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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) @sheaepi.bsky.social · 2h

Join SHEA & PIDS for Challenging Topics in Pediatric Healthcare Epidemiology
🗓️ November 13 & 14, 2025 | 🕐 1:00–4:45 PM ET / 1:00–4:30 PM ET

Register now: bit.ly/4kn62aE

#HealthcareEpi #PediatricID #InfectionPrevention

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Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · 3h

Congenital Toxoplasmosis: Fewer Clinical Signs at 3 Years of Age Over the Last 15 Years but Stable Risk of Materno-fetal Transmission

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Congenital Toxoplasmosis: Fewer Clinical Signs at 3 Years of Age Over the Last 15 Years but Stable Risk of Materno-fetal Transmission

The risk and severity of congenital toxoplasmosis were estimated using data from 2455 consecutive mother–child pairs. Clinical signs at 3 years were halved in the 177 children born since 2009 compared with 1996–2008 (odds ratio = .49; 95% CI: .28–.85). Materno-fetal transmission...

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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) @sheaepi.bsky.social · 4h

We call for the reversal of the dangerous firings of federal employees and for Congress to move quickly to pass full-year spending bills that ensure that proposed cuts to public health are averted and federal appropriations are spent as Congress intended.

Our joint statement: bit.ly/4ogE8ii

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WHO @who.int · 6h

WHO launches its latest public health intelligence system featuring:

✅ Improved performance
✅ New data sources
✅ AI integration
✅ Simpler, multilingual interface
...and much more.

The EIOS system helps countries detect and respond to potential threats daily 👉 bit.ly/476kr5S

Graphic poster announcing the launch of EIOS version 2.0 by the WHO Hub in Berlin to boost global health security. Text reads: ‘NextGen public health intelligence system. WHO Hub in Berlin launches EIOS v.2.0 to boost global health security.’

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American Journal of Infection Control @ajicjournal.bsky.social · 6h

💉 New AJIC Systematic Review—Open Access!

📊 Single-site blood culture sampling (SSS) may beat multisite:
✅ ↑ Pathogen detection
❌ ↓ Contamination risk
⚠️ >4 bottles = no added value
🧪 18K+ patients, 25K+ samples reviewed

🔗 www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...

Single-site sampling strategy versus multisite sampling strategy in blood culture collection within the hospital setting: A systematic review

Many global infectious disease and sepsis guidelines suggest a multisite sampling (MSS) strategy of blood cultures to diagnose bloodstream infections, however, single-site sampling (SSS) may be a viab...

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American Journal of Infection Control @ajicjournal.bsky.social · 6h

📊 RN staffing matters.

🧼 Each additional RN hour/patient/day = 3% ↓ MRSA BSI
📈 MRSA BSI ↑ during 2020–2021, then ↓ again
🏥 Study from 1,625 hospitals across U.S.
📣 Nursing = key to infection prevention

🔗 www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...

#MRSA #NurseWorkforce #HAI #InfectionPrevention #AJIC

Registered nurse workload and hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections

The prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a national priority. Data from the American Hospital Association Survey and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show th...

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American Journal of Infection Control @ajicjournal.bsky.social · 6h

🧪 New in AJIC – Open Access!

📌 First quality index system for automated endoscope reprocessors
🔍 Key findings:
• 54.5% of issues = human error (mainly leak detector setup)
• 58-item system based on SPO model + Delphi method

📖 www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...

Development of a quality evaluation index system for the management of automated endoscope reprocessors: Based on the structure-process-outcome model

The increasing reliance on automated endoscope reprocessors (AERs) for endoscope reprocessing has highlighted gaps in management systems. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive quality evaluation...

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American Journal of Infection Control @ajicjournal.bsky.social · 6h

🦸‍♂️ The Hero Program is changing hand hygiene.

📈 +11.45% HH compliance in 120 days
🎯 94% compliance after 1 year
🤖 Algorithm adjusts for workload + consistency
🎁 Daily rewards = sustained engagement
📊 566,000+ HH events analyzed

🔗 www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...

Hero Program: A data-driven reward system to improve hand hygiene

Healthcare-associated infections compromise patient outcomes and pose a burden on healthcare systems worldwide. Despite widespread awareness of the critical role of Hand Hygiene (HH) in preventing hea...

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American Journal of Infection Control @ajicjournal.bsky.social · 6h

🚨 Digital feedback via electronic monitoring system boosts hand hygiene compliance

📈 Long-term feedback (9 months) ↑ HH adherence from 37.9% → 52.5%
👥 Group-only feedback = not enough
🙋 Individual + group = best results
⭐ Actual % > symbolic feedback (stars)

🔗 www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...

Digital feedback to improve adherence to hand hygiene: A longitudinal study on the effects of an electronic monitoring system

This study investigated the impact of digital feedback from an electronic monitoring system (EMS) to health care workers (HCWs) at both the group and individual levels on the adherence to hand hygiene...

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American Journal of Infection Control @ajicjournal.bsky.social · 6h

📊 New study finds:
🧼 +27–31% ↑ hand disinfection in patient rooms when observed
📉 –32% to –99% ↓ HD in utility rooms
🤖 Electronic monitoring quantified Hawthorne effect
🏥 Bias varied by room & unit type

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#HandHygiene #HawthorneEffect #InfectionPrevention #AJIC

Observing is influencing: How hand disinfection compliance observations affect hand disinfection rates; specifics derived from an electronic monitoring system

Monitoring hand disinfection (HD) with direct observation is considered the gold standard but is flawed by the Hawthorne effect (HE). In our project in a German university hospital, we quantified the ...

