Faculty Appointments
Associate Professor of Medicine
Education
M.M.H.C, Health Care Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TennesseeM.P.H., Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TennesseeM.D., Medicine, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KansasB.S., Biology, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
Office Address
The Vanderbilt Clinic
1301 Medical Center Drive, Suite 3810
Nashville, TN 38232
1301 Medical Center Drive, Suite 3810
Nashville, TN 38232
Research Description
Dr. Daniels's clinical and research interests focus in the areas of healthcare epidemiology and infection control. He has a particular interest in the control and spread of multi-drug resistant Gram-negative infections with an emphasis on <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> and <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>. In addition, Dr. Daniels has a strong commitment to developing effective antimicrobial stewardship programs in an effort to minimize the development and spread of resistant bacteria. Other interests include travel medicine and public policy initiatives.
Publications
Daniels TL, Talbot TR. Infection control and prevention considerations. Cancer Treat. Res. 2014; 161: 463-83. PMID: 24706234, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04220-6_15, ISSN: 0927-3042.
Talbot TR, Johnson JG, Fergus C, Domenico JH, Schaffner W, Daniels TL, Wilson G, Slayton J, Feistritzer N, Hickson GB. Sustained improvement in hand hygiene adherence: utilizing shared accountability and financial incentives. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol [print-electronic]. 2013 Nov; 34(11): 1129-36. PMID: 24113595, PII: S0195941700034135, DOI: 10.1086/673445, ISSN: 1559-6834.
Rosenbloom ST, Daniels TL, Talbot TR, McClain T, Hennes R, Stenner S, Muse S, Jirjis J, Purcell Jackson G. Triaging patients at risk of influenza using a patient portal. J Am Med Inform Assoc [print-electronic]. 2012 Jul; 19(4): 549-54. PMID: 22140208, PMCID: PMC3384102, PII: amiajnl-2011-000382, DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000382, ISSN: 1527-974X.
Self WH, Speroff T, McNaughton CD, Wright PW, Miller G, Johnson JG, Daniels TL, Talbot TR. Blood culture collection through peripheral intravenous catheters increases the risk of specimen contamination among adult emergency department patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol [print-electronic]. 2012 May; 33(5): 524-6. PMID: 22476282, DOI: 10.1086/665319, ISSN: 1559-6834.
Talbot TR, May AK, Obremskey WT, Wright PW, Daniels TL. Intraoperative patient-to-healthcare-worker transmission of invasive group A streptococcal infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Sep; 32(9): 924-6. PMID: 21828977, DOI: 10.1086/661596, ISSN: 1559-6834.
Carnevale RJ, Talbot TR, Schaffner W, Bloch KC, Daniels TL, Miller RA. Evaluating the utility of syndromic surveillance algorithms for screening to detect potentially clonal hospital infection outbreaks. J Am Med Inform Assoc [print-electronic]. 2011 Jul; 18(4): 466-72. PMID: 21606134, PMCID: PMC3128411, PII: amiajnl-2011-000216, DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000216, ISSN: 1527-974X.
van der Heijden YF, Miller G, Wright PW, Shepherd BE, Daniels TL, Talbot TR. Clinical impact of blood cultures contaminated with coagulase-negative staphylococci at an academic medical center. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jun; 32(6): 623-5. PMID: 21558778, DOI: 10.1086/660096, ISSN: 1559-6834.
May AK, Daniels TL, Obremskey WT, Kaiser AB, Talbot TR. Steroids in the treatment of group A streptococcal necrotizing soft tissue infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt) [print-electronic]. 2011 Feb; 12(1): 77-81. PMID: 21171810, DOI: 10.1089/sur.2010.035, ISSN: 1557-8674.
Daniels TL, Talbot TR. Unmasking the confusion of respiratory protection to prevent influenza-like illness in crowded community settings [editorial]. J. Infect. Dis. 2010 Feb 2/15/2010; 201(4): 483-5. PMID: 20088689, DOI: 10.1086/650395, ISSN: 1537-6613.
Daniels TL. Let's Talk about Sex. Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12(8): 650-3. PMID: 23186850, PII: virtualmentor.2010.12.8.cprl1-1008, DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.8.cprl1-1008, ISSN: 1937-7010.
Daniels TL, Deppen S, Arbogast PG, Griffin MR, Schaffner W, Talbot TR. Mortality rates associated with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection in surgical intensive care units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Nov; 29(11): 1080-3. PMID: 18837670, DOI: 10.1086/591456, ISSN: 1559-6834.
Daniels TL, Dummer JS, Bernard GR, Milstone AP. A case series of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in lung transplant recipients. Transplantation. 2006 Jun 6/27/2006; 81(12): 1739-42. PMID: 16794542, PII: 00007890-200606270-00020, DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000226077.87011.87, ISSN: 0041-1337.
Daniels TL, Talbot TR, Schaffner W. Who, what, when, where, why, and how? The unanswered questions of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2006 Mar; 8(2): 83-5. PMID: 16524543, ISSN: 1523-3847.
