijay J. Gadkar and Linda M.N. Hoang and David M. Goldfarb
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115566
02/2022

A Prospective Observational Cohort Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Between Paramedics and Matched Blood Donors in Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Annals of Emergency Medicine
Grunau, B. and O'Brien, S.F. and Kirkham, T.L. and Helmer, J. and Demers, P.A. and Asamoah-Boaheng, M. and Drews, S.J. and Karim, M.E. and Srigley, J.A. and Sediqi, S. and O'Neill, D. and Drennan, I.R. and Goldfarb, D.M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.03.009
2022

Comparative analysis of pediatric Respiratory Syncytial Virus epidemiology and clinical severity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia, Canada
medRxiv
Paramo, M.V. and Abu-Raya, B. and Reicherz, F. and Xu, R.Y. and Bone, J.N. and Srigley, J.A. and Solimano, A. and Goldfarb, D.M. and Skowronski, D.M. and Lavoie, P.M.
DOI: 10.1101/2022.11.18.22282477
2022

Characterization of Healthcare-Associated and Community-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections among Adults, Canada, 2015-2019
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Du, T. and Choi, K.B. and Silva, A. and Golding, G.R. and Pelude, L. and Hizon, R. and Al-Rawahi, G.N. and Brooks, J. and Chow, B. and Collet, J.C. and Comeau, J.L. and Davis, I. and Evans, G.A. and Frenette, C. and Han, G. and Johnstone, J. and Kibsey, P. and Katz, K.C. and Langley, J.M. and Lee, B.E. and Longtin, Y. and Mertz, D. and Minion, J. and Science, M. and Srigley, J.A. and Stagg, P. and Suh, K.N. and Thampi, N. and Wong, A. and Hota, S.S.
DOI: 10.3201/eid2806.212262
2022

Trends in Clostridioides difficile infection rates in Canadian hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Choi, K.B. and Du, T. and Silva, A. and Golding, G.R. and Pelude, L. and Mitchell, R. and Rudnick, W. and Hizon, R. and Al-Rawahi, G.N. and Chow, B. and Davis, I. and Evans, G.A. and Frenette, C. and Johnstone, J. and Kibsey, P. and Katz, K.C. and Langley, J.M. and Lee, B.E. and Longtin, Y. and Mertz, D. and Minion, J. and Science, M. and Srigley, J.A. and Stagg, P. and Suh, K.N. and Thampi, N. and Wong, A. and Comeau, J.L. and Hota, S.S.
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.210
2022

Duration of Antibiotic Therapy and Timing of Shunt Reimplantation in Pediatric CSF Shunt Infections: A Retrospective Multicenter Case Series
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Robinson, J.L. and McAlpine, A. and Barton, M. and Balamohan, A. and Davies, H.D. and Skar, G. and Lefebvre, M.-A. and Almadani, A. and Freire, D. and Le Saux, N. and Bowes, J. and Srigley, J.A. and Passarelli, P. and Bradley, J. and Khan, S. and Purewal, R. and Viel-Th{\'e}riault, I. and Hawkes, M.T.
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piac037
2022

Characterization of Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales (CPE) in Canada from 2019 to 2020
Microbiology Spectrum
Bartoszko, J.J. and Mitchell, R. and Katz, K. and Mulvey, M. and Mataseje, L. and Al-Rawahi, G.N. and Davis, I. and Ellis, C. and Embree, J. and Hota, S.S. and Kibsey, P. and Leis, J.A. and McGeer, A. and Minion, J. and Musto, S. and Rajda, E. and Smith, S.W. and Srigley, J.A. and Suh, K.N. and Thampi, N. and Tomlinson, J. and Wong, T. and Pelude, L. and Rudnick, W. and Choi, K.B. and Silva, A. and Steele, V. and Cayen, J. and McClellan, C.
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00975-22
2022

Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infections: A Multicenter Pediatric Study
The Pediatric infectious disease journal
McAlpine, A. and Robinson, J.L. and Barton, M. and Balamohan, A. and Davies, H.D. and Skar, G. and Lefebvre, M.-A. and Almadani, A. and Freire, D. and Le Saux, N. and Bowes, J. and Srigley, J.A. and Passarelli, P. and Bradley, J. and Khan, S. and Purewal, R. and Viel-Thériault, I. and Ranger, A. and Hawkes, M.T.
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003513
2022

Antimicrobial efficacy and durability of copper formulations over one year of hospital use
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Bryce, E.A. and Velapatino, B. and Donnelly-Pierce, T. and Khorami, H.A. and Wong, T. and Dixon, R. and Asselin, E. and McGeer, A. and Srigley, J.A. and Katz, K.
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.52
2022

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: still up in the air
The Lancet
Lopez, A. and Srigley, J.
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02794-X
2022

Development and validation of a new triplex real-time quantitative reverse Transcriptase-PCR assay for the clinical detection of SARS-CoV-2
Molecular and Cellular Probes
Vijay J. Gadkar and David M. Goldfarb and Virginia Young and Nicole Watson and Ghada N. Al-Rawahi and Jocelyn A. Srigley and Peter Tilley
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2021.101744
08/2021

Self-collected saline gargle samples as an alternative to health care worker-collected nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 diagnosis in outpatients
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Goldfarb, D.M. and Tilley, P. and Al-Rawahi, G.N. and Srigley, J.A. and Ford, G. and Pedersen, H. and Pabbi, A. and Hannam-Clark, S. and Charles, M. and Dittrick, M. and Gadkar, V.J. and Pernica, J.M. and Hoanga, L.M.N.
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02427-20
2021

Patient, family, and visitor hand hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and practices at pediatric and maternity hospitals: A descriptive study
American Journal of Infection Control
Lee, Z. and Lo, J. and Luan, Y.L. and Fernando, J. and Johannesen, D. and Masuda, C. and Swallow, T. and Srigley, J.A.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.02.015
2021

Central-line–Associated Bloodstream Infections Among Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients in Canadian Hospitals, 2011–2018
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Wallis Rudnick and Lynn Johnston and Jocelyn A. Srigley and Jun Chen Collet and Jeannette Comeau and Chelsey Ellis and Charles Frenette and Bonita E. Lee and Joanne M. Langley and Marie-Astrid Lefebvre and Allison McGeer and Jennifer Parsonage and Donna Penney and Michelle Science and Anada Silva and Stephanie W. Smith and Kathryn N. Suh and Linda Pelude and CNISP PHAC
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1138
11/2020

A Growing Concern: The Emergence and Dissemination of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) in Canada
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Robyn Mitchell and Laura Mataseje and David Boyd and Ghada Al-Rawahi and Ian Davis and Chelsey Ellis and Joanne Embree and Susy Hota and Pamela Kibsey and pital Maisonneuve-Rosemont and Jerome Leis and Allison McGeer and Jessica Minion and Appelle Health Region and Michael Mulvey and Sonja Musto and Linda Pelude and Jocelyn Srigley and Stephanie Smith and Kathryn N. Suh and Geoffrey Taylor and Nisha Thampi and Titus Wong and Kevin Katz and CNISP PHAC
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1126
11/2020

Epidemiological and Molecular Characterization of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Canadian Outpatient Settings, 2015–2019
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
CNISP PHAC and Anada Silva and Nisha Thampi and Kelly Baekyung Choi and Linda Pelude and Charles Frenette and Blanda Chow and Control and Bonita Lee and s Hospital and Geoffrey Taylor and Susy Hota and Jennie Johnstone and Gerald Evans and Yves Longtin and Ian Davis and Joanne Langley and Jeannette Comeau and Michelle Science and Alice Wong and Dominik Mertz and Kathryn N. Suh and Pamela Kibsey and Jun Chen Collet and Jocelyn Srigley and Ghada Al-Rawahi and Paula Stagg and Jessica Minion and Appelle Health Region and Guanghong Han
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1148
11/2020