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American Journal of Infection Control @ajicjournal.bsky.social · 6h

🧼 New in AJIC!

Do hand-drying products need to be sterile for surgical hand antisepsis?

👨‍⚕️ Study says: No!
✅ Clean paper towels: fewer bacteria than sterile cloth towels
💰 Major cost savings: CNY 0.20 vs. CNY 5.70–8.20
🔬 All methods met antisepsis standards

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Is sterility essential for hand-drying products in surgical hand antisepsis? A controlled before-and-after study

Using sterile hand-drying products for surgical hand antisepsis incurs high economic and labor costs.

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American Journal of Infection Control @ajicjournal.bsky.social · 7h

🦠 New in AJIC!

📍 Candida auris in NY, 2017–2022:
— No surge during COVID-19
— ↑ Black & Hispanic patients post-COVID
— ↑ Younger patients in colonization screening
— No joinpoint shift in clinical case trends

📊 Equity matters in pathogen surveillance.

🔗 www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...

Characterization of patients with Candida (Candidozyma) auris before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York, 2017-2022

Candida auris causes severe, invasive infections. We characterized C. auris epidemiology in New York before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Healthcare Infection Society @hisinfection.bsky.social · 7h

⭐ #FIS25 SESSION HIGHLIGHT ⭐ ‘Innovating infection training and practice: Shaping a unified future for practice’ presented by Healthcare Infection Society

Register 👉 https://fitwise.eventsair.com/fis2025/registration-and-fees

#IPC #InfectionPrevention #infection #InfectiousDiseases #IDSky

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American Journal of Infection Control @ajicjournal.bsky.social · 7h

🧫 New in AJIC!

🦠 Acanthamoeba found in 58.5% of dust samples from high-risk hospital areas in Western Iran

📖 www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...

#InfectionPrevention #Acanthamoeba #HospitalHygiene #AJIC @APIC

Environmental detection and genetic profiling of Acanthamoeba in high-risk medical facilities

Acanthamoeba parasite, one of the most common environmental protozoans, can be isolated from contact lenses, cleaning solutions, ventilation systems, dental treatment units, dialysis units, and emerge...

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American Journal of Infection Control @ajicjournal.bsky.social · 7h

📢 New in AJIC!

📌 Strongyloides outbreak in NY intermediate care facility (Nov–Dec 2023)

➡️ 11 residents & 6 staff tested positive
➡️ Hand hygiene compliance just 4%
➡️ All cases treated—last case reported Dec 2023

🔗 Read more: www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...

#InfectionControl #LTC #AJIC

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Healthcare Infection Society @hisinfection.bsky.social · 10h

It’s time to 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘜𝘗𝘗𝘗 for Infection Prevention!

This year's #IIPW will honour the work of infection preventionists and rally around the four pillars of stopping the spread:

🔹 Unite
🔹 Protect
🔹 Prevent
🔹 Prevail

https://bit.ly/2Xg76Is

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The Lancet Infectious Diseases @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social · 10h

📅 @phoebedownes.bsky.social will be attending ID Week, #IDWeek (19-22 October) in Atlanta, GA on behalf of The Lancet Infectious Diseases!

📧Feel free to reach out with enquiries. Explore our scope, reach & impact, commitment to publishing excellence, & more: hubs.li/Q03BL6Th0

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Journal of Hospital Infection @thejhi.bsky.social · 11h

Authors compare the risk of ventriculostomy-related infection according to the type of external ventricular drain used to determine which catheter is superior
https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(25)00274-9/fulltext

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WHO @who.int · 12h

Congrats #Maldives 🇲🇻 for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of hep B!

The country is also maintaining
🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission HIV
🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission syphilis

This makes Maldives the first country in the world to achieve 'triple elimination'

World Health Organization announces Maldives' historic triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B, HIV, and syphilis.

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Journal of Hospital Infection @thejhi.bsky.social · 13h

📗The Journal of Hospital Infection is seeking two new Editors to join the team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in shaping the direction of a high-impact research journal in infection prevention and control

▶️Apply now: https://ow.ly/yzmE50X7LeE

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British Infection Association @biainfection.bsky.social · 13h

The theme for National Pathology Week 2025 is ‘Pathology Solutions’ and will run from 3-9 November.

Save the date and get involved by hosting your own event to highlight the important contribution pathologists make in the healthcare industry 👉 www.rcpath.org/disco...

@RCPath #PathologyWeek

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 3d

Our October issue is now online:

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Our journal is #OpenAccess, so you are free to explore all of our content. But these hashtags offer a flavour: #Trypanosoma #Chagas #Streptococcus #AMR #gonorrhoea #cytomegalovirus #cholera #mpox #TB

#IDSky #ClinMicro #OA

Cover of The Lancet Microbe's October issue with a "Cytomegalovirus … image taken with transmission electron microscopy.

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The Lancet Infectious Diseases @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social · 14h

New Research

Antiviral efficacy of oral ensitrelvir versus oral ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir in COVID-19 (PLATCOV): an open-label, phase 2, randomised, controlled, adaptive trial

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...