Author: Kelly Cawcutt
A New Template for Antibiotic Stewardship in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings
Antibiotic use is common in long-term care facilities (LTCF) with 70% residents receiving at least one course of systemic antibiotic every year. A significant proportion of the antibiotic use (40% to 75%) in nursing homes has been found to be unnecessary or inappropriate. Antibiotic exposure drives selection for multi-drug resistant organisms and C difficile infection. […]
Nov 22, 2017
Celebrating Nurse Practitioner’s Week – Spotlight on Solid Organ Transplant ID NP’s!
As part of our Nurse Practitioner’s week feature, our third spotlight features Heather Chambers, Lisa Hill, and Jennifer Hrbek, who serve our Solid Organ Transplant ID patients. Heather Chambers A graduate of Pensacola Christian College (BSN) and the University of Nebraska Medical Center for her Masters and Doctor of Nursing Practice, Heather joined the […]
Nov 17, 2017
Celebrating Nurse Practitioner’s Week – Spotlight on Specialty Care Clinic NP’s!
As part of our Nurse Practitioner’s week feature, our second spotlight features Ann Fitzgerald, Nikki Regan, and Christine Tran, who serve our Specialty Care Clinic patients. Nikki Regan (on left) A graduate from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing – Lincoln for both her Bachelor and Masters of Science in Nursing, […]
Nov 16, 2017
Celebrating Nurse Practitioner’s Week – Spotlight on Oncology Infectious Diseases NP’s!
Nurse Practitioner’s Week runs from November 12 to November 18. During this week, the ID wants to recognize and extend our appreciation to our Nurse Practitioner’s that provide extraordinary care to our patients at Nebraska Medicine. Our first spotlight features Whitney Knuth and Jolene Tijerina, who serve our Oncology ID patients. Whitney Knuth (on […]
Nov 15, 2017
Nebraska ICAP (Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program) is supported by the Nebraska DHHS HAI (Healthcare Associated Infections) Program via a CDC grant. The project is a result of a partnership between University of Nebraska Medical Center/ Nebraska Medicine and Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services HAI Program. It serves as a statewide infection […]
Nov 10, 2017
Two student interest groups, the Infectious Diseases Interest Group and and the Student Alliance for Global Health, collaborated to host a presentation by Dr. Ali Khan, Dean of the College of Public Health and former director for the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response at the CDC. His professional endeavors have focused on emerging […]
Nov 6, 2017
Practice Makes Perfect – Drills with the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit
The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU) is one of ten Regional Ebola and other Special Pathogen Treatment Centers (RESPTC) in the United States that has the capacity to care for patients with a highly hazardous communicable disease. As part of ongoing preparedness efforts the NBU coordinated a 2 day exercise on October 12 & 13, 2017 […]
Nov 3, 2017
ID Journal Club – Highlights C. difficile Infections
Content and review by Dr. Trevor Van Schooneveld C. difficile infection (CDI) is a difficult to control pathogen and the contribution of aggressive infection control practices and antibiotic stewardship have generally been assessed in single hospitals over short periods of time. This study evaluated the impact of advanced infection control practices and an aggressive national […]
Nov 1, 2017
Global Efforts in Education in Lagos
Education is critical in prevent of infection and UNMC and Nebraska Medicine continue their global efforts. A team recently traveled to Lagos, Nigeria – a city of 20 million people for such a purpose. They visited the 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Yaba in Lagos with two days of workshops/education with various leaders and clinical […]
Oct 30, 2017
The UNMC ID Division was pleased to host Dr Gonzalo Bearman, MD, MPH as a visiting professor 10/19/17-10/20/17. Dr Bearman, who is a Professor of Medicine, ID Division Chief and Medical Director of Hospital Epidemiology at Virginia Commonwealth University, gave an insightful and thought provoking grand rounds presentation on 10/20/17 entitled: “Hospital Infection Prevention: Processes, Pragmatisim, […]
Oct 26, 2017
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