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Principles of diagnostic stewardship: A practical guide from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Diagnostic Stewardship Task Force
Feb 14, 2023
https://shea-online.org/guidance/principles-of-diagnostic-stewardship-a-practical-guide-from-the-society-for-healthcare-epidemiology-of-america-diagnostic-stewardship-task-force/
Hand Hygiene is Focus of Updated Advice to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections
Feb 08, 2023
Five medical organizations are recommending updated best practices for hand hygiene to protect patients and staff in healthcare settings. The recommendations emphasize the importance of…
https://shea-online.org/hand-hygiene-is-focus-of-updated-advice-to-prevent-healthcare-associated-infections/
SHEA Opposes the House Passage of the Freedom for Health Care Workers Act
Feb 03, 2023
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) opposes the passage of H.R. 497, Freedom for Health Care Workers Act, which, if enacted, would rescind…
https://shea-online.org/shea-opposes-the-house-passage-of-the-freedom-for-health-care-workers-act/
U.S. Must Consider Broader Measures to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission
Jan 06, 2023
The U.S. government’s new policy of requiring pre-flight COVID-19 testing for all travelers from China will likely have limited impact on transmission and will not…
https://shea-online.org/u-s-must-consider-broader-measures-to-mitigate-covid-19-transmission/
Jan 04, 2023
Free Continuing Education for Medical Professionals Prevention CHKC is designed to train frontline healthcare personnel, defined as those “responsible for direct patient care” in best…
https://shea-online.org/preventionchkc/
Pre-Procedure and Pre-Admission COVID-19 Testing No Longer Recommended for Asymptomatic Patients
Dec 21, 2022
ARLINGTON, VA (December 21, 2022) — Healthcare facilities should no longer routinely screen symptom-free patients for COVID-19 upon admission or before procedures and rely instead on enhanced…
https://shea-online.org/pre-procedure-and-pre-admission-covid-19-testing-no-longer-recommended-for-asymptomatic-patients/
November 2022
Nov 23, 2022
https://shea-online.org/november-2022-2/
De-escalate now?! When can we stop antibiotics in patients with suspected sepsis?
Reviewed by S. Shaefer Spires, MD, Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, NC This question was identified by community hospital antimicrobial stewardship…
https://shea-online.org/de-escalate-now-when-can-we-stop-antibiotics-in-patients-with-suspected-sepsis/
Sound the alarm: An SSI early warning system shows promise
Reviewed by Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska Investigators employed optimized statistical process control (SPC), a surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance system, in a multicenter,…
https://shea-online.org/sound-the-alarm-an-ssi-early-warning-system-shows-promise/
Update on the effectiveness of bebtelovimab therapy in real world setting
Reviewed by Dr. Michael Payne, MD; London Health Sciences Centre Multiple COVID-19 monoclonal therapeutic agents have been limited by emergence of new variants, with a…
https://shea-online.org/strongupdate-on-the-effectiveness-of-bebtelovimab-therapy-in-real-world-setting-strong/
Fighting bacteria with bacteria: Impact of microbiome therapeutic SER-109 against recurrent CDI
Reviewed by Hannah Imlay, MD, MS, University of Utah The impact of SER-109, an oral microbiome therapy comprised of purified Firmicutes spores intended to reduce…
https://shea-online.org/strongfighting-bacteria-with-bacteria-impact-of-microbiome-therapeutic-ser-109-against-recurrent-cdi-strong/
The role of the environment in transmission of VRE
Reviewed by Cindy Noyes, MD, University of Vermont Medical Center; Burlington, VT Tan and colleagues describe an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) in one of…
https://shea-online.org/the-role-of-the-environment-in-transmission-of-vre/