Website Highlights
Emergency Department and Urgent Care Stewardship Toolkit
The MITIGATE (A Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infection for Adults and Children in Emergency Department and Urgent Care Settings) toolkit is intended as a "gold standard," step by step implementation guide for healthcare providers and administrators interested in designing quality improvement programs in antimicrobial stewardship in emergency department (ED) and urgent care healthcare settings. When implemented as written, the toolkit will fulfill the CDC Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship.
Donate to SHEA's 2018 "Race Against Resistance" Fundraiser
Visit our "Race Against Resistance" fundraising page to see everyone that has graciously committed to raising funds for this effort and donate to your favorite runner.
Outbreak Prevention and Response Week 2018 Calendar
The Society for Health Epidemiology of America has identified five themes, encompassing aspects of outbreak prevention and response.
Outbreak Prevention Response Week 2018
September 17-21, 2018
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America will be leading Outbreak Prevention and Response Week from September 17-21, 2018. During the week, SHEA and its partners will share resources with healthcare professionals, the infection prevention community, and patients and families on ways to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
SHEA Releases New Textbooks
SHEA recently released two textbooks: Practical Healthcare Epidemiology Textbook, 4th Edition and Practical Implementation of an Antibiotic Stewardship Program. Order your copy here today!
NEW! SHEA Research Scholar Award
The SHEA Education and Research Foundation, and the SHEA Research Committee are pleased to announce the availability of a new research grant award, the SHEA Research Scholars Grant Award. This grant will award up to $40,000 to an early investigator within 5 years of completion of training to conduct a research project that addresses knowledge gaps and new challenges in healthcare epidemiology and antibiotic stewardship research.
APPLY TODAY SHEA Career Recognition Awards at IDWeek 2018 & SHEA Open Scholarships
Apply today to one of SHEA’s Open Scholarships and Career Recognition Awards presented at IDWeek 2018. Details are below. If you have any questions, please email foundation@shea-online.org You can only win if you apply!
IDSA, SHEA and PIDS Announce Inaugural LEAP Fellowship Awardees
IDSA, SHEA and PIDS are pleased to announce the first awardees of the Leadership in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Public health (LEAP) Fellowship. Currently in its inaugural year, the LEAP Fellowship is a $100,000 training award competitively granted to four promising young infectious diseases physicians. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this fellowship aims to foster the next generation of Infectious Diseases leaders in public health, hospital epidemiology and antimicrobial stewardship, giving them the hands-on experience they’ll need to lead and collaborate across these disciplines of healthcare.
Awardees:
- Milner Staub, MD, Vanderbilt University
Leap Fellowship Project: An Assessment of Outpatient Antimicrobial Prescription Across Tennessee Based on Practice Location, Specialty and Provider - Dana Pepe, MD, Yale School of Medicine
Leap Fellowship Project: Expanding Utilization of Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP) Strategy in Connecticut - Gabriella Andujar Vazquez, MD, Tufts Medical Center
LEAP Fellowship Project: Enhanced Support for Long Term Care Facilities Participating in a Massachusetts Department of Public Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Initiative - Jennifer Blumenthal, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
LEAP Fellowship Project: Assessing and Optimizing the Utility of the Massachusetts Statewide Antibiogram
The LEAP Fellowship will commence July 1, 2018 and last one year. The Fellowship is for early career infectious diseases physicians - those in their second or third year of fellowship or up to two years post fellowship.
