Reviewed by Sanchi Malhotra MD, University of California Los Angeles Non-medical vaccine exemption rates have increased from 1% in 1991 to 3% in 2023 among…
Jen Cihlar, DO, Vanderbilt University Medical Center This retrospective cohort study looked at risk factors bloodstream infections due to UTI (bUTI) in cancer patients, recurrence,…
Reviewed by Mary Fortini, DO, University of Utah This was a small prospective study (54 patients) evaluating the development of ESBL-Enterobacterales (ESBL-E), CRE, and VRE…
Reviewed by Jose A. Lucar, MD, FIDSA, The George Washington University Combining sulbactam with avibactam significantly enhances activity against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), offering a promising…
Reviewed by Shipra Gupta, MD, MS, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Bottomline- A 5-day twice-daily nasal iodophor regimen modestly reduced Candida auris nasal bioburden in nursing…
Reviewed by Clare Marlin MS, RN, CIC; Brain Innovation Center, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab Robots are unique in the cleaning process within the hospital setting…
Embracing Robots in Infection Prevention Wiping Out the Yeast Beast: Evaluating Iodophor for C. auris Nasal Decolonization Avibactam to the Rescue: Enhancing Sulbactam Against Carbapenem-Resistant…
This statement addresses the inappropriate antibiotic prescribing occurring during the coronavirus 2019 pandemic (COVID-19) that has exacerbated another urgent public health crisis: antibiotic resistance in…
This list is managed by the SHEA Guidelines Committee. It originally was developed for the ABIM Choosing Wisely campaign. Since it was first published in…
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Program advances the science of healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention, and antimicrobial stewardship through collaborative research. An…
SHEA collaborates with the coordinated U.S. public health system to provide expertise, insights, and support to advance evidence-based, practical infection prevention policies, resources, and guidance.…
Implementation science in hospital medicine is the study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of evidence-based practices and interventions into routine clinical care. It…