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SHEA Spring 2026 Abstracts Supplement – ERRATUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2026

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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , 2026, e212
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In the initial publication of the SHEA Spring 2026 Abstracts Supplement (issue 6(S1)), an incorrect title was associated with each abstract. The abstract titles have been corrected. Table 1 includes the DOI, correct title, and previously published incorrect title for each abstract, listed in the order in which they appear in the supplement. The editorial office apologizes for the error.

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Abstract titles in the SHEA Spring 2026 Abstracts Supplement

A table listing abstract titles, digital object identifiers, correct titles, and previously published incorrect titles from the SHEA Spring 2026 Abstracts Supplement.
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Table 1.Abstract titles in the SHEA Spring 2026 Abstracts Supplement

This correction applies to the following article(s):

3-day Duration for Hospitalized Patients with Community-acquired Pneumonia: Results of a 68 Hospital Survey

Valerie Vaughn , Jennifer Horowitz , Ashwin Gupta , Tejal Gandhi , Lindsay Petty , Paul Bozyk , Megan Cahill , Lisa Dumkow , Rania Esteitie , Anurag Malani , Preeti Misra , Robert Neetz , David Paje , Danielle Osterholzer , Mariam Younas , Andrea White , Tawny Czilok , Elizabeth McLaughlin , Scott Flanders  and Julie Szymczak  

A Model for High Reliability in Infection Prevention: The Role of the Generalist, Specialist and Centralized Surveillance in Infection

Joan Ivaska , Aarikha D’Souza , Morgan Baker , Steven Watson  and Alice Hughes  

A multifaceted approach to reducing reportable central-line-associated bloodstream infections

Anita Shallal , Jennifer McLenon , Abigail Ruby , Eman Chami , Arielle Gupta  and Geehan Suleyman  

A Predictive Modeling Approach to Reduce Pediatric Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections

Erin Marshall , Michael Sayer , Christian Schneider , Lacey Bergerhofer  and Azadeh Wickam  

A Proactive Risk Assessment of Central Line Care Following a CLABSI Cluster

Jayme Bland , Nancy Kerr , Karen Pasco , Jill Armstrong , Cara Kellner , Laura Giambona  and Sukrut Dwivedi  

A Qualitative Assessment of Antibiotic Stewardship Teams’ Efforts to Perform Prospective Audit-and-Feedback at Hospital Discharge

DeShauna Jones , Emily Chasco  and Daniel Livorsi  

A Structured, Multidisciplinary Approach to Reducing Colorectal Surgical Site Infections

Karen Techau , Graham Godwin , Nicole Carignan , Marissa Morales , Daisy Schwarz , Siyeh Gretzinger , Candace Skelton , Catherine Glaser , Avina Goel , April Kranz , Charles Finley , Jesse Jacob , Ari Reichstein  and Jessica Howard-Anderson  

A Virtual Vaccine Clinic Augments Adult Vaccination Rates in Primary Care Clinics

Kelly Frank , Brigid Wilson , Taissa Bej , Alison O’Donnell  and Robin Jump  

Acceptability and Feasibility of a Pharmacist-Driven Penicillin Allergy Delabeling Intervention in Patients with Hematologic Malignancy

Julie Szymczak , Brandi M. Muller , Anne Jaskowiak , Lauren Dutcher , Keith Hamilton , Robert Micheletti , Warren Bilker , Charles Leonard , Tyler Achuff , Rebecca Hirsh , Olajumoke Fadugba  and Ebbing Lautenbach  

Acceptability of Antiviral Prophylaxis in a VA Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Setting

Alison O’Donnell , Shaye Kerper , Mary Connolly  and Robin Jump  

Accu-Check Glucometer Challenge: Focus on the Prevention of Transmission of Blood-borne Pathogens

Cindy Muyna , Alejandro Medrano , Mario Noli Legarde III , Marceau Doze , Kelly Reveles , Catina Rodriguez  and Jose Cadena Zuluaga  

Achieving a sustained reduction in Staphylococcus aureus infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Tom Murray , Jayson Wright , Matthew Bizzarro , Noa Fleiss , Kathy Krechevsky  and David Peaper  

Acinetobacter spp. Infections Were Commonly Healthcare-Associated but Not Hospital-Onset, Denver Safety-Net Health System, 2015–2025

Guillermo Rodriguez Nava , Rohana Bruker , Angela Montgomery , Marlee Barton , Jacob McAlinn , Timothy Jenkins  and Heather Young  

Acquisition Rates and Risk Factors for Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in an Emergency ICU: A Case-Control Study

Woojung Kim , Mimi Lee , Bomin Jeon , Pyoeng Gyun Choe  and Sun Ju Chang  

Adapting the Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection Impact Questionnaire (RUTIIQ) for Populations with Neurogenic Bladder through Cognitive

Margaret Fitzpatrick , Charlesnika Evans , Scott Schubert , Marissa Wirth  and Laura Scherer  

Adherence to an Electronic Medical Record Alert for Repeat Blood Cultures within 48 Hours

Jonathan Ryder , Shawn Freed Jr , Tess Karre , Patty Bruns , Craig Reha  and Trevor Van Schooneveld  

An Ethnographic Exploration of Healthcare Professionals’ Interactions with Sinks and Water During Patient Care in Intensive Care Units

Emily Chasco , Kimberly Dukes , Sarah Adams  and Loreen Herwaldt  

Anaylsis of positive rate among contact screening for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales by room and carbapenemase type

Subeen Moon , Miseo Kim , Soyeon Park , Jeeyoon Kim , Mi-Na Kim , Heungsup Sung , Jiwon Jung  and Yong Pil Chong  

Antibiotic Allergy Awareness: Insights From Hospital Passersby

Christopher Ly , Lyna Lam , Alexander Mink , Josephine Gresko , Jihye Kim , Kimberly Lee  and Sangeeta Sastry  

Antibiotic Stewardship Capacity and Needs Among Consultant Pharmacists Serving Skilled Nursing Facilities in Philadelphia

Lea Widemann , Tiina Peritz  and Jane Gould  

Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-E), Tennessee 2019–2024

Sarah Petersen , Daniel Muleta , Christopher Evans , Cherlly Bailey , Carissa Wallace  and Becky Meyer  

Antibiotic treatment and culture responsiveness for urinary tract infections differ by outpatient clinical setting

Barbara Mora , Megan Uehling , Lauren Johansen , Sharon Onguti , Rebecca Stern  and Milner Staub  

Antibiotic-Related Allergy in Hospitalized Children in a Korean Tertiary Hospital: A High Frequency of Inappropriate Management

Ji Young Lee , Ju Yeon Park , Hye-Jung Choi , Hyeun Su Seo , Jee Yeon Baek , Jong Gyun Ahn  and Ji-Man Kang  

