The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) is a professional society that improves public health by establishing infection-prevention measures and supporting antibiotic stewardship among healthcare providers.
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From @AbxAware et al: Dispensing practices of amoxicillin suspension by community pharmacists: Prescribing conventions leads community pharmacists to dispense extra liquid amoxicillin. For those over 2, consider chewable amox! 💊 We can prevent environmental contamination.
Comparison of complication types in patients receiving vesicant intravenous antimicrobials or vasopressors via midlines and peripherally inserted central catheters https://bit.ly/47htq3K
Transmission of varicella zoster virus in the presence of masking: VZV long-range transmission in presence of masking confirmed using video surveillance. 😷
@EmilySpivak et al: Unnecessary outpatient abx scripts contribute emissions equal to driving a gas-powered car around the Earth 194.3 times. Contributions to GHG emissions from unnecessary abx could help ASP efforts. 🌏
New podcast for your listening pleasure 🎧Join author @j_ladineslim in conversation with @gonzalobearman and @PriyaNori to discuss antibiotic prescribing trends in US emergency departments (EDs) from 2016 to 2021:
New in @ICHEJournal from @KevinSpicer14 et al @CDCgov
➡️From Jan 2016 to Dec 2023, CDC/DHQP responded to 26 consultations among 25 US health jurisdictions involving ophthalmologic procedures or settings
👀👁️ Many lapses in IP&C described
📄: https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.78
Close #IDWeek2024 with ID Super Saturday!🪩 From a special session with NIAID Director Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, to a new closing party, there will be plenty of exciting events on Oct. 19 that you won't want to miss!
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Louise Dembry, MD, MS, MBA, FIDSA, FSHEA, will present this year’s @SHEA_Epi Lecture, “Musings on Growing the Next Generation of Healthcare Epidemiologists.”
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