Join Nicki and Jess as they dive into the journey of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections as patients move between hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). They're joined by special guests Kelly, Glenn, and Cory, who help unpack insights from a massive U.S. study of over 86,000 hosp

At AORN 2026, Erica Smith, DrPH, MBA, shares a practical framework for turning infection prevention guidelines into flexible, sustainable policies that help perioperative teams improve compliance with...

Project Firstline (PFL) is a national training collaborative for healthcare infection prevention and control (IPC). PFL was created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the ...

Antibiotic allergies remain one of the most frequently documented drug allergies in clinical records. It is well established that only a small proport…

This systematic review and network meta-analysis uses data from randomized clinical trials to compare the association of different antibiotic classes and class combinations with clinical and safety ou...

To examine the association between prenatal antibiotic exposure and Group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease within 4 weeks postpartum.We conducted a popul…

analysis was conducted on 200 obstetric surgical patients from January 2018 to December 2022. The observation group received comprehensive SSI prevention strategies and the control group received routine nursing care. Results: The observation group had a significantly lower SSIs rate (3.0% vs 10.0%, P = .045), fewer complications (1.0% vs 7.0%, P = .028), better incision healing (98.0% vs 91.0%, P = .028), fewer adverse events (4.0% vs 13.0%, P = .022), and lower pain scores on postoperative days 1 and 2. Conclusion: Implementing comprehensive SSI prevention strategies in obstetric nursing significantly reduces SSIs, complications, and pain, while enhancing wound healing and recovery....

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Safety and efficacy of antimicrobial optimization based on negative results from BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia panel and respiratory culture - Volume 5 Issue 1

Early IV to oral transition improves antibiotic treatment safety across many serious infections. In a rural health system, implementation of the COPAT Tria

Economic impact of multiple recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in a community teaching hospital

This cohort study compares the performance of a large language model against manual medical record review for extracting presenting signs and symptoms data from hospital admission notes and uses these...

The DOTS randomized clinical trial of dalbavancin versus standard-of-care for Staph aureus bacteremia (SAB) just landed in JAMA, where it undoubtedly will be featured in numerous ID, hospitalist, and medical resident journal clubs over the next several months. Proof:  one of our great second-year ID fellows tagged it immediately for his journal club literally the […]

Understand the FDA's role in laboratory developed tests as oversight transitions back to CLIA for better lab regulation clarity.

Check out the top 5 infection control and prevention articles for Summer 2025! Perennial articles like Bug of the Month and The Clean Bite, and a look at borescopes in sterile processing.

Abstract. In outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, weekly lab monitoring is often standard practice, even for antimicrobials with low complication r

The appropriate duration of anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients who have a transient provoking factor (e.g., surgery, trauma, or immobility) and concomitant enduring risk f...

Patients with hematologic malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients (HSCT) are at high risk of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections (CLABSI). Global actions have encouraged patient empowerment as a strategy to reduce these infections. We aim to evaluate the impact of patient empowerment in reducing the incidence density (ID) of CLABSI.

In this second-ever collaboration between SIDP’s Breakpoints and ESCMID’s Communicable podcasts, hosts Erin McCreary and Angela Huttner invite the two

This real-life study showed that switching from intravenous to oral antibiotic therapy in infective endocarditis was effective and safe, including in patie

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Abstract. As the first part of several focused updates to the clinical practice guideline on the treatment and management of COVID-19 in adults, children,

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AbstractBackground. Recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) was approved for adults aged ≥50 years in the United States to prevent herpes zoster (HZ) and postherp

Candida auris (Candidozyma auris) has emerged as an important pathogen across all continents, with clonal outbreaks and hospital transmissions. Most isolates are fluconazole resistant and variable res...