Antimicrobial Prescribing Patterns in Dogs and Cats at a Michigan Veterinary Medical Center

Tan Vo , Cameron Lakatos , Jonathan Guerin , Madeline Gardner , Michael Klepser  and Minji Sohn  

Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in the Cuautla River, Mexico

Erika Paola Viana Cardenas  

Appropriateness of urinalysis bypass and effect on antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections in the outpatient setting

Megan Uehling , Milner Staub , Barbara Mora , Lauren Johansen , Sharon Onguti  and Rebecca Stern  

Area Deprivation and Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns: Analysis of Medicare Part D Data and Socioeconomic Indices in Tennessee

Darryl Nevels , Glodi Mutamba , Callyn Wren , Carolyn Stover , Christopher Evans  and Becky Meyer  

Artificial Intelligence Photo-Detection of High-Risk Lines to Prevent Central Lines Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI)

Shruti Gohil , Amarah Mauricio , Chanon Chantaduly , Joshua Kawaguchi , Justin Ling , Thomas Tjoa , Susan Huang  and Peter Chang  

As it Should Be: A Tale of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Hospital Onset- C Difficile

Kelli Williams , Tara Harpenau , Anna Poston-Blahnik , Christen Arena , Mary Palmer Klawon  and Jennifer Forrester  

Assessing Clostridioides difficile Survival and Disinfectant Performance on Mattress Cover Materials in Healthcare Settings

Joshua Luedtke , Teresa Podtburg , Laura Willson , Kris Owens , Karoline Sperling , Don Rotter  and Joseph Wegner  

Assessing guideline concordance of antimicrobials used in Australian long-term care using a national point prevalence audit

Lisa Hall , Josephine Wen , Michael J Malloy , Karin Thursky , Rodney James  and Noleen Bennett  

Assessing the Viability of Indicator Organisms in Healthcare Ice Machines: Prevalence of Typical Hospital-Acquired Infections

Brandon Smith  

Associations Between Social Determinants of Health and Emergency Department Utilization for Sexually Transmitted Infections

Ruby Massey , Baraka Muvuka , Jonathan Guerrero , Joshua Mangum  and Kyle Gospodarek  

Attributing Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Use After Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation to Culture Evaluation, Surgical Infection, and Re

Lakshmy Arakoni , Kaitlyn Rivard , Blanca Gonzalez , Jessica Alban , Venkatraman Arakoni  and Charles Foster  

Barriers and Facilitators to Infection Prevention in Behavioral Health Settings

Isabelle Boullier , Thomas Head  and Kevin Gibas  

Beyond Compliance: Achieving Sustained Excellence in Colorectal SSI Prevention Through Six Years of Bundled Prevention Strategies

Aarikha D’Souza , Joan Ivaska  and Eric Luehr  

Beyond Days of Therapy: The Anaerobic Activity Index (AAI) Strongly Correlates with Shannon Diversity and Pathogen Expansion

Lindsey Walker , Deepti Suchindran , Ashton Self , Brianna Delph , Dylan Koundakjian , Ahmed Babiker , Beth Coughlin , Annie Taing , Sarah Lohsen , Sarah Satola , Scott Fridkin  and Michael Woodworth  

Beyond interviews: Using visual methods to understand patient experiences with in-home IV antibiotic therapy and IV-line care

Molly Harrod , Lauren Gauntlett , Allison Ranusch , Nicholas Henry , Danielle Helminski , Amanda Blok , Milisa Manojlovich , Elizabeth Scruggs-Wodkowski , Sara Keller , Manon Nitta  and Sarah Krein  

Beyond the Patient: The Hidden Epidemiological Footprint of Recombinant Gene Therapy

Allison Reeme  

Beyond Utilization: Measuring Antimicrobial-Associated Adverse Drug Events in Hospitalized Children

Elizabeth Monsees , Annie Wirtz , Jennifer Goldman , Adrienne Olney , Susan McElroy  and Brian Lee  

Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections Among Vaccinated Residents of VA Community Living Centers

Brigid Wilson , Taissa Bej , Corinne Kowal , Federico Perez  and Robin Jump  

Bundling of Antimicrobial Central Venous Catheters and Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Reduce CLABSI Rates in Community Settings

Donna Nucci , Erica Plummer , Oliver Mayorga  and Jaspreet Benwait  

Burden of Contact Isolation Associated with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Colonization in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Brian Alloway , Nicole McNeil , Jeannie Chan , Christy Pak , Jennifer Gantz , Carolyn Caughell , Nahid Hiermandi , Kim Stanley , Thomas Shimotake , Lynn Ramirez  and Victoria Chu  

Candida auris Screening Strategies Across a Multi?Hospital System

Geehan Suleyman , Anita Shallal , Kathy Callahan , David Schwartz , Linda Vergilio-Panek , Robert Tibbetts  and Linoj Samuel  

Candida auris Surveillance: Developing a Predictive Model to Optimize Early Identification

Megan Dethloff , Patrick Reich , Kevin Hsueh , Lydia Grimes-Jenkins  and Josephine Fox  

Candidozyma auris in the United States: Insights from the National Association of Long-Term Hospitals (NALTH) Network

Kim Tran , Mckenzi King , Nidhi Undevia , Lahari Thotapalli , Hannakate Lichota , Lisa Duffner , Alison Peterson , Rachel Medernach , Ronda Cochran , Mary Carl Froilan , Aleksandra Kozicka , Mary Hayden  and Sarah Sansom  

Carbapenem-resistant organism and Candida auris cases among non-nursing home congregate facility residents in New York City, 2019–2024

Dominique Balan , Katelynn Devinney , Portier Thomas , Alison Levin-Rector , Isatou Jobe , Elise Mantell , William Greendyke , Molly Kratz , Tristan McPherson  and Nicole Burton  

Cardiac and Endovascular Implant Infections: Impact of Timing of ID consultation on Hospital Length of Stay?

