Arlington, VA – The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) announced the official…
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome is a rare but serious respiratory illness caused by a family of hantaviruses carried by infected rodents. Most people acquire Hantavirus infection…
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) supports evidence-based strategies to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and protect patients, healthcare workers, and communities.…
Reviewed by: Tyler Stephen, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center Jose Lucar, MD, FIDSA, The George Washington University As growing evidence continues to support the…
Reviewed by Tyler Stephen, MD, University of Rochester Medicine This retrospective cohort study by Silva et al., conducted as a target trial emulation, examines whether…
Reviewed by: David Cluck, PharmD; East Tennessee State University Collins and colleagues evaluated whether guideline-concordant antibiotic timing and dose optimization had any effect on 30-day…
Reviewed by Mary Fortini, DO, DTM, University of Utah This is a 10-year retrospective review of Streptococcus pneumoniae bloodstream infections (BSIs) identified in a single…
Reviewed by Sanchi Malhotra MD, University of California Los Angeles Patel and colleagues conducted a retrospective review of all positive bacterial blood cultures at a…
Reviewed by: Geeta Sood, MD, ScM, Johns Hopkins University In this study of 31,183 patients admitted to one of 124 veterans administrations (VA) hospitals across…
Reviewed by Jose Lucar, MD, FIDSA, The George Washington University A national observational study across 121 Veterans Affairs hospitals evaluated how changes in MRSA prevention…
Impact of Changing MRSA Precautions During the COVID‑19 Pandemic Intravenous to oral antibiotic switch for community-acquired pneumonia – room to grow! Ready to take on…
The updated charter of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) raises concerns about the future of science-based vaccine…