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Joined February 2017
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500 followers! Thank you so much! Let's keep spreading the message about #infectionprevention
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Definitely an important message to get out - planning to make this topic of August @DASON_duke @DICON_duke newsletter! #SaveABX
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Dissolvable microneedle patch for flu vaccine found to be safe & preferred in first-in-human trial thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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C. diff rates in healthcare settings drop for first time in a decade bit.ly/2upBe0H
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Almost all reported deaths from snakebites in the U.S. are from rattlesnakes. What to do if you're bit: wb.md/2uzRFI3
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Great slide by Dr. Garey. #explosion #gshpsummer2017
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Nice shoutout by Dr. Drew to @DICON_duke showing CRE is community and academic center issue. #gshpsummer2017
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August member CME offering: Management of S.aureus bloodstream infections @IDPharmacist dason.medicine.duke.edu
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Congratulations to everyone at @DCASIP_duke who will be presenting abstracts at @IDWeek2017 !
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"Our mission remains driven by two goals: to improve patient safety and enhance quality of care." @Deverick_A dcasip.medicine.duke.edu/
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International shortage of piperacillin-tazobactam is a major challenge for providers #antibiotics #healthcare #patientsafety teapawt.net/battlesuperbugs/status…
UK: Global shortage of one of most widely used hospital #antibiotics is putting patients at risk ow.ly/txQW30dlTKZ @guardian
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3/4 of bloodstream infections in dialysis patients related to accessing their blood #dialysis #infection teapawt.net/APIC/status/8826729326…
Catheters Often to Blame for Blood Infections After Dialysis bit.ly/2sLZV5A
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Our colleagues at @PennMedicine with important #cdiff research teapawt.net/CIDRAP/status/88271681…
Marked increase seen in multiply recurrent #Cdiff ow.ly/uICg30dnnJ9
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Pink eye can be caused by #virus, #bacteria, or allergies. And even the bacterial cases don't always need #antibiotics teapawt.net/battlesuperbugs/status…
Antibiotics FAR too often prescribed for pink eye, even though drugs are rarely needed to treat the ailment. ow.ly/gYx530cOlIT
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Join a free CE webinar on Device Reprocessing and Sterilization with our very own Sharon Van Wicklin on July 12 bit.ly/2tNk13j
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72% GPs in our 2014 survey prescribe antibiotics even when unsure if they're treating a viral or bacterial infection bit.ly/2td8ASX
We're really digging the art in our latest publication on the spread of antibiotic resistance. ow.ly/8CPW30dc2hU Thanks @victorleshyk!
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