Subhadra Mandadi , Elizabeth Lyden , Alyssa Lawrence , Nicole Arens , Matthew Anderson , Kevan English , Evangeline Green , Jason Payne  and Jasmine Marcelin  

Carriage of Endemic and Emerging Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs) in Ventilator-Capable Skilled Nursing Facilities (vSNFs)

Gabrielle Gussin , Raveena D. Singh , Raheeb Saavedra , Valeria Zaragoza , Jonathan Calzada , Alice Lee , Matthew San Pedro , Jahan Hosseinian , Gabriel Gadia , Julie Shimabukuro , Courtney Myers , Ayesha Khan , Cassiana E. Bittencourt  and Susan Huang  

Challenges and Outcomes of Tuberculosis Exposure Investigations Among Healthcare Workers in a Safety-Net Hospital

Jeremy Berger , Gregory Zilli , Virginia Caples , Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha , Kevan Lutchman , Jenna Cherenzia  and Eirini Iliaki  

Changes in Antibiotic Consumption Following Reimplementation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program after Temporary Suspension

Wongu Kang , Yeonjin Son , Jiae Kim , Kyungkeun Cho , Inah Park , So Yun Lim , Seongman Bae  and Sung-Han Kim  

Changes in Antibiotic Use in the Outpatient Setting – United States, 2019 and 2023

Madeline Powers , Emily McDonald , Christine Kim , Tessa Schwarze , Lauri Hicks , Adam Hersh  and Sarah Kabbani  

Changes to Trends in Reported Long-Term Care Norovirus Outbreaks in the United States during 2015-2025

Laura Calderwood  and Sara Mirza  

Changing Outbreaks in Long Term Care from Crisis to Control

Mary Cole  

Changing Urine Reflex Criteria and Rejecting Urine Samples for Culture with ?10 Epithelial Squamous Cells in Urinalyses

Alexia Foy-Crowder , Rachel Samples , Joseph Kohn , Andrew Jolly , Sangita Dash , Majdi Al-Hasan , Caroline Jozefczyk  and Pam Bailey  

Characteristics of NDM-CRE clusters in the US: Using cluster size dispersion to estimate the probability of final cluster size

Velma Lopez , Ashley Styczynski , Richard Stanton  and Rachel Slayton  

Characteristics of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) delivery within Veterans Affairs Medical Centers

Manon Nitta , Danielle Helminski , Elizabeth Scruggs-Wodkowski , Sara Keller , Ronald Kendall , Amanda Blok , Lauren Gauntlett , Nicholas Henry , Allison Ranusch , Milisa Manojlovich , Molly Harrod  and Sarah Krein  

Chlorine Dioxide Versus Automated Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide for High-Level Disinfection of Ultrasound Probes in Outpatient Practice

Ivis Call Rosado  and Rachel Guran  

Chorioamnionitis diagnosis and implications for cesarean delivery surgical site infection surveillance

Lindsay Bow , Jeanne Sheffield , Arthur Vaught , Stephanie Mayoryk , Chiquacta Hodges  and Lisa Maragakis  

CLABSI designation following hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery

Lindsay Bow , Akaash Patel , Chiquacta Hodges , Chloe Lewis , Carley Freiji  and Valeria Fabre  

CLABSI prevention with secure chat messaging

Jocelyn Parrott  

Clean Hands, Safe Patients: Continuing a Culture Focused on Hand Hygiene

Ryan Penn , Marci Drees  and Serena Wingel  

Clean Slate: Enhancing MRSA Decolonization Protocols

Jennifer Gutowski , Emil Lesho , Shari McDonald , Melissa Bronstein , Maryrose Laguio-Vila  and David Pierce  

Clear After a Year? Insights from a Pediatric Approach to Contact Precaution Discontinuation for Resistant Gram-Negatives Organisms

Grace St. Cyr , Devin Ray , Linda Leach  and Logan Grimes  

Clinical Characteristics and Genomic Analysis of NDM CRAB Isolates in an Academic Medical Center 2021-2025

Gaayathri Krishnan , Tracy Hazen , Ibrahim El-Imam , J. Kristie Johnson , Gwen Robinson , Sierra Spindler , Mike Humphrys , Surbhi Leekha , Japria Davis , Amber Thomas , Jinshui Fan , Calaija Phillips , Karinda Felton  and Leigh Smith  

Clinical Decision Support Systems for Infection Prevention and Control: A Survey of Adoption, Maturity, and Barriers to Implementation

Chidi Akusobi , Jacob Lazarus , Caitlin M. Dugdale  and Erica Shenoy  

Clinical Factors and Outcomes of Patients with Hospital Onset MRSA Bacteremia

Douglas Kepko , Nora Colburn , Chelsea Fauver  and Shandra Day  

Clinical Impact of Candida Growth in Organ Preservation Fluid: A Retrospective Analysis of Abdominal Solid Organ Transplants

Lior Cohen Yatziv , Scott Borgetti , Alfredo Mena Lora , Christine Zaky  and Gabriela Mendez Gonzalez  

Clinical Practices of Clostridioides difficile Testing, Symptom Assessment, and Contact Precautions in a Tertiary-Care Hospital

Eunji Kim , Mimi Lee  and JaHyun Kang  

Clinician Perceptions of a Novel Metric to Compare VHA Hospitals on Antibiotic Prescribing at Hospital Discharge

Brittany Anderson , Stacey Hockett Sherlock , Nicole Johnson , Kimberly Dukes  and Daniel Livorsi  

Clostridioides difficile Whole Genome Sequencing Does Not Support Transmission from Environmental Contamination by Prior Room Occupants

Sarah Redmond , Maria Torres-Teran , Jennifer Cadnum , Claire Kaple , Munok Hwang , Hosoon Choi , Piyali Chatterjee , Chetan Jinadatha  and Curtis Donskey  

Colonizer or Culprit? Significance of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in Urine Cultures

Cecilia Li , Tiffany Wu , Carissa Tedeschi , Alex Rock , Mei Li  and Sarah Turbett  

Community deprivation and guideline concordant antibiotic prescribing for older adults in U.S. emergency departments, 2015–2024

Mayar Al Mohajer , David Slusky , David Nix , Kasim Allel , Sabra Shay  and Catia Nicodemo  

Comparison of Automated Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Instruments’ Results to Broth Microdilution Results

Erin Christenson , Sarah Petersen , Daniel Muleta  and Samantha Mathieson  

Comparison of Healthcare-Associated Infection Rates Using Disposable and Reusable Isolation Gowns

Prakhya Koya , Xiaoyan Song , Monica Monteon , Michelle Liberty , Annette Lee  and Emma Esders  

Comparison of MDRO Carriage to Environmental Reservoirs in Ventilator-Capable Skilled Nursing Facilities (vSNFs)

Gabrielle Gussin , Raveena D. Singh , Raheeb Saavedra , Valeria Zaragoza , Jonathan Calzada , Alice Lee , Matthew San Pedro , Jahan Hosseinian , Gabriel Gadia , Julie Shimabukuro , Courtney Myers , Ayesha Khan , Cassiana E. Bittencourt  and Susan Huang  

Concordance between Emerging Infections Program and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data for patients in Nashville, TN, 2022

Casey Morrell , Melphine Harriott , Christopher Evans , Christopher Wilson  and Simone Godwin  

Connecting the Patients: Network Analysis of a Multi-facility Candidozyma auris Outbreak, Georgia, September 2024 – August 2025

Michael Anderson , Benjamin Roberts , Dhondup Urg , Diane Yi , Shamta Warang , Lynn Reynolds , Sue Milligan , Karen Williams  and JoAnna Wagner  

