This week JAMA published an online first theme issue on “Blood, Bleeding, & Transfusions” 4 Original Investigations 2 editorials A new clinical guideline Viewpoints a Patient Page Clinical insights Med News & a video Forgive the pun, but it’s a bloody good issue!

"The AKI incidence was highest among PB patients and patients with AKI had worse outcomes. Healthcare systems should consider minimizing the use of antibiotics that augment AKI risk as a measure to improve outcomes in patients with CR-GNIs." academic.oup.com/jac/advance-ar…

🥳Happy #USAAW23 #WAAW2023 #WAAW 🗣️Take time this week to strike up conversations about the importance of safe antibiotic use 📲Share good information on social media to help raise awareness about antibiotic resistance 🌟Spread the word, not resistance!

The theme of #WAAW2023 remains 'Preventing #AntimicrobialResistance together'. Everyone has a role to play including our magnificent #Anaesthesia providers highlighted in this letter led by Gabriel BIRGAND 👏authors.elsevier.com/c/1i7Vj1dCDr0fK Massimo Sartelli ESGAP_ABStewardship CIDRAP-ASP Prof. Dame Sally Davies

This #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek, I am excited to be launching the second #TrinityChallenge, this time on #AMR. This Challenge is a call to the world’s best and brightest minds, urging them to contribute data-driven innovations to protect the power of antibiotics.

Well said Marc

Fever in infants is a serious #infection issue which is important to diagnose quickly🌡️ #PaediatricPathways febrile infant course gives #paediatric focused #HCPs the chance to learn from real life scenarios⚕️ Learn more via the link bsac.org.uk/paediatricpath…

Identifying Effective Durations of #Antibiotic Therapy for Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales Bloodstream Infections: A Multicenter Observational Study academic.oup.com/cid/article-ab… Great work! Erin McCreary More data for your table Brad Spellberg

⁦@mike_edmond⁩ talk on How to talk to your Csuite leadership about stewardship should be required👍 ⁦Dr Dena van den Bergh⁩ ⁦SIDP⁩ ⁦Remington WinterCourse in ID(@wintercourseid.bsky)⁩

Invasive meningococcal disease risk sixfold higher for people with HIV (Infectious Disease News February 12, 2024)

A significant number of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) infections are community-acquired, which suggests that hvKp is circulating among healthy individuals! Debbie Goff

In our ICHE paper we show that: 8% of CAUTIs become BSI/HOBs; for every 1 CAUTI, 3 non-CAUTI HOUTIs do the same. $9k vs $6k cost and 3 LOS extra vs controls. ASPs and IPCs need support Debbie Goff CIDRAP-ASP Darryl G Vine MD FRCSC Rebekah Moehring Payal K. Patel SIDP doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

How Digital Transformation Can Improve Hospitals' Operational Decisions linkedin.com/pulse/how-digi…

【Risk for C. difficile infection】 Let's understand the risk of C. difficile infection for each antibiotic! Level: Intermediate Importance: ★★★ #IDTwitter #IDMedEd #IDFellow #IMResident #MedEd

How New Regulation of Laboratory-Developed Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests Will Affect Infectious Diseases Clinical Practice ✅ Just Accepted ✍️ Romney Humphries et al. bit.ly/3xkyIhb

Low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia patients do not require routine diagnostic imaging: A multicenter retrospective cohort study ✅ Just Accepted 🔓 Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/3xr1RXX

Stop by poster P2565 Sunday ⁦ESCMID⁩ SAfrica 🇿🇦neonatal #antibiotic stewardship study ⁦SIDP⁩ ⁦⁦Erin McCreary⁩ ⁦Dr Dena van den Bergh⁩ ⁦Marc Mendelson⁩ ⁦Adrian Brink⁩ ⁦Angela Dramowski⁩ ⁦Sabiha Essack⁩ ⁦Esmita Charani⁩

AI scribes may be a health-care game-changer! Ontario clinicians assessed the tool over 3 months as part of the OMD-led, first-ever provincial AI Scribe Study. Read the findings in the full #WIHV report: ontariomd.ca/documents/ai%2… #ECE #WIHV #OMD #AI #AIScribes #DigitalHealth

The Bluebird EHR - a deep dive youtu.be/GePCLFONARs?si… via YouTube

The Bluebird EHR - a deep dive youtu.be/hWK8mXloYYI?si… via YouTube