"Make Antibiotics Great Again:" A Reflection on Antibiotic Stewardship
March 30th 2017Sara Cosgrove, MD, MS, current president of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), painted a picture of the new landscape of antibiotic stewardship in the Opening Plenary of the 2017 SHEA Spring Conference held in St. Louis, Missouri.
Research Suggests Current NHSN CAUTI Definition May Not Reflect Clinical UTI in NSICU Patients
March 29th 2017New research suggests that the current National Health Safety Network (NHSN) catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) definition may not truly reflect clinical UTI in neurosurgical intensive care unit (NSICU) patients.
Women Who Report Rectal Intercourse Should Receive Rectal Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
March 28th 2017Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers find that in women who have rectal intercourse, rectal sexually transmitted infections chlamydia and gonorrhea can be almost as common as urogenital infections.
AHRQ Report Shows Decline in HAIs in US Hospitals Since 2010
March 27th 2017Preliminary data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) “National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions” suggests that progress has been made in reducing the incidence of hospital-acquired infections and other facility-linked health problems in US hospitals.
World TB Day 2017: How to Eliminate the Disease by 2100
March 24th 2017As we reflect on the progress made in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stress that without actions to accelerate progress, the goal of eliminating TB in the United States by the end of the century will not be met.