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🆕 from Ilges et al: Real-word utility of procalcitonin (PCT) in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia: A matched cohort study ▶️ Authors find PCT testing not associated w/ reduced antimicrobial utilization, LOS, or 30-day all-cause mortality #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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New in ICHE from CDC: Association of facility vaccination policy with influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel in acute care hospitals ▶️ Mandatory vaccination & masking for unvaccinated personnel associated w/ ⏫ odds of vaccination #IDSky #EpiSky #PublicHealth 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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New in ICHE: Ditching the defaults: Assessing the impact of default duration removal on antibiotic prescriptions originating in the emergency department #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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New today in ICHE: Elimination of Legionella colonization in a hospital water system: evidence from 23 years of chlorine dioxide use #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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New in ICHE: Clinical outcomes and hospital-reported cost associated with surgical site infections and the co-occurrence of hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia across US hospitals #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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New from ericamd.bsky.social et al: 🏥 Hospital-onset bacteremia in the neonatal intensive care unit: strategies for risk adjustment ▶️ Unit- and patient-level risk adjustment impacts infant hospital-onset bacteremia standardized infection ratio rankings #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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New publication led by our fellow Dr. Cristina Torres with Drs. Van Schooneveld and Rupp in @ichejournal.bsky.social: "Dropping the urine culture: sustained CAUTI reduction using a UTI order panel" #IDSky #UTISky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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New from Pischel et al: ▶️ Health care workers contacts at work remain remarkably stable over time, even during pandemics. ▶️ Knowing these contact patterns can help develop transmission models and infection prevention policy. #IDSky #EpiSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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New from Singh et al: Examining the impact of clinical features and built environment on risk of hospital onset Clostridioides difficile infection #IDSky #EpiSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Congrats to Drs. Zhou, @kcawcutt.bsky.social, Iwen, Fey, and Rupp et al on their newest @ichejournal.bsky.social publication! #IDSky WGS found 43% of Staph epi CLABSIs were likely due to contamination, whereas clinical review suggested 57% www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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New from Dekitani et al: Central line utilization reduction via weekly prospective audit and feedback using a standardized audit tool ▶️ QI project identified 47/447 (11%) CVCs in MICU unnecessary and removed over 8 months #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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New from Schrank et al: Identifying healthcare transmission routes of nontuberculous mycobacteria with whole genome sequencing: a systematic review 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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New retrospective eval of 1000 Karius tests Clinical impact: positive 16%, negative 2%, none 82%(!) Cx neg IE and fastidious/zoonotic/vector-borne increased likelihood of positive impact, but not immunocompromised status #IDSky @ichejournal.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39881594/

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New from Singh et al: A telehealth approach to central line-associated bloodstream infection prevention activities in nursing homes: the SAFER lines program 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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New from the CDC MInD-Healthcare Program Using electronic medical records in hospital simulation for infection control intervention assessment #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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NEW in ICHE: Prioritizing emergency department antibiotic stewardship interventions for skin and soft tissue infections using judgment analysis #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Give our Editor-in-Chief, Dave Calfee, a follow, now on BlueSky! ▶️ @davidcalfeemd.bsky.social #IDSky

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Group A Strep transmission on Labor & Delivery units can lead to maternal morbidity+mortality. ShandraDay, John Conly & Kiran Perkins (CDC) discuss recent outbreaks, prevention challenges, & risk reduction on the SHEA @ichejournal.bsky.social podcast. on.soundcloud.com/fbCzmaMeAy6r...

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New from Dugdale et al: TB or not TB? Development and validation of a clinical decision support system to inform airborne isolation requirements in the evaluation of suspected tuberculosis #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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🎧 New Podcast Episode! 🎧 ICHE EIC David Calfee talks to Kathleen Chiotos & Edward Lyon on respiratory culturing stewardship in pediatric ICUs! @sheaepi.bsky.social #IDSky Links below ⤵️ 🟩: open.spotify.com/episode/3d2O... 🟪: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... 🟧: soundcloud.com/user-6607204...

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🆕 New from Wu et al Authors used rapid, long-read, prospective WGS on various pathogens to identify transmission events over 6-months 242 isolates from 216 Pts ▶️ 5 clusters with 21 (8.7%) isolates ▶️ 15/21 (70%) w/ links #IDSky @willshropshire.bsky.social 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Wouldn’t it be nice if LLM could at least take a first pass on answering on-call questions?

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Great, pragmatic piece about #avianflu by Lauren Epstein & Shira Doron in @ichejournal.bsky.social Key points- be honest, stay calm, rapidly address testing capacity & vaccine distribution to support public health response. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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🆕 LLM for IP&C Inquiries: Authors investigated four LLM AI tools’ accuracy. Most provided acceptable answers to IP&C questions. Their use to supplement IP&C consults should be further explored. @kbrustepi.bsky.social, @grod11.bsky.social, @jlsalinas.bsky.social #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Pleased to see "Implementation science in healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention" identified as an immediate research priority in the #SHEA research agenda to combat HAI in @ichejournal.bsky.social. Let's do it! Read more: doi.org/10.1017/ice.... #impsci #knowledgetranslation #firstpost

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You know that I know that I know that you know that we all ❤️ a little micro nudge. 🔥 New in @ichejournal.bsky.social 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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New from Rock et al as part of the CDC Prevention Epicenters and MInD Programs Electronic evaluation of infection risk from room environment and prior room occupants: the transmission from room environment events (TREE) measure #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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🆕 New from Ilges et al: ▶️ Authors describe a C. difficile 💩 diagnostic and antibiotic stewardship intervention from a syndromic panel #IDSky #MedSky @sheaepi.bsky.social 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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🆕 New from Navas et al: Do blood contamination reduction devices work? 🩸 ▶️ Authors tested 2 ddiversion devices over 3 months ▶️ Overall contamination goals were not achieved, although there was low device usage #IDSky #MedSky @sheaepi.bsky.social 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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New in ICHE from Wattles et al: 💊 Antibiotic use in US children’s hospitals may differ by race and ethnicity. Additional research is needed to examine individual diagnoses, clinical outcomes, and drivers of variation. @sheaepi.bsky.social #IDSky #MedSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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we're here too! 🥳 #IDSky

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New from @dandiekema.bsky.social, @kbrustepi.bsky.social, others ▶️ Authors describe their experience incorporating an industrial hygienist (IH) into their IPC program ▶️ IH reviews ICRAs, HVAC, construction, environmental issues providing large benefits to IPC #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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New today from Guzman-Cottrill et al: Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) practice update: infection prevention and control (IPC) in residential facilities for pediatric patients and their families #IDSky #MedSky Check it out below! ⤵️ 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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New in ICHE from @grod11.bsky.social, @jlsalinas.bsky.social ▶️ Authors analyzed performance of a secure LLM approved for PHI in identifying CLABSI from clinical notes ▶️ Without pre-training, it demonstrated rapid assessments & high sensitivity #IDSky #MedSky #AISky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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tap tap is this thing on? 🎙️ #IDSky #MedSky #PublicHealth

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