Controlling a Candida auris Outbreak in a Pediatric ICU: Impact of Genomic Surveillance, Disinfection, and Unit-Level Source Control

Hye-Jin Ki , Ji Young Lee , Bomun Lee , Hyukmin Lee , Ji-Man Kang , Soo Yeon Kim , Young-Ju Han , Hamin Kim  and Seok-Jin Lee  

COpAT Impact: Improving Care for Patients with Bone and Joint Infections with the Complex Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy Program

Louis Saravolatz II , Tejal Gandhi , Xuping Yan , Jerod Nagel , Ashley Garrity , Shiwei Zhou , Olivia DeTroyer-Cooley , Tony Cuttitta , Jenna Keedy  and James Henderson  

Costs and Outcomes of Pre-Operative Staphylococcus aureus Screening and Decolonization

Jon (Wei Yong) Ong , Shalini Kulasingam , Patricia Ferrieri  and Susan Kline  

Craniotomy Surgical Site Infection Cluster: Identification, Response, and Prevention Measures

Lisa Parlich , Michelle Campoli , Heather Voss , Christina Silkaitis  and Mary Anne Sotelo  

Culture Change: Implementing and Sustaining Best Practices for Blood Culture Collection

Brandi Manning , Shandra Day , Satomi Abe , Kelci Coe , Brandy Gilbert , Holly Chignoli , Heather Smith , Sydney Agnello  and Nora Colburn  

Dalbavancin: National Perceptions and Experiences Among Veterans Affairs (VA) Providers

Michaela Barry , Judith Strymish , Andrew Chou , Duc Nguyen  and Lauren Epstein  

Decolonization Dilemmas: What’s Current and What’s Needed—A Survey of the SHEA Research Network and Affiliated US-based Hospitals

KC Coffey , Trudy Grossman , David Banach , Anthony Harris , David Hooper , Susan Huang  and Erica Shenoy  

Design and implementation of a comprehensive stewardship intervention for a Multiplex Respiratory Panel

Armaghan-e-Rehman Mansoor , Joseph Hurt-Mueller , Wael Ibrahim , Amy Gewirtz , Joel Howard , Randal De Souza , Danielle Casaus , Katie Wallace  and Derek Forster  

Developing a Measles Flagging System within the Electronic Health Record

Jenna Rasmusson , Priya Sampathkumar , John OHoro , Jean Barth , Alyssa Olson , Ben Nelson , Rebecca Faller  and Leah Siple  

Development and Implementation of “Isolation Precaution Stewardship Rounds”: A Pilot Study in a Children’s Hospital

Samiksha Tarun , Vanessa Yergin , Payal Patel , Sarah King  and Matthew Washam  

Development of a shared patient registry for measles exposure management amongst multiple stakeholder groups

Alyssa Olson , Jean Barth , Jenna Rasmusson , Nicole Kriewall , Cory Kudrna , Todd Sheley , Tyler Kramer , Jason Buckmeier  and John OHoro  

Device Stewardship in Community Emergency Departments: Epidemiology of Unnecessary Indwelling Urinary Catheter Placement

Jennifer Cihlar , Tom Talbot , Steven Katz  and James Rickwa  

Device Stewardship: Opportunities and Experience with Early Efforts

Rohana Bruker , Marlee Barton , Jacob McAlinn , Angela Montgomery , Guillermo Rodriguez Nava  and Heather Young  

Diagnostic stewardship of a multiplex pneumonia PCR panel leads to cost savings and more appropriate patient care

Madeline DiLorenzo , Kassandra Marsh , Guiqing Wang , Caitlin Otto , Ioannis Zacharioudakis  and Dana Mazo  

Diagnostic Stewardship of Urine Testing Through Clinical Decision Support: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Mario Luis Valdez Imbert , Allyson Larcena Tipgos , Majd Alsoubani , Maureen Campion , Rachel Erdil , Shira Doron , Gabriela Andujar-Vazquez  and Kap Sum Foong  

Diagnostic Stewardship to Reduce Beta-D-Glucan Testing Using Clinical Decision Support

Emi Hayashi , Harjot Singh , Regina Wulff , Christine J. Kubin , E. Yoko Furuya , Matthew Simon , Nishant Prasad , Robin Goldberg , Thomas Rush , Harold Horowitz  and Jamie Marino  

Diagnostic Stewardship: Reducing Urine Cultures by requiring an indication

Judith Strymish , Rebecca Madjarov , Dimitri Drekonja , Erik Stensgard , Bobbie Masoud , Scott Connolly , Anna Chen , Katherine Linsenmeyer , Kalpana Gupta  and School University of MN Medical  

Do Laws Regulating Legionella Growth Reduce Legionella Mortality? Evidence from Six Countries

Kevin Ikuta  

Does Chlorhexidine Bathing Contribute to Chlorhexidine Resistance?

Rachel Medernach , Ellen Gough , Mckenzi King , Mary Carl Froilan , Mackenzie May , Lahari Thotapalli , Michael Schoeny , Sarah Sansom , Erica Hartmann  and Mary Hayden  

Early Impact of a Jurisdiction?Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Feedback Intervention Using NHSN SAAR Data Across Acute Care Hospitals

Faisal Adam , Ashenafi Yirga , Cherra Hampton-Mitchell  and Candace Johnson  

Early Sepsis Identification Using a Host-Response RNA Biomarker in Triaged ED Patients

Fraser Mackay , Alexander Pyden , Calvin Brown , Jiwon Chung , Caroline Schissel , Meaghan Karolides  and Andrew Goldsmith  

Economic Burden of Unnecessary Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing in Tennessee, 2022

Abdoul Rahamane Bako Bagassa , Katie Thure , Glodi Mutamba , Callyn Wren , Christopher Evans  and Becky Meyer  

Effect of a Diagnostic Order Set on Sexually-Transmitted Infection Co-Testing

Jon Johannesson , Mary Townsend , Christopher Shoff , Maria Joyce  and Reinaldo Perez  

Effect of CLABSI care bundle on reducing catheter line associated bloodstream infection in Cho Ray hospital in Vietnam

Thang Phung Manh , Duy Nguyen Xuan Nhat , An Nguyen Thai , Nhieu Nguyen Van  and Sy Hoang Van  

Effect of Dry Hydrogen Peroxide on Candida auris in ICU Settings

Jennifer Sanguinet , Gerard Marshall , Mary Jo Foreman , Justin Peruchini , Rian De Guzman  and Jeffrey Murawsky  

Efficacy of 2 commercial glycol vapor products in reducing aerosolized bacteriophage MS2 and healthcare-associated pathogens on surface

