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Decennial 2020 Research Sets the Agenda for Advancing Safe Healthcare
Nov 02, 2020

More than 700 studies, including 250 international abstracts, highlighting worldwide progress in preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections and addressing antibiotic resistance were published today as…

Order to Reclassify Civil Service Posts Will Compromise Responses to Public Health Threats
Oct 26, 2020

The executive order signed last week that strips protections from our nation’s civil service workforce comes at a time when the critical role of career…

Management of healthcare personnel living with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV in US healthcare institutions
Oct 14, 2020
SHEA Updates Guidance for Healthcare Workers with HIV, Hepatitis

In light of the low rate of transmission and advances in treatments for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of…

Medical Societies Call for Treatment Approvals Based on Science
Oct 08, 2020

While the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 continue to highlight needs for new and proven tools to combat the spread and effects of this novel coronavirus,…

Healthcare Epidemiologists Endorse Requiring Recommended Vaccinations for Healthcare Personnel, Educators and Students
Sep 20, 2020

All healthcare personnel should be immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases recommended by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC/ACIP) as…

Guidance Balances Staph Infection Prevention in Critically Ill Infants with Family Contact
Sep 15, 2020

Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) should balance prevention of Staphylococcus aureus infections in critically ill infants with the need for skin-to-skin contact with parents and…

SHEA Comment on Article “White House to Target Hospitals for Uneven Covid-19 Data Reporting”
Sep 03, 2020

The SHEA Executive Committee submitted the following comment in response to a recent article, White House to Target Hospitals for Uneven Covid-19 Data Reporting (WSJ 9/2/20).  The…

SHEA Statement on Changes to CDC Testing Guidance
Aug 27, 2020

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) vehemently disagrees with the recent revision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of its…

SHEA Members from HICPAC Sign Opinion Piece Warning of Dangers of Change to COVID-19 Reporting
Aug 13, 2020

SHEA members signed an opinion piece quoted and posted in The New York Times, raising serious concerns about new procedures for reporting COVID-19 patient data…

SHEA Urges Renewal of National Public Health Emergency Declaration
Jun 30, 2020

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) has joined with other public health and medical societies urging the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health…

Healthcare facilities rapidly adapt and refine practices based on new evidence and supply shortages
Jun 23, 2020

Healthcare epidemiologists report using unprecedented methods in response to the unique circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a new study…

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