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…
Reviewed by S. Shaefer Spires, MD, Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, NC There has been increased discussion about whether use of…
Reviewed by Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska In this systematic analysis, investigators estimate that 4.95 million deaths were associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance…
Reviewed by Zach Willis, MD, MPH; UNC Health, Chapel Hill, NC Pregnant people are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 compared to non-pregnant women, but…
Reviewed by: Dr. Michael Payne, MD; London Health Sciences Centre Exogenous boosting of immunity, through exposure to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) cases, is theorized to prevent…
Reviewed by Cindy Noyes, MD; University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT Campioli et al describe a cohort of patients requiring craniotomy from January 1,…
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) agrees with the call to rebuild a resilient patient safety culture in U.S. healthcare institutions that came…
Two More “Shorter is Better” Cites for Stewie Rounds Transplant Gets in the Stewardship Game: Duration of Antibiotics and Organ Utilization COVID-19 in Infants: Sometimes…
Reviewed by Cindy Noyes, MD; University of Vermont Health, Burlington, VT Chauhan et al. describe several simple, yet impactful, interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions…
Reviewed by: S. Shaefer Spires, MD, Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, NC The authors examined 438 clinical C. difficile isolates from…