Protecting our HEROES (HEalth caRe wOrkErS): Evidence supporting universal masking It’s daggum hard: UTI-focused Antimicrobial Stewardship Implementation in Long-term Care Settings Virus Hunters: Rapid sequencing…
COVID-19, ‘Safer at Home’…or at Work? SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Risk Reduction: Hopes and Failures Looking to Supercharge your Penicillin Delabeling Program? Give PEN-FAST a Look COVID-19…
Improving Guideline-Concordant Antibiotic Use in Children Decolonizing Parents to Prevent Neonatal Acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus (aka TREAT PARENTS) Outpatient Antibiotic Use in the US: Where…
What’s new with Staph: Durations, Bundles and Combination Treatment Shedding Light on the C. difficile Landscape: Changing patterns of CDI ribotypes and the association between…
Understanding ESBL Transmission MDRO Detection: The How Before the Wherefore Seeing the (W)hole in Antibiotic Use Seasonal Influenza Activity is High … and Increasing Drawing…
Reviewed by Dr. James “Brad” Cutrell, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center While early data from the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated increased risk of household transmission compared…
Reviewed by Rupak Datta, M.D., Ph.D.; Yale School of Medicine A single-center study from Australia evaluated antibiotic utilization, isolation of multidrug-resistant organisms, and infective diagnosis readmissions…
Reviewed by S. Shaefer Spires, MD, Duke University School of Medicine There is an increased risk of surgical site infections after cesarean delivery in obese…
Reviewed by Clare Marlin, MS, RN; CIC Brain Innovation Center, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Multiple factors determine optimal sensitive respiratory virus detection including protocols of sample…
Reviewed by Lauren M. DiBiase, MS; University of North Carolina Hospitals Using the experiences of hospitals in NYC and St. Louis, McMullen et al. discuss the observed…
Reviewed by: Cynthia T. Nguyen, PharmD; University of Chicago Medicine A peer comparison intervention reduced unnecessary discharge antibiotic prescriptions in the emergency department. A single-center…
Reviewed by: Rebekah Moehring, MD, MPH, FSHEA; Duke University Hospital and Apara Dave, MD; Exeter Hospital Two recent reports address the technique of pooling specimens…