Jennifer Cadnum , Samir Memic , Maria Torres-Teran , Amelia Milner  and Curtis Donskey  

Emerging opportunist or clinical harbinger? A review of Candida kefyr cases in Cancer Patients

Amy Spallone , Guy Handley  and Micah Bhatti  

Emerging vancomycin and metronidazole resistance in Clostridioides difficile: Pilot Whole-Genome Sequencing analysis from a multicenter

Estera Jachowicz-Matczak , Piotr Heczko , Jacek Czepiel , Mateusz Gajda  and Jadwiga Wókowska-Mach  

Endoscopy-associated Salmonella Infections: Nearly Forgotten but Not Gone

Hillary Spencer , Leah Vanham , Shana Altman , Julie Dow , Mike Bierman , Christopher Vogt , Andrea Statsholt  and Kristin Campbell  

Enhanced C. auris screening and rapid diagnostics in cluster units: association with fewer clinical infections

Mayar Al Mohajer  and Todd Lasco  

Enhanced Surveillance of Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms among Patients at a California Pediatric Hospital, January 2022–August 2025

Lian Hsiao , Sandeep Sangha , Pamela Abdali , Sydney Loewen , Kiara Velasquez , Liz Mason , Daniel Dodson , Sam Horwich-Scholefield , Erin Epson  and Tisha Mitsunaga  

Enhancing Capacity to Properly Perform Infection Prevention and Control Practices Through a Multimodal Approach to Building Knowledge

Janelle Franklin , Lusungu Ngailo , Atuganile Musyani , Irene Rabiel , Mwanakombo Khama , Rita Mutayoba , Frida Ngalesoni , Anthony Ndjovu , Stella Kassone , Juhudi Mfaume , Tumaini Masegese , Ndekya Oriyo , Eninka Mmbaga , Kokuhabwa Mukurasi , Biesse D. Soura , Marcelina Mponela , Ruth Ngowi , Esther Kondo , Ally Hussein , Nsiande Lema , Mtumwa Bakari , Elizabeth Shayo , Sylvester Nandi , Pius Kagoma , Joseph Hokororo  and Rose Kibirigi  

Epidemiological Features of Carbapenem Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii Infections in Selected Counties in Tennessee, 2014-2024.

Daniel Muleta , Carissa Wallace , Sarah Petersen , Olivia Denzie , Christopher Wilson  and Becky Meyer  

Epidemiology of Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (CPOs) – San Francisco, 2023-2025

Vani Nimbal , Joseph Clement , Lina Castro , Godfred Masinde  and Farrell Tobolowsky  

Establishing Infection Prevention and Control Centers of Excellence in Ethiopian Hospitals

Karen Wu , Janelle Franklin , Selamawit Weledgebreal , Beniam Feleke Welebo , Alemu Derseh , Kasu Tola Bifa , Hailegebriel Abomsa Bedane , Fekadu Nigussie , Carolyn Herzig , Deneke Ayele , Markos Paulos , Abas Hassen Yesuf , Getachew Kassa , Tamrat Assefa , Berhanu Tekle  and Zenebe Melaku  

Etiologic Agents of Non-COVID Community-Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization – Analyzing Changes Over Time

Nak-Hyun Kim , Danielle Cook , Nora Fino , Claire Ciarkowski , Tejal Gandhi , Lindsay Petty , Scott Flanders , Jennifer Horowitz , David Ratz , Ashwin Gupta , Preeti Misra , Anurag Malani  and Valerie Vaughn  

Evaluating Barrier Integrity of Tyvek-Packaged Sterile Supplies Following Humidity and Moisture Exposure

Bobby Warren , Guerbine Fils-aime , Aaron Barrett , Amanda Graves , Melissa Erickson , Deverick Anderson , Becky Smith , Matthew Steigel  and Arielle Cohen  

Evaluating False-Positive Norovirus Results on Multiplex GI PCR Testing in Clinical Practice

Ellen Earle , Christopher Pfeiffer , La’Tonzia Adams , Jennifer Holmquist , Jordan Evans  and Monica K Sikka  

Evaluating meningitis/encephalitis PCR panel performance

Matthew Gosen  and Naomi Hauser  

Evaluating the Effect of Educational Interventions On Inappropriate Urinalysis with Reflex to Culture Orders in Catheterized Patients

Gabrielle Schaller , Marissa Morales , Krystle Johnson , Sarah Moore , Hasan Shabbir , Patty Rider , Nourhan Ismaeel , Scott Fridkin  and Lucy Witt  

Evaluating Wastewater-Based Epidemiology in Healthcare Settings – Pilot

Keyner Rojas , Nicole Stephenson , Windy Tanner , Amanda Darling , Hannah Healy , Inci Yildirim , Scott Roberts  and Richard Martinello  

Evaluation of a continuously active surface disinfectant against Candidozyma auris

Rachel Medernach , Mackenzie May , Ellen Gough , Sarah Sansom  and Mary Hayden  

Evaluation of a Preoperative Decolonization Strategy to Prevent Surgical Site Infection in Spinal Fusion Surgery

Subeen Moon , Mijung Kim , Hyunju Lee , Miseo Kim , Soyeon Park , Jeeyoon Kim , Jiwon Jung  and Yong Pil Chong  

Evaluation of AI Chatbot Responses to Simulated Caregiver Questions About Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

Emely Luhan , Rachael Lee , Angela Fagerlin , Valerie Vaughn , Julie Szymczak , William Petty , Farrah Madanay  and Alistair Thorpe  

Evaluation of an Organic Bioethanol Based Hand Rub: User Acceptance and Skin Tolerability Study

Bushra Shaik Ismail , Ameer S/O Anaith Ali , Molly How , Lee Rachel  and Moi Lin Ling  

Evaluation of Disinfection Methods and Effects for Handwashing Sinks Contaminated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Dan Liao  

Evaluation of Infectious Diseases Provider Ordering Practices Following Implementation of Prosthetic Joint Infection Guidelines

Elizabeth Kim , Julianne Gent , Laila Woc-Colburn , Sujit Suchindran  and Nirja Mehta  

Evaluation Of The Use of Antibiotic Locks For the Treatment and Prevention of CLABSI

Kira Elizondo , Jose Cadena Zuluaga  and Gaielle Harb  

Examining De-escalation of Anti-pseudomonal Antibiotics in Hospitalized Patients After a Microbiology Reporting Nudge

Shanmukha Priya Peddireddy , Valerie Cluzet , Ali Al Safi , Fadila Noor , Rossana Seno , Hector Ojeda-Martinez , Kelcey Noble , Akash Gupte , Zayd Anwar  and Wasif Shah  

Exploring Perceptions of Healthcare Workers Across the Globe Regarding Antimicrobial Stewardship Training Courses

