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Quantifying and Financing the Non-billable Workload of Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) - a Model for Assessing and Supporting Staffing Needs for OPAT Programs Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy(OPAT) patients require complex multidisciplinary coordination outside billable visits.

Quantifying and Financing the Non-billable Workload of Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) - a Model for Assessing and Supporting Staffing Needs for OPAT Programs

✅ Just Accepted
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Cozy British murder mysteries are great escapism!

<em>Journal of the International AIDS Society</em> | IAS HIV Research Journal | Wiley Online Library Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Tracking the consequences of the PEPFAR break, in real time.

Yep, already got my 9 year old his first Gardasil, hopefully will be able to get the second in a few months.

Time for everyone to re-learn clinical manifestations of diphtheria, polio, and measles… #meded #IDsky

Rethinking Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients with Cirrhosis: First, Do No Harm Abstract. Antibiotic prophylaxis for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBPPr) in patients with cirrhosis has been considered standard of care since the 19

Before reading this excellent perspective, I had no idea that the data supporting the use of antibiotic prophylaxis for SBP were so weak. Really time to re-think this "standard-of-care" practice!

Highly recommended. #IDSky

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CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇
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Mine is 9 and I can see how he doesn't like to stand out as different in any way. Hugs to your kiddo.

My son just turned 9 - going to get him going on the series ASAP.

Some ID Things to Be Grateful for This Holiday Season — 2024 Edition The calendar says it’s nearly the fourth Thursday of November, so here in the United States, the Thanksgiving holiday is upon us. It’s a day when we gather with family and friends to express thanks, t...

Thanksgiving already! Time for an annual round-up of some ID things to be grateful for.

(Plus a bonus few non-ID items.)

Enjoy!

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Individuals With HIV And HCV Coinfection May Be At Risk For Hepatic Steatosis Progression Regardless Of Curative Treatment With DAAs

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The strain on scientific publishing: we set out to characterise the remarkable growth of the scientific literature in the last few years, in spite of declining growth in total scientists. What is going on?

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NIH World AIDS Day 2024: Progress, Innovation, and Impact in HIV Research. Zoom webinar 11 a.m. EST on December 4, 2024, for a live virtual event commemorating the 36th World AIDS Day. Registration: oar.nih.gov/news-and-eve...

How we can #UniteToReachAll - advocate for key communities, challenge stigma, demand policy change, participate in #WorldAIDSDay events, amplify your voice on social media. #IDSky

A Brief History of Milk Hygiene and Its Impact on Infant Mortality from 1875 to 1925 and Implications for Today: A Review The objective of this review is to provide an integrated historical account of the complex, often convoluted events impacting milk hygiene and its res…

#RawMilk is trending again so...
A 🧵 on Milk Hygiene and Infant Mortality seems necessary.
Pasteurization made milk consumption safer and reduced infant mortality in the early 20th century by nearly 50%. #MedSky #IDSky 🧪
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Economist article is behind a paywall but really interesting thread to read in this post

We are having RSV-giving in my house this year and staying home to protect immunocompromised family members.

Loving my new sweatshirt gifted by a friend

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Taking a page from @joshhillmd.bsky.social's book, only with an HIV focus, I am wondering -- your vote for top HIV published papers or presented studies in the past 12 months?

(PURPOSE trials/lenacapavir for PrEP not allowed ... too easy!)

Thank you! media.giphy.com/media/jLaez6...

Long-Acting Injectable CAB/RPV is Superior to Oral ART in PWH With Adherence Challenges: ACTG A5359 Background: Data from randomized clinical trials of long acting injectable treatment with cabotegravir and rilpivirine (LAI) are lacking for persons with HIV (PWH) and a history of adherence challenge...

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One of the more vexing problems I run into in practice is older women treated repeatedly for "UTI" with eventual development of AMR.

You and your staff can plug into existing training opportunities or contact your state or regional program to request specific training or for technical assistance.

Check out regional & national AETC and PTC programs which provide training, free continuing education credits, and technical assistance to strengthen the HIV and STI workforce, for all types of medical workers. #IDSky www.seaetc.com www.southeastptc.org www.nnptc.org aidsetc.org

1st travel related case of clade 1b mpox detected in Canada.

(Note the large global outbreak in 2022 was clade 2 mpox).

Link: tinyurl.com/jcyff8eh #IDSky #MedSky

Influence of Antibiotic Exposure Intensity on the Risk of Clostridioides difficile Infection Antibiotic use is a primary risk factor for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), although risks are heterogeneous. We used the antibiotic spectrum ind

Interesting. ASI was strongly associated with HA-CDI w restrospective (episodes=35457) 1/2018-3/2020, multivariable Poisson reg model (w GEE) to eval ASI/day and risk of CDI. With aRR of ASI per antibiotic day 1.09 (95% CI 1.06–1.13). ABI table can be found here tinyurl.com/2s4dksxt #idsky

I'd love to have time to read this but I'm too busy fielding calls from the ICU requesting meropenem approval. 😜

Alabama earns an F in maternal & infant outcomes based on this report by the March of Dimes. We should all agree that a state is only as healthy as its mothers and infants. There is much work to do to care for those too young and too sick to speak for themselves

Communication About Harm Reduction With Patients Who Have OUD This JAMA Insights explores how clinicians can use the harm reduction communication framework to engage with patients who have opioid use disorder, which could help prevent overdose and other substanc...

Thrilled to share my first JAMA paper, coauthored my by brilliant colleagues Drs. Mary Hawk and Raagini Jawa: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Congratulations!