The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) emphasizes the critical importance of fully resourcing infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship programs in response to the…
Every year on October 20th, healthcare facilities around the world celebrate Clean Hospitals Day to raise awareness about the importance of healthcare environmental hygiene and…
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,…
Reviewed by Sanchi Malhotra MD, University of California Los Angeles This study used the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database to identify patients hospitalized with…
Reviewed by: Leah Mische, M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin This is a retrospective Israeli cohort study examining the association between carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii (CRAB) colonization…
Reviewed by: David Cluck, PharmD; East Tennessee State University The POET II investigators sought to evaluate whether a clinical response–tailored antibiotic management strategy can shorten…
Reviewed by Shipra Gupta, MD, MS, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Bottom-line- U.S. surveillance reveals a striking increase in New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase producing-carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (NDM-CRE) from…
Reviewed by: Tyler Stephen, MD, University of Rochester Medicine In this small trial, 28 nursing home residents who were carriers of C. auris were assessed…
Candidozyma auris in nursing homes: when do patients shed and can decolonization help? NDM-CRE: The Rising Tide of Carbapenem Resistance “A Different Kind of POET”…
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) issued the following…
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…
