IDSA has released NEW guidance on treating infections caused by three of the most common drug-resistant pathogens: • AmpC-E • CRAB • S. maltophilia Guidelines: bit.ly/32dqIyT Press release: bit.ly/3CFhAzF #IDSAGuidelines #WAAW21

I think I've also aged 20 years in the last 2...

Partners In Health announced that its founder, Dr. Paul Farmer, unexpectedly passed away today in his sleep while in Rwanda. Dr. Farmer was 62 years old. He is survived by his wife, Didi Bertrand Farmer, and their three children. 1/🧵

Let’s stop looking at COVID as a partisan dividing line and see it for what it is: a God-awful disease. Let’s stop seeing each other as enemies — and start seeing each other for who we really are: fellow Americans.

Check out our paper! Ayse P Gurses Jill Marsteller Infection Control Today

Don’t say I didn’t warn you

As a nation we must ask: When in God’s name will we stand up to the gun lobby? When in God’s name will we do what needs to be done? I’m sick and tired of it. We have to act.

Didn't have time to read all the OPAT papers published last year? We summarized the top 10 here for you! academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a… Editor's choice?!? *swoon* Thanks Open Forum Infectious Diseases ! Don't have time to click the link? See infographic below for the articles we highlighted

#jointcommissionjournal #idtwitter Implementing a Toolkit to Improve the Education of Patients on Home-based #OPAT #medtwitter doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjq… Sara Keller MD Ayse P Gurses

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In this cohort study, practice participation in the Antibiotic Safety Program was associated with a 48% decline in antibiotic Rx/visits and a 37% decline in antibiotic Rx/acute respiratory infection visits. Sara Keller MD AHRQ Jeff Linder ja.ma/3AxtQ88

8 Johns Hopkins Medicine Div. of Infectious Diseases faculty members elected by their peers as IDSA Fellows! Congratulations Ashwin Balagopal Natasha Chida, MD MSPH Andrea Cox Amita Gupta Sara Keller MD #MaryamKeshtkarJahromi @MikeMeliaMD Clare Rock MD MS 👏👏👏bit.ly/3A6ojDt via IDSA

And joining us as the new OPAT pharmacist! Jessa Brenon

Thanks for talking with me, AHRQ !

This is so helpful! Monica Mahoney #opat

The ambulatory care stewardship toolkit is out! Also, check out the AHRQ booth at #idweek2022 for more info! Jeff Linder NORC Johns Hopkins Medicine

Congratulations Monica Mahoney !!

Congrats to Dr. Castellanos on his oral presentation during MD Society of Hospital Medicine on reducing inappropriate labs. The Osler Medical Residency Natasha Chida, MD MSPH Sara Keller MD High Value Alliance Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine

Trying to figure out this whole mastodon thing.

Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patients’ files. “We literally click & submit,” a former Cigna doctor told @ProPublica & The Capitol Forum. “It takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.” The inside story 🧵