Societal Leadership Weighs In:
IDSA: "I am proud that we have partnered with SHEA and PIDS along with the CDC who is sponsoring LEAP so that infectious disease fellows or early career clinical ID physicians may gain experience and tools to foster collaboration between academic institutions and public health departments. With antimicrobial resistance a more pressing concern then ever, we wish the awardees success during their fellowship and look to their future for inspired leadership in stewardship, epidemiology and public health." – Paul Auwaerter, MBA, MD, FIDSA, President of IDSA
SHEA: "The ability to effectively share knowledge and experience among professionals in public health, infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship and to form fruitful collaborative partnerships is critical in improving patient care and reducing antimicrobial resistance. By offering research support and professional opportunities, the Leadership in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Public health (LEAP) Fellowship will help to train future leaders in healthcare epidemiology. We are extremely excited to join IDSA and PIDS in awarding these inaugural LEAP Fellowships," – Keith Kaye, MD, MPH, president of SHEA
PIDS: "The LEAP fellowships recognize outstanding young ID physicians who are poised to become leaders in public health, hospital epidemiology and antimicrobial stewardship. The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) is excited to be a part of the inaugural LEAP fellowship awards, and would like to congratulate the four awardees. This is an area of great importance to the future of ID and to the health of our nation."– Paul W. Spearman, MD, FPIDS
For more information on the LEAP Fellowship, please contact, Michele Wagner, MPH, LEAP Fellowship Project Manager at mwagner@idsociety.org. For more information from CDC, please contact Karima Hunter, Project Manager at ksh1@cdc.gov.
Outbreak Response (ORTP) Tools Available
The recent SHEA/CDC Outbreak Response Training Program (ORTP) expert guidance document provides recommendations and resources needed for healthcare epidemiologists to prepare for and respond to facility and emerging pathogen outbreaks. The guidance provides reviews relevant areas of incident management and details the likely responsibilities of the epidemiologist, including:
- Incident management frameworks, structures, and terminology from the federal to the institutional level
- The likely role of the healthcare epidemiologist in the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS)
- Relevant legal, ethical, and regulatory considerations
- The healthcare epidemiologist’s role in internal and external communications
- Contacts, positions, roles, and stakeholders important to the healthcare epidemiologist for incident management
- Considerations for pediatrics
- Recommendations for handling transfers to long-term care
- Preparedness and response in settings with limited resources The guidance also provides diagrams, tables, and a list of resources.
Its recommendations were written to apply to a range of outbreak scenarios hospitals may face.
In addition to the expert guidance, there are online educational modules and tools available all AT NO COST. Visit ortp.shea-online.org for more information and to take advantage of these modules.
Why Attend SHEA Spring 2018
New Clostridium difficile Guidelines
Updated guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile (C. diff.) by IDSA and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) have published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Diagnosis and treatment of C. diff. has evolved significantly since the last guidelines were published in 2010.
LEAP Fellowship
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), have joined together to create the Leaders in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial stewardship, and Public health (LEAP) Fellowship.
NEW! SHEA Public Health Scholarships
In 2018, the SHEA Education & Research Foundation (SHEA/ERF) established SHEA/ERF Public Health Scholarships to promote the training and advancement of public health professionals who work in various capacities related to infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship within public health systems.
SHEA Expert Guidance Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings
This SHEA expert guidance document (EG) provides recommendations regarding discontinuation of contact precautions (CP) at the individual patient level in acute-care hospitalsemploying CP for 1 or more of the following organisms: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), Clostridium difficile, and multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (MDR-E), including carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)–producing organisms.
Don't Forget to Renew Your SHEA Membership for 2018!
SHEA sent membership renewals for 2018. Please renew today using the personalized link at the bottom of the invoice! If your invoice is incorrect, please contact us to get it corrected by emailing info@shea-online.org. We hope you will consider also making the voluntary SHEA Education & Research Foundation Donation that has been added to your invoice.
Facebook LIVE discussion
Tune in to a Facebook LIVE discussion recorded November 15, 2017 at 1:30 pm CT with Drs. Preeti Malani & Julie Szymczak on sociobehavioral influences in antibiotic prescribing as part of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Research Workshop.
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Apply for SHEA Spring 2018 Scholarships
IPs, Fellows and non-physician researchers are encouraged to apply for SHEA Spring 2018 Scholarships.
SHEA 2018 Election Results
It is with great pleasure that we announce the Election Results for the 2018 SHEA Board of Trustees.
Harvey & Irma: Pre- and Post-Hurricane Infection Prevention-Related Information
Resources for consumers and healthcare providers related to infection prevention in emergency situations.