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Decolonizing Parents to Prevent Neonatal Acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus (aka TREAT PARENTS)

Oct 27, 2021

Reviewed by: S. Schaeffer Spires, MD, Duke University School of Medicine Preventing Staphylococcus aureus transmission in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) poses a unique infection prevention problem…

https://shea-online.org/decolonizing-parents-to-prevent-neonatal-acquisition-of-staphylococcus-aureus-aka-treat-parents/

Improving Guideline-Concordant Antibiotic Use in Children

Reviewed by: Rupak Datta, MD PhD; Yale School of Medicine andVanessa Stevens, PhD; University of Utah School of Medicine Two articles this month promote importance of…

https://shea-online.org/improving-guideline-concordant-antibiotic-use-in-children/

Safety Dance

Reviewed by Lauren M. DiBiase, MS, University of North Carolina Hospitals Psychological safety is defined as the degree to which people view the environment as…

https://shea-online.org/safety-dance/

Infection is the final battle: the double-edged sword of military response

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…

https://shea-online.org/infection-is-the-final-battle-the-double-edged-sword-of-military-response/

Comparing localized versus centralized rapid diagnostics in a UK district hospital

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…

https://shea-online.org/comparing-localized-versus-centralized-rapid-diagnostics-in-a-uk-district-hospital/

Are we SINK-ing with Gram Negatives?

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). …

https://shea-online.org/are-we-sink-ing-with-gram-negatives/

Antimicrobial Stewardship in Outpatient and Long-Term Care Settings

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…

https://shea-online.org/antimicrobial-stewardship-in-outpatient-and-long-term-care-settings/

New Year, New Epi Alerts: Influenza B, Pan-resistant Candida auris, and Wuhan Coronavirus

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…

https://shea-online.org/new-year-new-epi-alerts-influenza-b-pan-resistant-candida-auris-and-wuhan-coronavirus/

Shedding Light on the C. difficile Landscape: Changing patterns of CDI ribotypes and the association between antibiotic use and hospital-onset CDI

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…

https://shea-online.org/shedding-light-on-the-c-difficile-landscape-changing-patterns-of-cdi-ribotypes-and-the-association-between-antibiotic-use-and-hospital-onset-cdi/

What’s new with Staph: Durations, Bundles and Combination Treatment

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…

https://shea-online.org/whats-new-with-staph-durations-bundles-and-combination-treatment/

Can Reflex Urine Cultures Reduce Your CAUTI Rates? Think Again

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…

https://shea-online.org/can-reflex-urine-cultures-reduce-your-cauti-rates-think-again/

Drawing a Line Between Midlines and Central Lines

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…

https://shea-online.org/drawing-a-line-between-midlines-and-central-lines/