Daniels TL, Moore TA. Neurocysticercosis in Kansas [letter]. Ann. Intern. Med. 2006 Jan 1/17/2006; 144(2): 150-2. PMID: 16418427, PII: 144/2/150, ISSN: 1539-3704.
Hampe CS, Lundgren P, Daniels TL, Hammerle LP, Marcovina SM, Lernmark A. A novel monoclonal antibody specific for the N-terminal end of GAD65. J. Neuroimmunol. 2001 Feb 2/1/2001; 113(1): 63-71. PMID: 11137577, PII: S0165-5728(00)00423-9, ISSN: 0165-5728.
Talbot TR, Johnson JG, Fergus C, Domenico JH, Schaffner W, Daniels TL, Wilson G, Slayton J, Feistritzer N, Hickson GB. Sustained improvement in hand hygiene adherence: utilizing shared accountability and financial incentives. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol [print-electronic]. 2013 Nov; 34(11): 1129-36. PMID: 24113595, PII: S0195941700034135, DOI: 10.1086/673445, ISSN: 1559-6834.
Rosenbloom ST, Daniels TL, Talbot TR, McClain T, Hennes R, Stenner S, Muse S, Jirjis J, Purcell Jackson G. Triaging patients at risk of influenza using a patient portal. J Am Med Inform Assoc [print-electronic]. 2012 Jul; 19(4): 549-54. PMID: 22140208, PMCID: PMC3384102, PII: amiajnl-2011-000382, DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000382, ISSN: 1527-974X.
Self WH, Speroff T, McNaughton CD, Wright PW, Miller G, Johnson JG, Daniels TL, Talbot TR. Blood culture collection through peripheral intravenous catheters increases the risk of specimen contamination among adult emergency department patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol [print-electronic]. 2012 May; 33(5): 524-6. PMID: 22476282, DOI: 10.1086/665319, ISSN: 1559-6834.
Talbot TR, May AK, Obremskey WT, Wright PW, Daniels TL. Intraoperative patient-to-healthcare-worker transmission of invasive group A streptococcal infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Sep; 32(9): 924-6. PMID: 21828977, DOI: 10.1086/661596, ISSN: 1559-6834.
Carnevale RJ, Talbot TR, Schaffner W, Bloch KC, Daniels TL, Miller RA. Evaluating the utility of syndromic surveillance algorithms for screening to detect potentially clonal hospital infection outbreaks. J Am Med Inform Assoc [print-electronic]. 2011 Jul; 18(4): 466-72. PMID: 21606134, PMCID: PMC3128411, PII: amiajnl-2011-000216, DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000216, ISSN: 1527-974X.
van der Heijden YF, Miller G, Wright PW, Shepherd BE, Daniels TL, Talbot TR. Clinical impact of blood cultures contaminated with coagulase-negative staphylococci at an academic medical center. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jun; 32(6): 623-5. PMID: 21558778, DOI: 10.1086/660096, ISSN: 1559-6834.
May AK, Daniels TL, Obremskey WT, Kaiser AB, Talbot TR. Steroids in the treatment of group A streptococcal necrotizing soft tissue infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt) [print-electronic]. 2011 Feb; 12(1): 77-81. PMID: 21171810, DOI: 10.1089/sur.2010.035, ISSN: 1557-8674.
Daniels TL, Talbot TR. Unmasking the confusion of respiratory protection to prevent influenza-like illness in crowded community settings [editorial]. J. Infect. Dis. 2010 Feb 2/15/2010; 201(4): 483-5. PMID: 20088689, DOI: 10.1086/650395, ISSN: 1537-6613.
Daniels TL. Let's Talk about Sex. Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12(8): 650-3. PMID: 23186850, PII: virtualmentor.2010.12.8.cprl1-1008, DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.8.cprl1-1008, ISSN: 1937-7010.
Daniels TL, Deppen S, Arbogast PG, Griffin MR, Schaffner W, Talbot TR. Mortality rates associated with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection in surgical intensive care units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Nov; 29(11): 1080-3. PMID: 18837670, DOI: 10.1086/591456, ISSN: 1559-6834.
Daniels TL, Dummer JS, Bernard GR, Milstone AP. A case series of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in lung transplant recipients. Transplantation. 2006 Jun 6/27/2006; 81(12): 1739-42. PMID: 16794542, PII: 00007890-200606270-00020, DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000226077.87011.87, ISSN: 0041-1337.
Daniels TL, Talbot TR, Schaffner W. Who, what, when, where, why, and how? The unanswered questions of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2006 Mar; 8(2): 83-5. PMID: 16524543, ISSN: 1523-3847.
Daniels TL, Moore TA. Neurocysticercosis in Kansas [letter]. Ann. Intern. Med. 2006 Jan 1/17/2006; 144(2): 150-2. PMID: 16418427, PII: 144/2/150, ISSN: 1539-3704.
Hampe CS, Lundgren P, Daniels TL, Hammerle LP, Marcovina SM, Lernmark A. A novel monoclonal antibody specific for the N-terminal end of GAD65. J. Neuroimmunol. 2001 Feb 2/1/2001; 113(1): 63-71. PMID: 11137577, PII: S0165-5728(00)00423-9, ISSN: 0165-5728.