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COVID-associated pulmonary Aspergillosis – definitions for an emerging clinical syndrome
Nov 01, 2021

Reviewed by Hannah Imlay, MD, MS, University of Utah  In response to multiple reports of COVID-associated pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA), a consensus statement has been prepared…

High-tech in Medicine: Promise and Pitfalls

Reviewed by Vanessa Stevens, PhD, University of Utah and Rebekah Moehring, MD, MPH, FSHEA, Duke University  As the complexity of medical decision-making increases, the development…

To Vaccinate or Not: Adolescents and COVID-19 Risks

Reviewed by Zach Willis, MD, MPHD, University of North Carolina School of Medicine and Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska Medical Center   Investigators from…

What’s Hot in Rapid Diagnostics for Blood Stream Infections

Reviewed by Dr. Michael Payne, MD, London Health Sciences Centre  Rapid pathogen identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) from patients with blood stream infections (BSI)…

Stool multiplex PCR: Does a better test equal better care?

Reviewed by Zachary Willis, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina Health Care Investigators from Children’s Hospital Colorado reviewed over 12,000 stool tests to detect infection…

Waste not, want not: 4 vs 7-day intervals for infusion set replacement of central lines and peripheral arterial catheters

Reviewed by Hannah Imlay, MD, MS, University of Utah A randomized trial of 7 vs 4 days between infusion set replacements among patients with central…

Risk Factors for Outbreaks of COVID-19 at Retirement Homes in Canada

Reviewed by Dr. Michael Payne, MD, London Health Sciences Centre A population-based, retrospective cohort study of licensed retirement homes (RH) in Ontario, Canada, from Mar.…

Measuring what matters in Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs to Demonstrate their Value

Reviewed by Cynthia T. Nguyen, PharmD, University of Chicago Medicine and Vanessa Stevens, PhD, University of Utah  Measures of successful antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) are…

Asymptomatic COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination: Always Learning

Reviewed by Clare Marlin, MS, BSN, CIC, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Erica Stohs, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska Medical Center  A new systematic review reports…

How low can we go? 3 versus 8 days for community-acquired pneumonia
Oct 29, 2021

Reviewed by Hannah Imlay, MD, MS, University of Utah Health  In this non-inferiority randomized controlled trial across 16 centers in France, adults admitted with community-acquired…

When can I visit? A review of hospital visitor policies during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

Reviewed by Clare Marlin, MS, BSN, CIC; Shirley Ryan AbilityLab  Often engaging the ethical principles of public protection from harm and individual liberty, hospitals adapted…

FDA Lends an Outpatient Stewardship Hand

Reviewed by Cynthia T. Nguyen, PharmD, University of Chicago Medicine  Between 2015 through 2019, fluoroquinolone fills in the United States decreased 10.8% annually (p=0.001), with…

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