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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)@sheaepi.bsky.social · 6d ago

Physicians can now follow Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology on Roon, a physician-only social platform to advance knowledge-sharing in medicine. Follow ASHE: www.roon.com/doctors/p/as... Follow ICHE: www.roon.com/doctors/p/ic...

Physicians can now follow Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology on Roon, a physician-only social platform to advance knowledge-sharing in medicine. Follow ASHE: www.roon.com/doctors/p/as... Follow ICHE: www.roon.com/doctors/p/ic...

Building clinical research skills in service of @vumedicine.bsky.social #ASP, using my training from @idsainfo.bsky.social, has been a great experience. The first work from this project has been published @ichejournal.bsky.social, check out what we are doing for #CMV management in #LungTxp pts!

NEW in ICHE: Hospital characteristics associated with healthcare-associated viral respiratory infection rates in a Canadian acute care network ➡️ Lower HA-VRI rates seen in pediatric, teaching, and single-room hospitals #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

NEW in ICHE: do paper packaged medical supplies in the PICU have pathogens? ➡️ 0/140 (0%) of supplies sampled at discharge had no pathogens on them ➡️ 8/140 had non-pathogens collected #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

New analysis published in ICHE finds copper-coated surfaces were not associated with statistically significant reductions in microbial burden or HAI rates in a pediatric hospital #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

New in ICHE: A VA team has leveraged readily available patient data to develop two new risk-standardized stewardship metrics One metric is based on days of therapy and the other measures antibiotic-spectrum #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

New in ICHE: Colonization with MDROs in vSNFs vs. non-vSNFs Ventilator SNFs had colonization: ⬆️ESBL (48.1% vs 28.2%; aOR = 1.64) ⬆️C. auris (38.6% vs 15.2%, aOR = 2.89) ⬇️MRSA colonization (35.2% vs 45.5%; aOR = 0.47) #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

New: Clinically important antimicrobial-resistant bacteria present in publicly accessible locations of a tertiary-care hospital Authors sampled 299 public surfaces over 12 months -MRSA 28 (9.4%) -VRE 19 (6.4%) -ESBL 16 (5.4%) -CRE 16 (5.4%) --Chairs/Tables ⬆️ #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

New in ICHE: Ralstonia pickettii outbreak in pediatric intensive care units, Peru 2025 ➡️ 11 bloodstream infections from contaminated dexmedetomidine ➡️AR 29.73%, CFR 27.27% ➡️Isolate recovered from imported dexmedetomidine batch #IDSky @jlsalinas.bsky.social 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

Excited to share our work on repeat multiplex GI panel testing within 14 days- it rarely adds new diagnostic info! Led by the amazing Jeffrey Shu, now published in @ichejournal.bsky.social! Full study here: tinyurl.com/4z7779d6 @sheaepi.bsky.social #CleClinicLCM @clevelandclinic.bsky.social #AWSOM

New in ICHE: Reducing HAIs in Brazilian ICUs -2-year QI study of 188 ICUs in Brazil using infection prevention bundles ⬇️ 43% CLABSI ⬇️ 51% VAP ⬇️ 55% CAUTI 🚨 Prevented 7,342 infxs #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

Stay up to date with the latest research and insights in infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship. Sign up for content alerts from @ashejournal.bsky.social and @ichejournal.bsky.social using our new, streamlined form. Sign up here: onlineforms.cambridge.org/f/shea-alerts

NEW: Repeat PCR gastrointestinal panel testing -- ▶️ Repeat GI panel testing within 14 days rarely identifies new pathogens and is often driven by care transitions ▶️ Authors' findings support policies to discourage early repeat testing for better stewardship #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

NEW in ICHE: Impact of a patient-facing video on CHG bathing compliance in patients admitted to a bone marrow transplant unit -CHG video viewed 173 times; 117 surveyed; most found -helpful -No documented increase in compliance -Non-significant decrease in CLABSI #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

New in ICHE: Assessment of air handling unit to improve ventilation in congregate living settings ▶️ Authors find multiple actionable targets to improve air handling units across 15 facilities 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

In recognition of World Hand Hygiene Day, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control (JSIPC) came together for a joint international webinar. learningce.shea-online.org/content/shak...

New: Recommendations made and accepted by a telehealth-enabled Antimicrobial Stewardship program implemented at rural veterans affairs medical centers ➡️ Videoconference Antimicrobial Stewardship Team (VAST) supported VAs w/o local ID expertise #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

NEW in ICHE: Performance of an artificial intelligence model for evaluation of unnecessary central lines, Northern California 2025 LLM for unnecessary lines: ▶️ 16% sensitivity ▶️ 99% specificity #IDSky @jlsalinas.bsky.social 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

NEW in ICHE: Impact of admission screening on Clostridioides difficile infection rates in a hematology-oncology and hematopoietic cell transplant unit ⬇️ non-significant Hospital-onset-CDI ⬇️ significant Community-onset-CDI #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

New in ICHE: standard vs. novel clinician-assigned phones 📱 Warren et al describe the contamination of physical therapy equipment following standard disinfection and the efficacy of a novel disinfection cabinet on hard to disinfect items. #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

New in ICHE: 10 years epidemiology of invasive pulmonary mold infections in hematologic malignancy patients Authors at MD Anderson found 227 infections ⬇️ Aspergillus ⬆️ Fusarium #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

NEW in ICHE: Implementation and assessment of a postreprocessing endoscope surveillance program U Kentucky authors find ERCP scopes culture positive 25.9%; 5% carb-R cultures match the species of those recovered in patients #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

New in ICHE from @jlsalinas.bsky.social and authors: ➡️ A large language model can adjudicate surgical site infections with 100% sensitivity ➡️ Infection Preventionists share their thoughts on use of this LLM in healthcare epidemiology #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

Last night at #SHEASpring2026, the editorial boards for @ichejournal.bsky.social and ASHE met and we all (particularly the EIC!) expressed gratitude to the authors, the reviewers, the editors, and the @sheaepi.bsky.social staff that keep us running.

NEW in ICHE: Potential for misclassification of community-acquired respiratory virus infections as healthcare-associated respiratory virus infections at a pediatric healthcare system ➡️ Authors find 5%–14% classified as HAI were actually community acquired #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

Stay up to date with the latest research and insights in infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship. Sign up for content alerts from @ashejournal.bsky.social and @ichejournal.bsky.social using our new, streamlined form. Sign up here: onlineforms.cambridge.org/f/shea-alerts

NEW in ICHE: 5-second rule for medical objects dropped in the OR? In a new study from Duke, authors found chlorhexidine–alcohol & povidone-iodine ⏬ bioburden compared to ethanol or no intervention. ➡️ Replace it! Can't replace? Use sterile CHG or PI! #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

Check out the newest episode of the ICHE Podcast!! #IDSky

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)@sheaepi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New episode of The ICHE Podcast! Dr. David Calfee speaks with Dr. Jose Navarrete and Dr. Marin Schweizer about their recent publications highlighting infection risks among patients receiving hemodialysis. on.soundcloud.com/M0Wy6YfNsmvH...