Reviewed by: Rebekah Moehring, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FSHEA; Duke University, Durham, NC Stewards rejoice! Two new randomized controlled trials were published this month supporting the…
Stewies Burned by COVID-19 Kids’ Corner: COVID Update Bedaquiline continues to be a reliable tool in the treatment of MDR-TB Can You CAP-IT? Amoxicillin dose…
Reviewed by Clare Marlin, MS, RN, CIC, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL Healthcare workers (HCWs) may be exposed to blood and body fluids, among other…
Reviewed by Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska “CAP-IT,” a recent multicenter, randomized controlled trial, evaluated children 6 months and older with community acquired…
Bedaquiline Drug Resistance Emergence Assessment in Multidrug-resistant-tuberculosis (MDR-TB) (DREAM) was a 5-year (2015-2019) drug-resistance surveillance study across 11 countries. This study demonstrates that resistance rates…
Reviewed by Emily Thorell, MD MSCI, University of Utah Health and Zachary Willis, MD, MPH, UNC Health Care Return of children to childcare and school…
Reviewed by: Cynthia T. Nguyen, PharmD, University of Chicago Medicine During the COVID-19 pandemic, antimicrobial stewardship programs have increased workload related to COVID-19, less time…
The Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America support the updated interim guidance from the Centers for Disease Control…
ARLINGTON, VA (Dec, 2, 2021)—Despite scientific evidence on how to properly prescribe antibiotics, clinicians routinely diverge from these processes in their actual practices, and implementation…
Discovery of the omicron variant in more than 14 countries to date is the latest evidence that the global COVID-19 pandemic is far from over.…
ICHE and ASHE are each looking for a dynamic Social Media Editor to join our Editorial team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a…