Gargle-Direct: Extraction-Free Detection of SARS-CoV-2 using Real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) of Saline Gargle Rinse Samples
Gadkar VJ and Goldfarb DM and Young V and Watson N and Hoang L and Lee T and Prystajecky N and Al-Rawahi GN and Srigley JA and Tilley P
DOI: 10.1101/2020.10.09.20203430
10/2020

Self-collected Saline Gargle Samples as an Alternative to Healthcare Worker Collected Nasopharyngeal Swabs for COVID-19 Diagnosis in Outpatients
Goldfarb DM and Tilley P and Al-Rawahi GN and Srigley J and Ford G and Pedersen H and Pabbi A and Hannam-Clark S and Charles MK and Dittrick M and Gadkar VJ and Pernica JM and Hoang L
DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.13.20188334
09/2020

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight MS for the accurate identification of Burkholderia cepacia complex and Burkholderia gladioli in the clinical microbiology laboratory
Journal of Medical Microbiology
Kendrew S. K. Wong and Suk Dhaliwal and Jennifer Bilawka and Jocelyn A. Srigley and Sylvie Champagne and Marc G. Romney and Peter Tilley and Manish Sadarangani and James E. A. Zlosnik and Mark A. Chilvers
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001223
08/2020

Impact of patient and visitor hand hygiene interventions at a pediatric hospital: A stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial
American Journal of Infection Control
Matthew W.H. Wong and Yan Zhu Xu and Jeffrey Bone and Jocelyn A. Srigley
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.09.026
05/2020

Risk factors for cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections during an outbreak: a case–control study
Journal of Hospital Infection
A.K. McAlpine and L.J. Sauve and J.C. Collet and D.M. Goldfarb and E. Guest and P.J. McDonald and A. Zheng and J.A. Srigley
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.12.012
05/2020

Hand hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and practices among hospital inpatients: A descriptive study
American Journal of Infection Control
Jocelyn A. Srigley and Sung Min Cho and Cindy O'Neill and Anne Bialachowski and R. Ayesha Ali and Christine Lee and Dominik Mertz
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.11.020
05/2020

Prevalence and clinical impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among infants at a level III neonatal intensive care unit.
American journal of infection control
Lavie-Nevo K and Srigley JA and Al-Rawahi GN and Bone J and Osiovich H and Roberts A and Ting JY
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.04.173
PubMed: 31253554
06/2019

Herd effect from influenza vaccination in nonhealthcare settings: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials and observational studies
Eurosurveillance
Mertz, D. and Fadel, S.A. and Lam, P. and Tran, D. and Srigley, J.A. and Asner, S.A. and Science, M. and Kuster, S.P. and Nemeth, J. and Johnstone, J. and Ortiz, J.R. and Loeb, M.
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.42.30378
2016

Can Behavior Change Frameworks Improve Healthcare Worker Influenza Vaccination Uptake? A Systematic Review
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Kimberly Corace and Jocelyn Srigley and Daniel Hargadon and Dorothy Yu and Tara Macdonald and Leandre Fabrigar and Gary Garber
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv133.214
2015

Infection Control
Encyclopedia of Trauma Care
Jocelyn A. Srigley and Michael Gardam
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29613-0_249
2015

Quantification of the Hawthorne effect in hand hygiene compliance monitoring using an electronic monitoring system: a retrospective cohort study.
Srigley JA and Furness CD and Baker GR and Gardam M
PubMed: 25002555
07/2014

Quantification of the hawthorne effect in hand hygiene compliance monitoring using an electronic monitoring system: A retrospective cohort study
BMJ Quality and Safety
Srigley Dr, J.A. and Furness, C. and Baker, G.R. and Gardam, M.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003080
2014

Inappropriate use of antibiotics and Clostridium difficile infection.
Srigley JA and Brooks A and Sung M and Yamamura D and Haider S and Mertz D
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.04.017
PubMed: 23932828
11/2013

