Deborah L Thompson MD MSPH

Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Medical Officer

Food and Drug AdministrationSilver Spring, MD 20993

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Education & Training

SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityClass of 1998

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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
Using medical student observers of infection prevention, hand hygiene, and injection safety in outpatient settings: A cross-sectional survey
Deborah L. Thompson, Lisa Bowdey, Meghan Brett, James E. Cheek
American Journal of Infection Control. 2016-04-01
6 citations
Failure of total hip arthroplasty secondary to infection caused by Brucella abortus and the risk of transmission to operative staff.
Joshua T. Carothers, Megin Nichols, Deborah L. Thompson
American Journal of Orthopedics. 2015-02-01
5 citations
Brucella abortus exposure during an orthopedic surgical procedure in New Mexico, 2010.
Megin Nichols, Deborah L. Thompson, Joshua T. Carothers, Judy Klauber, Robyn A. Stoddard
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2014-06-20

Press Mentions

Health Care Workers Skipped Hand Washing One-Third of the Time: StudyApril 13th, 2016

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