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November 2023
Jan 31, 2024

How do critical access hospitals stack up asymptomatic bacteriuria management? HHV6 Detection in Pediatric CSF: Real Pathogen or Incidental Finding? Re-evaluating hand hygiene practices! Penicillin…

SHEA Continues to Emphasize the Importance of Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee’s Process for CDC Guidelines
Jan 23, 2024

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) supports the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and its members as they work to enact…

Impact Safe Healthcare this Giving Tuesday!
Nov 28, 2023

This Giving Tuesday, the SHEA Foundation invites you to be a part of something truly transformative. The SHEA Foundation is dedicated to advancing the fields…

Risk of Mpox Transmission to Child Household Contacts
Nov 17, 2023

Reviewed by Michael Payne, MD, Providence Health Care This study was based in California and created a line list of all pediatric mpox household contacts…

I’m a Steward! You’re a Steward! We’re all Stewards!

Reviewed by Jen Cihlar, DO, Vanderbilt University Medical Center As stewardship effort to reduce excessive vancomycin use, a large academic center implemented a protocol allowing…

Reducing Risk of Nosocomial COVID— Time to Revisit Aerosol Generating Procedures and Admission Testing?

Reviewed by Cindy Noyes, MD, University of Vermont Medical Center Zhang and colleagues performed a systematic review of 24 observational and experimental studies evaluating aerosol…

Ceftriaxone or Penicillin for OPAT at Home: Spectrum Versus Cost (and Experience)

Reviewed by Jose Lucar, MD, The George Washington University Selecting the narrowest spectrum antibiotic for a particular clinical indication is a key antimicrobial stewardship principle,…

October 2023

Page for Phage – Results from a Case Series Ceftriaxone or Penicillin for OPAT at Home: Spectrum Versus Cost (and Experience) Reducing Risk of Nosocomial…

Page for Phage – Results from a Case Series

Reviewed by Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska Investigators obtained customized phage therapy through Food and Drug Administration-approved IND (investigational new drug) compassionate-care route…

Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals
Nov 10, 2023

The Compendium: 2022 Updates document provides acute-care hospitals with up-to-date, practical expert guidance to assist in prioritizing and implementing HAI prevention efforts. It is the product of…

SHEA Emphasizes Importance of Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee’s Recommendation on CDC Guidelines
Nov 03, 2023

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) stands by its support for the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and its members work…

Outcomes of inpatients with obesity receiving a BL/BLI combination for Pseudomonas HAP/VAP
Oct 25, 2023

Reviewed by: Jose Lucar, MD, The George Washington University Acutely ill patients with obesity present challenges for medical management of infections, including proper medication dosing,…

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