Reviewed by: Cynthia T. Nguyen, PharmD, University of Chicago Medicine Military personnel and service members may inadvertently be carriers of pathogens, causing infections among close…
Reviewed by: S. Schaeffer Spires, MD, Duke University School of Medicine Haigh and colleagues evaluated the test characteristics and turnaround times (TAT) for the rapid…
Reviewed by: Valeria Fabre, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Two articles this month highlight the impact of the environment on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). …
Reviewed by: Jesse Sutton, PharmD, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System; James “Brad” Cutrell, MD, FIDSA, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center The recent…
Reviewed by: Rebekah Moehring, MD, MPH, Duke University January 2020 held three notable public health stories to follow, with emerging data out of January’s MMWR…
Reviewed by: James “Brad” Cutrell, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center; S. Schaeffer Spires, MD, Duke University School of Medicine Two recent epidemiologic studies “shed” important…
Reviewed by: Sonali Advani MBBS, MPH, Duke University School of Medicine; Rupak Datta MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine, and Cynthia T. Nguyen, PharmD, University…
Reviewed by: Sonali Advani MBBS, MPH; Duke University School of Medicine Dougherty and colleagues evaluated the impact of a urine culture standardization program aimed at…
Reviewed by Lauren M. DiBiase, MS; University of North Carolina Hospitals Hogle et al. conducted a retrospective surveillance study at five acute care hospitals over…
Reviewed by: Rossana Rosa, MD; UnityPoint Health According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCs), seasonal influenza activity has been elevated since late…
Reviewed by: Jesse Sutton, PharmD, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System Two recent articles highlight both the importance of outpatient antibiotic stewardship and…
Reviewed by: Scott Curry, MD; Medical University of South Carolina Active surveillance testing for multi drug-resistant organisms (MDROs) is most commonly done by direct detection…