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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) @sheaepi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE) and Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (ASHE) are seeking enthusiastic Social Media Editors to join their Editorial Teams! Learn more about the role and how to apply: shea-online.org/social-media...

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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) @sheaepi.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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...

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Kyle T. Enriquez @kyletenriquez.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

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!

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

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....

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Abhishek Deshpande MD PhD FIDSA @abhishekdp.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

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

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

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....

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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) @sheaepi.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

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

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

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....

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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) @sheaepi.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

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...

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

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....

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ASHE Journal @ashejournal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

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.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

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....

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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) @sheaepi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

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....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

NEW in ICHE: Are high residual chlorhexidine skin concentrations associated with improved clinical outcomes? ➡️ Authors used CLEAR trial and found no association among residual CHG skin concentrations and either MRSA carriage or infection #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

NEW in ICHE: Rates of line associated bloodstream infections in self-administered OPAT compared to standard of care in safety net hospital Authors find self-administered OPAT is a safe alternative to healthcare personnel OPAT during 2012-2023 #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

NEW in ICHE: Azithromycin use for common acute respiratory infections during a Mycoplasma pneumoniae national surge: results from the SHARPS-OP benchmarking collaborative 6 million pediatric ambulatory ARI encounters: ⏫ in azithromycin ⏬in amoxicillin #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

NEW in ICHE: Comparing the effects of commercial to open initial specimen diversion techniques on clinical outcomes and institutional costs #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

NEW in ICHE: Decrease in healthcare-associated infection rates in preterm infants 15 year surveillance in Germany Sepsis, pneumonia, enterocolitis all decreased #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

New in ICHE: Not everyone is "special" 🦠 Free text overrides in UA driven reflex urine culture protocols are frequently misused ▶️ 97% (816/839) of "other" indications inappropriate & 83% cultures were avoidable ▶️Removing the option: low-risk, high-yield #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.2026.10419

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

NEW in ICHE: Exploring AI-assisted cameras to assess use of contact precautions AI-assisted camera technology able to detect HCP entry into a 'red-zone' around patient with sensitivity up to 0.98, specificity of 0.84 Next steps in use for gloves/gowns #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

NEW: MDRO control practices - a @sheaepi.bsky.social research network survey 60 facilities responded ➡️ 70% perform active surveillance ➡️ 16% preemptive contact precautions ➡️ Barriers identified: training > private rooms > lack of evidence based strategies #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

NEW in ICHE: modeling the impact of pathogen reduction on CRE BSIs and deaths in US ▶️ Used multiple healthcare facility types ▶️ Reduction of 69-75% of CRE BSIs if used in LTACH/vSNFs ▶️ 90% averted BSIs would have been in Pts w/o agent #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

NEW in ICHE: Local public health response to first Candida auris outbreak spanning 28 healthcare facilities 10 months in Arizona ▶️ 39 clinical cases ▶️ 17.6% (158/899) contacts colonized with C. auris ▶️ 9.5% (15/158) developed infection #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

New in ICHE: 4-year pseudo-outbreak of NTM Increase of M. mucogenicum in BAL (6.1% ▶️ 18.6%) --Non-sterile ice baths contaminated samples --No true infections --458 hours of FTEs --$88,426 of laboratory costs #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) @sheaepi.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

New episode of The ICHE Podcast! Dr. Barbara Jones and Dr. Sheryl Kluberg discuss their recent publications that evaluate the impact of oral care and in-hospital mobility on non–ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia. Listen here: on.soundcloud.com/E8RR2No5ZT4u...

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🆕 New in ICHE: Can we predict MDRO carriers on admission? A model using prior healthcare exposures (SNF, LTACH) had varying performance: ▶️ AUC = 0.76-0.82 for HAI-associated pathogens ▶️ AUC = 0.59, 0.61 for community-based pathogens #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🆕 New in ICHE: Can LLMs help identify cardiovascular implantable device infxs? Researchers used LLM to review EMR notes & flag likely cases across 3 VA hospitals ▶️ High agreement w/ expert review ▶️ Manual adjudication still needed #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) @sheaepi.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Did you know you may be able to publish open access at no cost in SHEA’s journals? Check whether your institution has an open access publishing agreement with Cambridge using the eligibility checker: www.cambridge.org/core/eligibi...

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

NEW in ICHE: An interdisciplinary infectious disease support team with longitudinal process interventions is associated with lower 28-day mortality in bacteremia #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

New in ICHE: Clinical utility of serial plasma cell-free DNA metagenomic next-generation sequencing assays ▶️ Authors find that only 5/173 cases of serial plasma metagenomic next-generation sequencing had significant clinical impact #IDSky 📃: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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