Arlington, Va. – The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) has published a new resource describing how diagnostic stewardship can improve patient outcomes, strengthen…
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE) and Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (ASHE) Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE) and Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology…
The President’s executive order changing childhood vaccine recommendations, signed today and titled “Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans,” does not reflect current scientific…
SHEA is excited that the Senate has scheduled time to review the nomination of a new Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Reviewed by: David Cluck, PharmD; East Tennessee State University Zimmer and colleagues evaluated cephalosporin utilization in those with documented intermediate-, high-, and severe-risk allergies following…
Reviewed by: David Cluck, PharmD; East Tennessee State University Ensitrelvir is a noncovalent, nonpeptide targeting the main protease (Mpro) or 3C-like protease (3CLpro) – a…
Reviewed by Shipra Gupta, MD, MS, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Bottom line- For patients requiring prolonged linezolid therapy, TDM was associated with substantially fewer thrombocytopenia-related…
Reviewed by Shipra Gupta, MD, MS, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore This study supports cautious off-label use of cefiderocol as salvage or targeted therapy for severe…
Reviewed by Kavita Warrier MD, University of Michigan Both maternal RSV vaccination and infant nirsevimab administration are approved for the prevention of RSV lower respiratory…
Reviewed by: Leah Mische, M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin Bottomline: This article describes the efficacy of a diagnostic stewardship intervention that provided aggregate audit and…
Reviewed by: Tyler Stephen, MD, University of Rochester Medicine This systematic review analyzed 86 studies on the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in healthcare settings, encompassing…
What is the Literature Base on Tuberculosis Exposures in Healthcare Settings? Let’s Find Out! From Results to Reflection: Feedback as a Tool for Urine Culture…