Anita Shallal , Gina Maki , Tyler Prentiss , Alle Taylor , Marcus Zervos  and Twisha Patel  

Exploring the Relationship Between Hysterectomy Surgical Site Infection and Area Deprivation Index

Melanie Zarnoski , Patrick Burke , Thomas Fraser  and Petros Svoronos  

Facility-level variation in antibiotic prescribing for outpatient low-risk diverticulitis in the Veterans Health Administration

Shinya Hasegawa  and Hiroyuki Suzuki  

Factors associated with hand hygiene and personal protective equipment compliance across a 9-hospital system in North Carolina

Jacob Pierce  and Belk Kelsey  

Factors Associated with Receiving First-Line Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections in Urgent Care Clinics

Geneva Wilson , Susheel Reddy , Muhammad Dhanani , Adovich Rivera , Deja Glover , Salva Balbale , Mackenzie Keintz , Katie Suda , Jasmine Marcelin  and Charlesnika Evans  

Factors Distinguishing Carbapenemase-producing Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CP-CRE) from non-CP-CRE

Scott Curry , Robert Sean Tyler , Savannah Lee , Shelly Maguire  and Cassandra Salgado  

Fecal microbiota transplantation results in durable long-term engraftment of donor derived anaerobic taxa and MDRO decolonization

Ahmed Babiker , Catherine Brink , Amanda Strudwick , Sarah Lohsen , Colleen Kraft , Sarah Satola , Konstantinos T Konstantinidis  and Michael Woodworth  

Five Measles Screening Questions: Proof of Concept of Weighted Scoring System for Pediatrics

Marc Mazade , Stacey Rychlik , Cassidy Ware  and Yvette Aguire  

Focused Contact Precautions and Data-Driven Dashboards to Improve MRSA Hospital Acquired Infection Rates at the University of Kentucky

Nicholas Van Sickels , Takaaki Kobayashi , Rachel Howard , Amanda Green , Kimberly Blanton , Sarah Cecil , Julian Steele , Yosef Wirian  and Rahul Agrawal  

Forecasting the Consequences of Collapse in Infection Prevention and Control: A Premortem Analysis Using the Socioecological Model

Stephanie Stroever , Elizabeth Monsees , Lisa Hall , Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz , Shelley Kon  and Heather Gilmartin  

From Benchmark to Best Practice: Reducing Blood Culture Contamination in Sepsis Care

Heidi Gilbert  and Karen Giuliano  

From Bottlenecks to Better Practices: Systemwide Electronic Clinical Decision Support for Blood Culture Stewardship

Jessica Seidelman , Michael Yarrington , Stefani Dubea  and Jonathan Bae  

From Colonization to Prevention: Reducing Staphylococcus aureus Burden with Decolonization

Geehan Suleyman , Eman Chami , Kim Semelroth , Hannah Musgrove , Abigail Ruby  and Anita Shallal  

Genomic Epidemiology Demonstrates that Decolonization reduces Staphylococcus aureus transmission in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Courtney Takats , Gregory Putzel , Alice Tillman , Julian McWilliams , Magdalena Podkowik , Michael Phillips , Alejandro Pironti , Bo Shopsin  and Sarah Hochman  

Getting Ready for the Storm: A Taskforce Approach to Measles Readiness

Ericka Hayes , Keri Cohn , Logan Grimes , Hee-Won Yoon , Jenna Ercolani , Susan Ditaranto , Tomaine Scott , Kathleen Filograna , Lisa Biggs , Daneen Smith , Deborah Smith , Regina Toto , Matthew Butler , Julia Sammons  and Sarah Smathers  

Global Reach and Engagement of the SHEA International Ambassadors Program: Results of a Cross-Sectional Participant Survey

Tomislav Mestrovic , Ivayla Geneva , Dana Pepe , Bongyoung Kim , Rajalakshmi Ananthanarayanan , Maria Lourdes Bernadeth Manipon , JaHyun Kang , Sasheela Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar , Vidya Mony , Keith H. St. John  and Bassem Zayed  

Hard-Wired Habits: The Challenge of De-Prescribing Antibiotics in Critically Ill Patients with CAP

David Dickson , Marisa Holubar  and David Ha  

Health Department Generated Antibiotic Prescribing Feedback Reports using Commercially Available Data, New York City, 2025

Emma Moore , Celina Santiago , Nicole Burton , Molly Kratz , Leah Seifu , Tristan McPherson , William Greendyke  and Elise Mantell  

Healthcare-Associated Bloodstream Infections in an Adult ICU in Vietnam: Findings From a Multi - Year Infection Prevention Surveillance

Huong Thu Thi Dinh , Cap Nguyen Trung , Hoa Le Nguyen Minh , Trang Thi Nguyen , Tam Thi Pham  and Hue Nguyen Thi  

Hospital-onset influenza and RSV: Impact of Infection Prevention Efforts During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Emily Schmitz , Laura Anderson  and Dan Shirley  

Hospital-Onset Sepsis as a Potential Quality Metric: Risk Adjustment for Facility-Level Benchmarking

Fizza Manzoor , Tingting Yu , Michael Klompas , Robert Jin , Ed Septimus , Jefrey Guy , Ken Sands , Russell Poland , Julia Moody , Samir Fakhry , Matti Hautala , Micaela Coady , Candace Fuller , Kimberly Smith-Sells , Raymund Dantes , Rui Wang  and Chanu Rhee  

Hospital-Onset Sepsis Events: Preventability and Opportunities for Improvement

Fizza Manzoor , Michael Klompas , Saranya Seethamaran , Christina Chan  and Chanu Rhee  

How Clean is Clean? Mitigation Efforts of Ice/water Dispensers Linked to a Mycobacterium chelonae Outbreak at a Pediatric Hospital

Andrea Ankrum , Mike Torsell , Dave Strohmier , Michael Mattar , Katelynn Maguire  and Felicia Scaggs Huang  

How Low is Low Enough? Determining a Goal Central Line Standardized Utilization Ratio Necessary to Decrease Infections

Kathleen McMullen , Mike Joyce , Andy Hammes  and David Tannehill  

How Many Lives Did Your Program Save? Defending Healthcare Epidemiology, Protecting Patients

Mackenzie Kross , Stephany Frey , Melissa Bronstein  and Emil Lesho  

How the COVID-19 Pandemic Reshaped Managerial Skills in IPC Units of Israeli Public Hospitals

Dafna Chen  and Stefan Cojocaru  

Hub to Heart: Reducing CLABSIs in High-risk Pediatric Population Through a Back-to-Basics Competency to Support Evidence-based Practice

Christine Hall , Jennifer Ormsby , Paula Conrad , Michelle Connors , Robyn Blacken , Elizabeth Phoung , Cameron Griffin  and Jenny Chan Yuen  

