New in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology:

Bobby Glenn Warren III et al. describe a lab-based study whose results suggest the superiority of qPCR over culture-based methods & efficacy of sponge sampling over swab and contact plate sampling methodologies.

📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

We continue our research to study patient hand contamination and hand hygiene particularly for those with poor function when in hospital..U of M/Ann Arbor VA - CRIISP/PRIISM CDC World Health Organization (WHO)

New from Lona Mody, MD, M.Sc, others:

Authors assessed association of functional status with MDRO hand contamination 👐

Patients with severe functional dependence were more likely to have MDROs on hands & less likely to cleanse independently

📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

New from Brandon Berryhill, Jay B. Varkey, others

🦠Authors use fluorescence and genetically marked bacteriophages to evaluate high-containment PPE doffing

➡️ Updated doffing protocol eliminated the movement of viable bacteriophages from PPE to HCP skin

📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

New from Shandra Day, MD, Christina Liscynesky, Nora Colburn, Justin (He/His/Him) 🏳️‍🌈, Division of Infectious Diseases at Ohio State

Authors describe a post-partum GAS outbreak investigation done in collaboration with local and state public health and CDC

📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

At SHEA last year, many saw/commented on our poster about increased cefazolin prescribing after suppression of non-severe penicillin allergy alerts in our EMR, and now the manuscript has been published by ICHE! @unmc_ID | bit.ly/3UrSWNK

New from authors at UVA ID, UVA Department of Medicine

Do you know which patients to prioritize for costly new anti-recurrent C. difficile treatments?

This study by Boone et al. showed that rCDI risk tools are not much better than chance!

📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

New from Scott Bergman and others UNMC ID

Suppressing EHR alerts for reported penicillin allergies during cephalosporin prescribing for surgical site infection prophylaxis led to a notable ⬆️ in cefazolin prescription rates

📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

Super proud of our latest #OpenAccess paper:

📌Early identification of a ward-based outbreak of Clostridioides difficile using prospective multilocus sequence type-based Oxford Nanopore genomic surveillance | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Oxford Nanopore

doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

How can we pursue #healthequity in #infectionprevention , #antimicrobialresistance & antimicrobial prescribing? Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir (Dr.JAM) PharmD MPH Jasmine R Marcelin, MD, FACP, FIDSA 🦠 & Caitlin McGrath join the latest Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology podcast to discuss this crucial topic. SHEA on.soundcloud.com/DheRzEjr3rPe2j…

It was an honor to join one of my fave editors, Dave Calfee, and my girlfriends, Drs. Jasmine R Marcelin, MD, FACP, FIDSA 🦠 and Caitlin McGrath, to talk about advancing health equity in infection control and antimicrobial stewardship!

New from authors at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Point-of-care molecular platforms for respiratory viruses are applicable to congregate living settings, with excellent diagnostic accuracy, rapid turn-around times and expedited outbreak declaration.

📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

New Lyndsay O'Hara et al

➡️“All or none” approaches to contact precautions for MRSA fail to recognize that transmission risk varies.

➡️This qualitative study assessed HCW opinions about a risk-tailored approach to CP for MRSA

📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

Attention #SHEASpring2024 delegates! We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our esteemed authors and reviewers for their unwavering commitment to both ASHE Journal & Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. Thank you contributions, for your dedication, and your hard work.

New from Goodman et al:

➡️ Identifying LTCF-exposed inpatients is important, but challenging, for infection control.

➡️ In a multicenter validation, EHR data fields identified 76% of LTCF-exposed patients compared to manual review

📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

.Tara Palmore discussing a recent ICHE paper by Lee et all on the use of WGS surveillance for CPE

See the paper here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37702063/

Come stop by at the poster session! #SHEASpring2024

Your SHEA journal social media editors! Thanks to all who stopped by! #SHEASpring2024 ASHE Journal