Tag: #UNMCID
What Patient Safety Means To Us – Part 1
As mentioned on Monday, patient safety is a primary focus of our work, particularly in Infection Control and Epidemiology. To really highlight the commitment to this initiative, we wanted to share a series on what patient safety means to us and a few examples of how we have implemented that into our work. Per […]
Mar 13, 2018
Reflections on a year of blogging
On February 14, 2017, led by our Division’s own Social Media Maven Dr. Kelly Cawcutt, we launched our UNMC Infectious Diseases Blog with a welcome post. 365 days, 134 posts, and almost 14,000 views later, we are still here! We have introduced our faculty, shared thoughts on why ID is special to us, recruited for […]
Feb 14, 2018
Can Social Media Revolutionize Academic Medicine?
As we approach our first anniversary in the blogosphere, it was fitting that our very own Dr. Kelly Cawcutt was invited to write a commentary on a recent publication in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology that explored the use of Twitter messaging at four major Infectious Diseases/Infection Control conferences worldwide. Dr. Cawcutt’s commentary, entitled Twitter Me This—Can […]
Jan 31, 2018
Effect of variations in clinical practice on blood culture volumes
Blood cultures obtained from central venous catheters (CVC) contain a significantly greater volume of blood than those obtained via peripheral venipuncture. This is the main finding from a study recently published by investigators at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) (Jones RL, Syles HR, Fey PD and Rupp ME). “Effect of Clinical Variables on […]
Jan 5, 2018
Even after Thanksgiving, it’s still not too late to get your FLU SHOT!
It’s already the day after Thanksgiving, but believe it or not, it is still early in the flu season! The Douglas County Department of Health has been recording influenza cases since the beginning of the flu season, designated as October 1, 2017. To date, there have been 96 laboratory confirmed influenza cases in Douglas County. This […]
Nov 24, 2017
Undergraduate medical education has long been a delicate balance between providing knowledge of basic sciences and providing experience on clinical rotations. Traditional education curricula have approached this as an even split over 4 years of medical education. The first two years of basic science education were typically classroom lectures of topics over several month semesters. […]
Nov 20, 2017
Infectious Diseases Journal Club – Should Patients with CAUTI Receive Early Empiric Antibiotics?
On 10/17/2017, Dr. Ashraf discussed an interesting study during UNMC Infectious Diseases Division Journal Club. The study entitled, “Empirical Antibiotic Treatment Does Not Improve Outcomes in Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection: Prospective Cohort Study” was conducted in Israel and published in the Journal Clinical Infectious Diseases in August 2017. In this prospective observational cohort study, the authors studied […]
Nov 8, 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
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
Antibiotic Awareness Week Is Coming! How Will YOU Raise Awareness??
CDC has designated November 13-19, 2017 as Antibiotic Awareness Week. Formerly known as Get Smart About Antibiotic Week, the goal of this one-week observance is to raise awareness of appropriate antibiotic use in the United States. The CDC has suggested a list of activities to promote appropriate antibiotic use which include: Highlight US Antibiotic Awareness […]
Oct 24, 2017
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