Action alerts provide quick and easy opportunities to contact elected officials and federal agencies on issues that affect infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, healthcare epidemiology, research, and public health preparedness. View the current action alerts below and add your voice to support evidence-based policies that improve healthcare quality and patient safety.
Withdraw the OMB Rule
The proposed Office of Management and Budget rule could significantly change how federal agencies evaluate and support scientific research. Urge Congress to withdraw the rule, preserve evidence-based research standards, and protect long-term investments that drive innovation in infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, and health services research.
Reauthorize Pandemic Preparedness
Investments in federal preparedness programs play a critical role in helping healthcare systems prevent, detect, and respond to emerging infectious disease threats. Tell Congress to prioritize reauthorization of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) and investments that strengthen public health and healthcare readiness.
Ask Your Representatives to Co-Sponsor the PASTEUR Act
The Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance Act (PASTEUR Act) would create new incentives to encourage the development of urgently needed antibiotics to treat drug-resistant infections. Contact your representatives and ask them to co-sponsor legislation that advances innovation while promoting responsible antibiotic stewardship.
Policymakers rely on input from constituents and subject matter experts when making decisions that affect healthcare delivery, patient safety, public health, and medical research. As healthcare epidemiologists, infection prevention professionals, antimicrobial stewardship leaders, and researchers, SHEA members bring real-world expertise that can help lawmakers understand the impact of federal policies on patients and healthcare systems. Whether meeting with elected officials, responding to an advocacy alert, sharing a patient safety success story, educating community stakeholders, or serving as a trusted scientific resource on complex healthcare and public health issues, member engagement helps ensure that evidence-based policies remain part of the conversation. When advocates speak with a coordinated voice, they can strengthen relationships with policymakers, raise awareness of SHEA’s priorities, and advance policies that improve patient outcomes and healthcare quality.
Join the SHEA Grassroots Network. Become part of SHEA’s network of advocates to engage with legislators and policymakers on issues affecting infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, healthcare epidemiology, public health preparedness, and research. Participation is SHEA Action Alerts will automatically opt members into the Grassroots Network.
Read the latest Policy Update. SHEA Policy Updates are deployed to all members via email every other Sunday at 11:00 am ET. The Policy Updates are the best way for members to stay up to date on the news and policy issues that impact our community. Members can find past issues by logging into MySHEA and searching the Document Library of the SHEA Open Forum community.
View SHEA priority issues. Learn more about the key policy issues that guide SHEA’s advocacy efforts and shape the society’s engagement with policymakers and trusted partners.
Access advocacy resources. Explore the SHEA Advocacy Toolkit to help members become effective advocates and confidently communicate with lawmakers and other decision-makers.