CDC Coalition FY 2014 Budget Request Author: CDC Coalition Date Published: Mar, 01 2013 Publication Format: PDF

Abstract: SHEA is a member of the CDC Coalition, which represents more than 40 organizations committed to strengthening our nation’s prevention programs.  The Coalition’s FY 2014 Budget Request urges a funding level of $7.8 billion for CDC programs overall.

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Policy Statement on Antimicrobial Stewardship by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America Author: SHEA, IDSA, PIDS Date Published: Mar, 15 2012 Publication Format: ICHE

Abstract: Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as a significant healthcare quality and patient safety issue in the twenty-first century that, combined with a rapidly dwindling antimicrobial armamentarium, has resulted in a critical threat to the public health of the United States. Antimicrobial stewardship programs optimize antimicrobial use to achieve the best clinical outcomes while minimizing adverse events and limiting selective pressures that drive the emergence of resistance and may also reduce excessive costs attributable to suboptimal antimicrobial use. Therefore, antimicrobial stewardship must be a fiduciary responsibility for all healthcare institutions across the continuum of care. This position statement of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of America outlines recommendations for the mandatory implementation of antimicrobial stewardship throughout health care, suggests process and outcome measures to monitor these interventions, and addresses deficiencies in education and research in this field as well as the lack of accurate data on antimicrobial use in the United States.

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Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Collaborative Partnership between Infection Preventionists and Healthcare Epidemiologists Author: SHEA and APIC Date Published: Mar, 01 2012 Publication Format: HTML

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Revised SHEA Position Paper: Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel Author: SHEA Date Published: Sep, 02 2010 Date Revised: August 2010, ICHE Publication Format: HTML

Abstract: In large part, the discussion about the rationale for influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel, the strategies designed to improve influenza vaccination rates in this population, and the recommendations made in the 2005 paper still stand. This position paper notes new evidence released since publication of the 2005 paper and strengthens SHEA’s position on the importance of influenza vaccination of HCP. This document does not discuss vaccine allocation during times of vaccine shortage, because the 2005 SHEA Position Paper still serves as the society’s official statement on that issue. SHEA views influenza vaccination of HCP as a core patient and HCP safety practice with which noncompliance should not be tolerated. Therefore, for the safety of both patients and HCP, SHEA endorses a policy in which annual influenza vaccination is a condition of both initial and continued HCP employment and/or professional privileges.

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Policy Implications of the SHEA Research Plan for Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections Author: SHEA Public Policy and Government Affairs Committee Date Published: Feb, 01 2010 Publication Format: PDF

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Public Disclosure of Healthcare-Associated Infections: The Role of SHEA Author: SHEA, ICHE Date Published: Feb, 01 2008 Publication Format: PDF

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Legislative Mandates for Use of Active Surveillance Cultures to Screen for MRSA and VRE Author: Joint SHEA/APIC Taskforce Date Published: Jan, 01 2007 Publication Format: PDF

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