We went blue for #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek and of course, we're always purple for #USAAW23 ! 🤩🎉(also plugging our call for papers, editor's choice section, and visual abstracts! 😊) cambridge.org/core/journals/…

another throwback, this time from editor's choice, for #WAAW23 : Impact of a syndrome-specific antibiotic stewardship intervention on antipseudomonal antibiotic use in inpatient diabetic foot infection management bit.ly/3QPU4sR

Ten ways to make the most of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 🦠🧫💊 #WAAW23 (An 'oldie' but a goodie--from last year!) bit.ly/40NT0dE

Handshake antimicrobial stewardship with adult medicine services was favorably viewed by participants and led to shifts in antimicrobial usage, from Dan Ilges, Elizabeth Neuner, Michael Durkin 🤝💊cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Applying the SIR for reporting surgical site infections in Australian healthcare facilities | Calculating a SIR for SSI a challenge for hospitals in the VICNISS Coordinating Centre network, because of low event numbers & predicted infections <1 🇦🇺bit.ly/49F3eRr

Breaking away from an endemic state of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by daily sink disinfection 🦠🧼 bit.ly/3FXQbNu

The #COVID19 #pandemic has had minimal impact on the incidence of CRE from clinical cultures, but a significant reduction was seen in the incidence of CRE from surveillance cultures in South East Asia, from Kalisvar Marimuthu et al bit.ly/3syldbK

A6: SHEA hosted a workshop thx to a CDC grant on Advancing Health Equity through Antimicrobial Stewardship. The recordings are available AT NO COST & dig into these topics in a powerful way. Check them out! #USAAW23 #ABXRxEquity learningce.shea-online.org/content/advanc…

Coming this #WAAW , featuring Julie Szymczak:
PHO Rounds: Advancing Engagement in Antimicrobial Stewardship through Effective Communication Strategies
Register here: eventbrite.ca/e/pho-rounds-a… #GoBlueforAMR

Delays in second doses of antibiotics💊 in sepsis may worsen outcomes indicating that further large, ideally prospective studies are warranted to investigate the impact of delays, from authors at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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From Gregory Schrank, MD, MPH, Graham Snyder: A hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia (HOB) metric will expand hospital surveillance of BSI. This commentary reviews the value, potential pitfalls, and opportunity to expand HAI prevention with HOB
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Veterans discharged on OPAT from community hospitals have similar outcomes compared to those from a Veterans Affairs facility when managed by a team of VA stewards.
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This study is a retrospective chart review that characterizes antibiotic prescribing behaviors and antibiotic #stewardship program adherence among physicians at an Indian palliative care center. 🇮🇳📰bit.ly/3MDd3Wm

Karius test yields false positive and false negative results in patients with well diagnosed community acquired pneumonia, read on: bit.ly/462xqD3

Antibiotic use in hospitalized patients with #COVID19 : a population-based study in Hong Kong | Nearly 2 out of 3 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 were prescribed an antibacterial drug during the spread of the Omicron variant in early 2022. 🇨🇳bit.ly/49rzSGk

Outbreak of extensively drug-resistant Serratia marcescens in an intensive care unit 🇧🇷 bit.ly/49pyCTT

Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan: antimicrobial resistance: we may be in the darkest hour before the dawn bit.ly/49qJZee

We compare infection control measures and information sources used by volunteer search & rescue versus those used by their professional counterparts during the #COVID19 pandemic. 🇨🇦
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