Nurses providing care for patients in contact precautions spend more time in the room per visit and batch care activities. Hand hygiene between tasks is an issue. Learn from this observational study by @sarahlkrein and colleagues in American Journal of Infection Control #visualabstract #handhygiene.

Even in climate-controlled health care units, the outside temperature can influence the indoor temperature, and these changes may impact the incidence of multidrug-resistant organisms, or MRDOs, researchers reported in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology bit.ly/2YwJJFA

#IDTwitter K. Bourgi

Has anyone encountered a chronic active EBV infection with facial edema and myositis (proven with skin and muscle biopsy) in an immunocompetent Patient. No evidence of a lymphoproliferative disorder at this time. Is there any role of anti-viral treatment?

Again, Congratulations to Indiana University Internal Medicine, Mitchell Goldman, MD for 100% ABIM board pass rate, first time in the history of the program IU School of Medicine

Congratulations to our faculty K. Bourgi #IDTwitter Paul Sax kwools Saira Butt @BreeWeaver

#IDTwitter #IDmedEd #antibioticstewardship when it comes to abx duration: shorter is better

#IDTwitter American Journal of Infection Control disinfected port protectors to reduce #CLABSI by our faculty Cole Beeler Lana Dbeibo Indiana University Internal Medicine #AntimicrobialStewardship #idmedEd #medEd ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-…

Today marks my 2nd year as an attending doc. The amount I’ve learned in the last year has been exponentially more than I could have imagined, but I remain committed to these words of wisdom from an old school doc who was my mentor in med school #attendinglife #endocrinlife #pgy7

Every time an infectious disease consult note is copy pasted into a discharge summary, the ID specialist should get $50

It was great to host a reception celebrating Eid al-Fitr at the White House today. Folks, I hope you had a blessed Ramadan and happy Eid. And thank you for your community spirit, contributions to our nation, and commitment to the shared values that make America great.

My 88 year old patient told me best way to communicate with him is a “letter”. He had a phone but it’s only for 911. 😬

#IDtwitter recommendations for a new good journal club article to present. ID Journal Club