Identifying Resilient Systems in Outpatient Hemodialysis Using Machine Learning

Sarah Yi , Qunna Li , Lacey Critchley , Lu Meng , Rahsaan Overton , Ibironke Apata , Nicole Gualandi , Jonathan Edwards , Jeneita Bell , Shannon Novosad  and Matthew Stuckey  

Impact of a far ultraviolet-C light intervention on dissemination of bacteriophage MS2 and a DNA marker from portable medical equipment

Amelia Milner , Samir Memic , Maria Torres-Teran , Jennifer Cadnum  and Curtis Donskey  

Impact of a Hand Hygiene Education Class Targeting Onboarding Dietary Staff on Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates

Daniel Thompson , Tigre Suder , Sarah Cecil , Rachel Howard , Kimberly Blanton , Kevin Hatton , David Olafsson , Sean McTigue , Nicholas Van Sickels  and Takaaki Kobayashi  

Impact of a Multi-Modal Intervention Bundle on CLABSI Reduction across a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital System

Mandy Bodily-Bartrum  

Impact of a Multi-pronged Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention on Antibiotic Prescribing for Pediatric Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis

Guyu Li , Laura Dinnes , Nipunie Rajapakse  and Kourtney Gault  

Impact of a Single-Set Blood Culture Restriction on the Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections During the 2024 National Bottle Shortage

Joseph Ladines-Lim , Leigh Cressman , Bailey Van , Warren Bilker , Kathleen Degnan  and Michael David  

Impact of Adding Anaerobic Coverage to Preoperative Antibiotics on Rates of Abdominal Hysterectomy (AH) Surgical Site Infections (SSI)

Anupama Neelakanta , Tsai-Wei Wang , Brittany Lees , Werner Bischoff , Preston Miller  and Catherine Passaretti  

Impact of Algorithm-Guided Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients

Marianna Almpani , Daniel O’Connor , Jennifer Do , Jessica Lomanno  and Theodore (Ted) Rader  

Impact of De-implementing Gowning and Gloving Requirements for COVID-19 on Environmental Waste Creation

Annie Peacock , Scott Fridkin , Lucy Witt , Jessica Howard-Anderson , Sujit Suchindran , Jesse Jacob , Lindsey Gottlieb  and Leila Hojat  

Impact of Direct Provider Feedback on Ambulatory Antibiotic Duration for Pneumonia and Skin and Soft Tissue Infection

Marten Hawkins , Nicholas Dillman , Lindsay Petty  and Elizabeth Lloyd  

Impact of Inpatient MRSA decolonization strategy at 9 hospital system in Eastern North Carolina

Jacob Pierce  and Jacci Thomas  

Impact of Integrated Pharmacy/Infectious Diseases Physician Rounding on the Internal Medicine Teaching Service Antibiotic Stewardship.

Ann Palmer , Tyler Ackley  and Maria Akiki  

Impact of Neighborhood Antibiotic Resistance on Individual Risk: A Geospatial Analysis of E. coli

Laurel Legenza , Yu Chin Huang , Song Gao , Mike Hasinoff , Taylor Wahlig , Maria Sundaram , Thomas Fritsche , Sanjay Shukla  and Josh Petrie  

Impact of nurse-driven de-isolation process on isolation precautions duration at a Pediatric Hospital

Christelle Ilboudo , Kathlyn Baharaeen , Jennifer Heltzer  and Elizabeth Monsees  

Impact of Obesity on Patient Characteristics and Clostridioides difficile Infection Outcomes in Davidson County, Tennessee, 2016–2023

Sarah Petersen , Natalie Stanley , Samantha Mathieson , Malakai Miller  and Mary Beth Blair  

Impact of Plasma Next Generation Sequencing (pNGS) on CLABSI Rates

Alice Pong , Megan Medina , Edmund Milder , Sondra Lintz , John Bradley  and Rachel Marrs  

Impact of Quality Assessment of Cleaning on Hospital Associated Infection Rates Using Digital Tool in Acute Care Hospital in Slovakia

Tatiana Izakovic  and Nikoleta Bartakovicova  

Impact of Speed Buttons and Default Durations on Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing in Adults

Noah Boton , Vesna Zunic , Adam Szerencsy , Adrian Tan , Jessica Costella  and Dana Mazo  

Impact of Stewardship Reimplementation on Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infections in Urgent Care

Theresa Ubano Perez , Leslie Ann Loza-Zamora , Russel Grant  and Massoud Dezfuli  

Implementation Gaps in Staphylococcus aureus Screening and Mupirocin Decolonization Among Hospitalized Patients With Central Lines

Alexia El Khoury , Joy Abou Farah , Luke Kabbara , Ethan Martin , Zainab Albar , Tina Lewis , Jay Krishnan , Elie Saade  and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center  

Implementation Methods, Experiences, and Perceptions of Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Florida Nursing Homes

Sri Pulaparthi , AC Burke  and Cindy Prins  

Implementation of a Penicillin Allergy De-labeling Program in a Veterans Affairs Community Living Center

Ellen Earle , Kimberly Mackay , Monica K Sikka , Christopher Pfeiffer , David Zhang , Jason Roberts , Margaret Smithpeter  and Kristina L. Bajema  

Implementation of a Reflex Urine Culture Algorithm in a Pediatric Emergency Department: A Diagnostic Stewardship Assessment

Holly Maples , Lorelei Kellhofer , Taylor Bandala , Rachel Frenner  and Geoff Curran  

Implementation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in a Private Hospital: Clinical, Microbiological, and Economic Outcomes

Karina Madureira Ramalho , Jessika Valeska Martins Ramos Alcara , Ariane Nascimento  and Elba Gonves  

Implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions in Community Health Clinics

Rajasekhar Jagarlamudi , Melissa Jackson , Jeremie Sawadogo  and Michael Kent  

Implementing a Multidisciplinary Review Process to Significantly Reduce Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Utilization

Jessica Gamboa , Bency Lukose  and Musaddiq Waheed  

Implementing Admission Screening for Candida auris

Jenna Rasmusson , Priya Sampathkumar , Nancy Wengenack , Michelle Meyer  and Alyssa Olson  

Improving Blood Culture Pathogen Detection, Reducing Contamination, and Timeliness in the Emergency Department

Debby Ben David , Yael Cohen , Malka Yokobov , Maya Heled Akiva , Orana Schwartz , Yakov Nassimov  and Andrey Chopen  

Improving Empiric Antibiotic Selection for Patients with Cancer Hospitalized with Infection: Secondary Analysis of the INSPIRE Trials

