Reviewed by Cindy Noyes, MD, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT Casaroto and colleagues compared hand hygiene compliance via electronic monitoring in contrast to…
Electronic monitoring may offer a more realistic measure than human observation when evaluating hand hygiene, a real-world comparison Antimicrobial stewardship – Transplant style Wait, so…
Reviewed by Rebekah Moehring, MD, MPH, FSHEA, FIDSA, Duke University, Durham, NC and Vanessa Stevens, PhD, Veteran’s Affairs Office of Quality and Patient Safety, Salt…
Reviewed by Michael Payne, MD, London Health Sciences Centre The US FDA boxed warnings on the use of fluoroquinolones were updated in 2016 and included…
Reviewed by Zachary Willis, MD MPH, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC Prolonged pandemic school closures strained families and were harmful to children’s physical…
Reviewed by S. Shaefer Spires, MD, Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, NC. Wildenthal et al. evaluated patients with a history of…
Reviewed by Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska, and Hannah Imlay, MD, MS, University of Utah The October 2022 issue of Transplant Infectious Disease…
Reviewed by Cindy Noyes, MD, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT Casaroto and colleagues compared hand hygiene compliance via electronic monitoring in contrast to…
What’s new in understanding monkeypox clinical presentation and transmission risk Gentle “nudging” helps to improve antimicrobial stewardship Sepsis: The Beta-lactam goes first. Now, which one…
Reviewed by Hannah Imlay, MD, MS, University of Utah In a population prevalence study (NHANES network), use of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among females…
Reviewed by Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska This randomized controlled trial examined the effectiveness of treating asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) on incidence of UTI…
Reviewed by Zachary Willis, MD MPH; UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are well known to be associated with increased healthcare…