Below is a list of recent publication by the ARVIN team.  Please contact us for copies and/ or questions regarding these projects.  We would be happy to share with you how we realized these projects.  Also, we can discuss how we can work with to achieve similar results.

PUBLICATIONS LIST

“Fault Tree Analysis: Assessing the Adequacy of Reporting Efforts to Reduce Postoperative Bloodstream Infection”

LM Mc Elroy, R,Khorzad, T.A Rowe et al.  

American Journal of Medical Quality”, 2015

“Academic-Community Hospital Comparison of Vulnerabilities in Door-to-Needle Process for Acute Ischemic Stroke”

S.Prabhakaran, R.Khorzad, AP. Nannicelli et al. 

Circulation Cardiovascular Quality Outcomes, 2015

“Failure mode and effects analysis: a comparison of two common risk prioritization methods”

L.M Mc Elroy, R.Khorzad, AP. Nannicelli et al. 

BMJ Quality and Safety, 2015

“Operating room to intensive care unit handoffs and the risks of patient harm”

L.M Mc Elroy, KM Collins, FL Koller, R.Khorzad, MA Abecassis,JL Holl, DP. Ladner,

Surgery, 2015 

“Applying Fault Tree Analysis to the problem of Wrong Site Surgery”,

ZA. Abecassis, L.McElroy, RM Patel, R.Khorzad et al. 

Journal of surgical research, 2014

“Fault tree analysis: a system-based approach to assessing the risks of surgical complications”,

R.Khorzad, LM.McElroy, ZA. Abecassis et al. ,

Poster presented at the 2014 World Transplant Congress

“Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) from operating room setup to incision in Living Liver Donors”

R.Khorzad, D.Woods, A.Daud, E.A. Pomfret, M.A. Simpson, R.A. Fisher, R.Brown, DP.Ladner.  oral Presentation at the 2014 World Transplant Congress

“Comparing and Contrasting Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Generators in Decontamination of Sterility Test Isolator System”

D. Khorzad

Presentation at the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA), March 2004

“Design and Operational Qualification of a Vapor-Phase Hydrogen Peroxide Biological Indicator Evaluator Resistometer (BIER) Unit”

D. Khorzad, A. Khorzad, J. Hersche, R. Reich, R. Caputo

Pharmaceutical Technology, 27 (11) , 84-90 November 2003

“Model Based Optimization for Auto Body Dimensional Control in Design and Assembly,”

D. Khorzad

Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1996

“Optimization of Process Distribution Adjustment Based on Data,”

D. Khorzad, J. Shi, J. Ni

S.M. Wu Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, 1996

“Optimization of Multiple Panel Fitting in Automobile Assembly,” NAMRI XXIII, Houton, MI.

D. Khorzad, J. Shi, S.J. Hu, J. Ni, E. Zussman, G. Seliger

NAMRI/ SME Volume XXIII - 1995

PATENTS

2003 – “Apparatus for testing sterilization methods and materials,” US patent # 20030012689

2003 – “Production of Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor-Air Mixtures,” US patent # 20030007916

2003 – “Spectrophotometric Determination of Gas Phase Compositions,” US patent # 20030006375