Important data on hospital onset blood stream infections (HOBSI) in the #COVID19 pandemic. COVID-19 infected: higher invasive bloodstream infections, underscoring their risk and severity of illness. HOBSI is electronically captured, and sensitive to changes in population.

Great article addressing freeing up processes from barriers or elements that impede adoption. The concrete examples reflect the importance of process evaluation and strong impact that removing #sludge removal has on outcomes. Mitesh Patel Baligh Yehia, MD, MPP, MSc Ascension

The updated CLABSI recommendations categorize interventions as essential (to be implemented) and additional (for specific populations or if not reaching goal). It also details process and outcome measures to evaluate progress to reach goals Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology bit.ly/3s19IGr

Congratulations to Dr. Rich Fogel on being named Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer for Ascension - ascension.org/News/News-Arti…

Great work Ascension led by Drs Mupanomunda and Masoudi evaluating Severe Maternal Morbidities Associated With Specific SARS-CoV-2 Variants. All variants increase risk, particularly delta. Underscores the importance of vaccination to this population ja.ma/3C9vSvH

Excellent piece in Becker's Hospital Review from Ascension Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Rich Fogel on how Ascension is putting patient quality and safety first: beckershospitalreview.com/quality/ascens…

Proud to be part of the team at Ascension that will be working on the implementation of evidence based care The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute . Multidisciplinary partnership and co-leading with Ellen Fineout-Overholt, PhD Ascension

Honored to be included on this year’s Becker’s Healthcare 55 “patients safety experts to know” list. Ensuring highly reliable processes, and partnering together as teams result in optimal outcomes and lead to safer environment Ascension . beckershospitalreview.com/lists/55-patie…

New SHEA position paper Diagnostic stewardship and the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned for prevention of emerging infectious diseases in acute-care settings From: @dan_diekema, Dan Morgan, Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH, @cfyen_md, Mary Hayden 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

🔥🔥🔥Important work in JAMA Network Open! We found inpatients with ASB rarely had bacteremia--pts w/altered mental status and NO systemic signs of infection had <<1% risk. Really drives home that work up of other causes of altered mentation is key, rather than anchoring on UTI

#Healthsystems can play an integral role to support building structures, standardizing processes and empowering #Infectionprevention programs to achieve optimal outcomes- Welcome to the ten pillars! @lksturm Ascension