ARLINGTON, VA – In the second in series of updates on guidance for infection control in acute-care hospitals, five medical organizations are recommending best practices…
Vaccines all around: ACIP updated recommended adult immunization schedules for 2022 Updated COVID-19 Global Death Toll Estimate Is Three Times What Records Indicate Digging Deeper…
Reviewed by S. Shaefer Spires, MD, Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention The authors performed a stepped wedge cluster randomized study of a…
Reviewed by: Dr. Michael Payne, MD; London Health Sciences Centre Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) are associated with both increased patient morbidity and health care…
Reviewed by Rebekah Moehring, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FSHEA; Duke University, Durham, NC Investigators from Japan reported on a 5-hospital, open label, cluster-randomized non-inferiority trial of…
Reviewed by Cindy Noyes, MD; University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT Feurerstadt et al describe a retrospective cohort of 268,762 Medicare beneficiaries spanning 2010…
Reviewed by Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska In this Lancet study, investigators estimate an excess mortality of 18.2 million deaths worldwide due to…
Reviewed by Hannah Imlay, MD; University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT In concordance with ACIP recommendations, a revised adult immunization schedule was published.…
New expert guidance from five medical organizations highlights practice recommendations for the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) at a time when hospitals urgently…
Could more be better? Use of dual antibiotic prophylaxis with vancomycin and cefazolin associated with lower rates of SSI following craniotomy—one center’s experience No Need…