Measuring the effect of sousveillance in increasing socially desirable behaviour
2013 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS): Social Implications of Wearable Computing and Augmediated Reality in Everyday Life
Mir Adnan Ali and Jonathan Polak Nachumow and Jocelyn A. Srigley and Colin D. Furness and Steve Mann and Michael Gardam
DOI: 10.1109/istas.2013.6613128
06/2013

Bordetella holmesii, an emerging cause of septic arthritis.
Abouanaser SF and Srigley JA and Nguyen T and Dale SE and Johnstone J and Wilcox L and Jamieson F and Rawte P and Pernica JM
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06437-11
PubMed: 23345301
04/2013

Hand hygiene monitoring technology: protocol for a systematic review.
Srigley JA and Lightfoot D and Fernie G and Gardam M and Muller MP
DOI: 10.1186/2046-4053-2-101
PubMed: 24219817
2013

Measuring the effect of sousveillance in increasing socially desirable behaviour
International Symposium on Technology and Society, Proceedings
Ali, M.A. and Nachumow, J.P. and Srigley, J.A. and Furness, C.D. and Mann, S. and Gardam, M.
DOI: 10.1109/ISTAS.2013.6613128
2013

Ileocecal ulceration and granulomatous ileitis as an unusual presentation of typhoid fever.
Cheung C and Merkeley H and Srigley JA and Salh B and Webber D and Voyer S
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.120714
PubMed: 22872773
11/2012

Examination of staphylococcal stethoscope contamination in the emergency department (pilot) study (EXSSCITED pilot study).
Tang PH and Worster A and Srigley JA and Main CL
PubMed: 21722552
07/2011

Examination of staphylococcal stethoscope contamination in the emergency department (pilot) study (EXSSCITED pilot study).
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
PubMed: 21722552
07/2011

A lethal case of generalized tetanus.
Srigley JA and Haider S and Johnstone J
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.101121
PubMed: 21343263
06/2011

Examination of staphylococcal stethoscope contamination in the emergency department (pilot) study (EXSSCITED pilot study)
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
Tang, P.H.P. and Worster, A. and Srigley, J.A. and Main, C.L.
DOI: 10.2310/8000.2011.110242
2011

ICU Infections
Evidence-based infectious diseases (2nd edition).
2009

Critical Care
Evidence-Based Infectious Diseases: Second Edition
Srigley, J.A. and Meade, M.O.
DOI: 10.1002/9781444301601.ch13
2009

Fever of unknown origin in a migrant farm worker from Mexico: History, her story and his story.
Srigley JA and Cutz JC and Young JE and Morris AM
PubMed: 18978988
11/2007

Fever of unknown origin in a migrant farm worker from Mexico: History, her story and his story.
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
PubMed: 18978988
11/2007

Fever of unknown origin in a migrant farm worker from Mexico: History, her story and his story
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Srigley, J.A. and Cutz, J.-C. and Young, J.E.M. and Morris, A.M.
DOI: 10.1155/2007/952141
2007

Sudden death with clinically undiagnosed pulmonary hypertension.
Srigley JA and Pollanen MS
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.02.006
PubMed: 16198969
10/2005

Research

Current Projects
Mixed methods study of hand hygiene attitudes, knowledge, and practices of hospital inpatients. We are conducting a quantitative survey and qualitative analysis of interviews in order to assess what patients understand about cleaning their own hands while in the hospital and what are the potential barriers that prevent them from doing so.

Current Projects
Systematic review of organizational culture change strategies to improve healthcare worker hand hygiene compliance. Culture change strategies, such as positive deviance and frontline ownership, are emerging as promising tools to bring about improvements in hand hygiene. We are reviewing the literature to find published and unpulished reports of these strategies in order to guide future research in this field.

Grants

Quality and Patient Safety Grant, Hamilton Health Sciences, 2014.

Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada/Astellas Post Residency Fellowship, 2012.

Honours & Awards

Thomas & Edna Naylor Award, Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, 2014

Best First Time Abstract, Community and Hospital Infection Control Association – Canada Annual Conference, Ottawa, 2013