There’s a fungus among us! @sparenas0805, Leigh Smith & Ian Hennessee CDC join the SHEA Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology podcast to discuss C. auris and what can be done to prevent healthcare facility transmission of this urgent antimicrobial resistance threat. soundcloud.com/user-660720406…

New podcast! 🎧 Dave Calfee talks to @sparenas0805, Leigh Smith & Ian Hennessee on Candida auris transmission prevention and antimicrobial resistance! 🟩Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6JH7Nd… 🟪Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi… 🟧Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/user-660720406…

New manuscript from the DiRTE lab on the contamination of physical therapy equipment and a novel disinfection cabinet! bit.ly/3A2KYUU

🆕 NEW in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Bobby Glenn Warren III et al. describe the contamination of physical therapy equipment following standard disinfection and the efficacy of a novel disinfection cabinet on hard to disinfect items. 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

New from authors at UMSOM Department of Epidemiology and Public Health & Maryland Department of Health Authors find that neighborhood socioeconomic vulnerability may contribute to the emergence and transmission of C. auris in communities 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

New in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology from Wang et al: Survey study on neutropenic fever tx in US: still mixed uptake of “early” de-escalation, but varies on clinical context + culture results, with continued stewardship opportunities 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

New today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Authors find family members who are recently discharged from a hospital setting may increase⬆️ the risk for MRSA infection among others living in a household. 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

New today from Dr. Saskia Popescu, Anthony Harris Chlorhexidine gluconate skin levels and organism decolonization: what we know and what we don’t know 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

New podcast! 🎧 Hear Dave Calfee talk with @anthony98947615, Elise Martin, & Philip Polgreen on MRSA transmission risks in hospitals & households w/ discussion on CP! 🟩Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5xdTeP… 🟪Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi… 🟧Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/user-660720406…

New in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology from Kevin Spicer et al CDC ➡️From Jan 2016 to Dec 2023, CDC/DHQP responded to 26 consultations among 25 US health jurisdictions involving ophthalmologic procedures or settings 👀👁️ Many lapses in IP&C described 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

🆕 in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology - we devised a simple scoring tool to help reduce unnecessary urine culturing and antibiotic prescribing for asymptomatic bacteriuria. The BLADDER score can be used as part of broader UTI stewardship efforts. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🆕NEW from Chiotos et al at CHOP Infectious Diseases: ➡️ Authors find a diagnostic stewardship intervention reduces inappropriate tracheal aspirate cultures in a tertiary care PICU and post-acute care unit 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

New from authors at World Health Organization (WHO), CDC Opportunities remain to expand the use of mathematical modeling in healthcare epidemiology and IPC. See how in the full article ⤵️ w/ Prof Didier Pittet 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

New Podcast Episode! 🎧 Dave Calfee talks to Daniel Sewell, Rachel Slayton, and & Samuel Cincotta on mathematical modeling for healthcare strategies! 🟩Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1IKPNy… 🟪Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi… 🟧Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/user-660720406…

Mathematical modeling can help answer important IP&C questions. Modelers from CDC Emerging Infections & University of Iowa Department of Biostatistics join the latest SHEA @ICHEJournalpodcast to talk about their recent studies and explain how modeling can inform and improve IP&C practices. on.soundcloud.com/yxBRLECojWPyqg…

New from Annie Wirtz, Josh Herigon MD, MPH, MBI et al Authors describe the development of a novel scoring tool that associates antimicrobial stewardship program interventions with degree of patient harm prevention ⤵️ 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

New from Annie Vaughan, Tom Sandora Impact and learner perspectives of a spaced-education platform to assess hand hygiene auditor competency 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

New in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Healthcare worker attitudes on routine non-urological preoperative urine cultures: a qualitative assessment 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

Interested in how to make learning stick? In our new study led by Annie Vaughan, we used spaced education to deliver teaching to hand hygiene auditors at Boston Children's and evaluated the impact on their knowledge. Short thread about spaced education: 🧵 1/n

New from Dipti Khatri, Nazanin Falconer, David Paterson, et al Authors create a retrospective antibiogram of nine residential aged care facilities (RACFs) in Queensland, Australia 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…