Healthcare professionals should use antibiotics and diagnostic testing judiciously during the early stages of an epidemic, despite a strong desire to do something for patients when treatment options are limited, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America said in a statement released today.
Monkeypox is caused by a virus that can make anyone sick, regardless of age, sex, gender, or sexual orientation. The virus enters the body through…
The SHEA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee and SHEA Board of Trustees would like to highlight for our members the recently published article “Restricted…
Reviewed by Cindy Noyes, MD, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT Stuever and colleagues performed a case-case-control study assessing patient risk factors for carbapenem-resistant…
Reviewed by Dr. Michael Payne, MD; London Health Sciences Centre COVID-19 transmission is challenging to interrupt at a community and health care facility level as…
Reviewed by S. Shaefer Spires, MD, Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, NC Long story short, it’s worse than we thought. The…
Reviewed by Zachary Willis, MD, MPH; UNC Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC Efforts to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2 had broad effects against other common circulating…
Reviewed by Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska Investigators in Italy sought to answer this important question and their results are published in The…
SHEA is committed to promoting accessible and safe healthcare for all. Through research, education, and collaboration, we work to address barriers to care and support…
Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 SHEA Career Awards! SHEA awards recognize the contributions and accomplishments of our members that have had a meaningful…
Diagnostic stewardship comes for blood cultures Antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance for invasive neisseria meningitidis isolates: Cause for concern? The who, where, and what of outpatient antibiotics…
Reviewed by Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska The US Organ Procurement and Transplant Network’s (OPTN) ad hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee reviewed cases…