Reviewed by Sanchi Malhotra MD, University of California Los Angeles The authors from a pediatric hospital describe a Norovirus outbreak on their ICU step-down unit…
Reviewed by Shipra Gupta, MD, MS, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Bottomline- This study found that antibiotic-related lab abnormalities occurred in 13.3% of children treated for…
Reviewed by Jose Lucar, MD, The George Washington University The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified azole resistance in Candida species as…
Reviewed by Geeta Sood, MD, ScM, Johns Hopkins University Bottom line – Single center study showing plasmid transmission within patients and across species that would…
Reviewed by Clare Marlin, MS, BSN, CIC, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Using a multimodal educational virtual platform, Surgical XR AI-PPE (SXR AI-PPE), composed of artificial intelligence…
AI as a Partner in PPE Donning and Doffing Skills Plasmid transmission – an emerging area of investigation Proceed with Caution: Rising Fluconazole Resistance in…
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) has submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Fiscal Year…
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology (SHEA) appreciates HHS’s focus on restoring public trust in vaccines and applaud any and all efforts to increase vaccine uptake…
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) supports healthcare personnel (HCP), including pregnant HCP, to be free to choose to continue to get vaccinated…
Reviewed by Mary Fortini, DO, University of Utah Low-dose (LD) trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) (8-12mg/kg/day) vs high-dose (HD) TMP/SMX (>12mg/kg/day) in the treatment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia pneumonia…
Reviewed by Clare Marlin, MS, BSN, CIC, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab Morgenstern and colleagues created a novel, nurse-led screening resource to assess risk-level (high, moderate,…
Is fluconazole the new azithromycin? How appropriate is our antifungal prescribing? Reviewed by Jen Cihlar, DO, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Khanina and colleagues aimed to…