Shruti Gohil , Taliser Avery , Ken Kleinman , Ed Septimus , Amarah Mauricio , Kenneth Sands , Neha Varma , Selsebil Sljivo , Kaleb Roemer , William Cooper , Russell Poland , Robert Weinstein , Samir Fakhry , Jefrey Guy , Julia Moody , Micaela Coady , Kimberly Smith-Sells , Mary Hayden , David Kubiak , Chenette Burks , Richard Platt , Susan Huang  and Meghan Baker  

Incorporating SARS-CoV-2 Case Surveillance Data in the Comparison of Wastewater Concentration Methods for Wastewater Surveillance

Florence Whitehill , Amanda Lyons , Bethelhem Abera , Colin Adler , Maria Burgos-Garay , Mariya Campbell , Jamari Moore , Ariel J. Santiago , Christine Ganim , Yimu Cahela , Susanna Lenz , Paige Gable , Magdalena Medrzycki , Maroya Walters , Amelia Keaton  and Angela Coulliette-Salmond  

Increased Contamination of Blood Cultures Collected via New Peripheral IV Start vs Venipuncture

Brandi Manning , Sydney Agnello , Shandra Day , Satomi Abe , Kelci Coe  and Nora Colburn  

Incremental yield of adding anterior nares to axilla/groin for Candidozyma auris surveillance among hospitalized patients

Akiho Iizawa , Mckenzi King , Laura Rusie , Ellen Gough , Sarah Sansom , Alison Peterson , Lisa Duffner , Nidhi Undevia , Michelle Funk , Alyse Kittner , Divya Ramachandran , Thomas Roome , christy zelinski , Mabel Frias , Mary Hayden  and Michael Lin  

Infection Control Education Needs and Knowledge Gaps among Environmental Services Staff in a Tertiary-Care Hospital

Hyeyeon Goh , Nam-ju Lee , Pyoeng Gyun Choe  and Mimi Lee  

Infection Preventionists as Trained Observers: A Sustainable Model for Safety in High-Level Isolation Care

Carrie Billman , Lindsay Bow  and Sara Pau  

Influenza Positivity in Acute Myocardial Infarction Compared With Other Emergency Department Diagnoses

Alexia El Khoury , Joy Abou Farah , Luke Kabbara , Zainab Albar , Jay Krishnan , Elie Saade  and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center  

Inpatient Urine Culture Yield Was Not Higher with Fever, Denver Safety-Net Health System, April 2016–December 2025

Guillermo Rodriguez Nava , Rohana Bruker , Angela Montgomery , Marlee Barton , Jacob McAlinn , Timothy Jenkins  and Heather Young  

Institutional and Behavioral Determinants of Sharps Injury Reporting and Protective Equipment Use in Nursing Professionals in Croatia

Ivana Äeri ÄaviÄ  and Tomislav Mestrovic  

Integrating WGS with Epidemiologic Data to Guide Containment in a Multi-Facility CP-CRAB Outbreak — Georgia, Nov 2024–May 2025

Diane Yi , Michael Anderson , Shamta Warang , Lynn Reynolds , Sue Milligan , Tatyana Kiryutina , Addis Bedada , Steven Woods , Ryan Paradis , Eleen Daley , Gebre Tiga , Alexis LaCrue , Arunachalam Ramaiah , Karen Williams  and JoAnna Wagner  

Inter-Rater Agreement of Real-World Electronic Health Record-Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Assessments

Nathan Radakovich , Allison Bond , Natasha Spottiswoode , Ritika Prasad , Daniel Escobar , Emily Kaip , Will Simmons  and Sarah Doernberg  

Investigation of a Corynebacterium amycolatum Sternal Surgical Site Infection Cluster in Cardiac Surgery

Michelle Meyer , Emily Loberg , Sarah Bellows Mahler , Sheila Higbe , Vickie L. Miller , Elena Beam , Patricia Simner , Jennifer Lu , Robin Patel  and Priya Sampathkumar  

Is Time on Their Side? Real World Environmental Services Practices and the Contact Time Paradox

Rebecca Battjes , Peter Teska  and Vydia Nankoosingh  

IV to PO Antibiotic Utilization Dashboard: A Clinical Informatics Tool to Optimize Therapy Transitions

Jada Guilford , Sujit Suchindran , Kristen Paciullo , Leila Hojat  and Sarah Green  

Joy of Minimizing Overuse (JOMO): Outcomes of Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions on Antibiotic Use for Diabetic Foot Infections

Morgan Morelli , Andrea Son , Yanis Bitar  and Michelle Hecker  

Laboring Over Allergies: Assessing Penicillin Allergies and De-Labeling Potential in Obstetrics Population

Cameron Fox , Haley King , Julia Donahue , Lindsay Daniels  and Erin Brown  

Large Drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Outbreak in an Acute Care Hospital — Indiana, United States, 2025

Samuel Cincotta , Courtney Victor , Caleb Cox , Mohammed Khan , Dumbani Kayira , Paige Gable , Heather Moulton-Meissner , Richard Stanton , Cayman Doran , Bethany Lavender , Kristen Clancy , Thomas Ewing , Marissa Howard , Alyssa Kent , Maroya Walters  and Trent Gulley  

Leadership Experiences of Infection Prevention and Control Professionals: LEAD-IP Study

Kayla Ruch  and Mayar Al Mohajer  

Lessons Learned from Measles Exposure Response

Jacob McAlinn , Marlee Barton , Angela Montgomery , Rohana Bruker , Guillermo Rodriguez Nava , Heather Young  and Adam Beitscher  

Leveraging the Electronic Medical Record to Identify Patients at Risk for Carbapenemase-producing organisms

Jenna Rasmusson , Jean Barth , Debra Apenhorst , Sarah Bellows Mahler , Leah Siple , Alyssa Olson , Michelle Meyer , Rebecca Faller  and Priya Sampathkumar  

Long-Term Sustained Reduction in Blood Culture Utilization Following Crisis-Driven Stewardship

Lior Cohen Yatziv , Scott Borgetti , Alfredo Mena Lora , Alan Gross , Nahed Ismail  and Jenna Adams  

Longitudinal trends in MDRO admission prevalence at Arizona hospitals among transfers from long-term care facilities: 2015-2023

Paulina Colombo , Justin Hayes  and Katherine Ellingson  

Looking Behind to Move Forward: Evaluating Retrospective Chart Review in Contact Precaution Discontinuation Policies

Devin Ray , Grace St. Cyr  and Logan Grimes  

Measles Post-exposure Investigations at a New York City Safety-net Hospital

Josy Lamour , Alaina Stoute , Karina Albuquerque , Maurice Policar , Laura Iavicoli  and Linda Mundy  

Medical Complexity and Antibacterial Use: Evaluating the SAAR in Relation to Patient Population Acuity in Pennsylvania

Kranthi Swaroop Koonisetty , Qaiser Jahan , Teah Snyder  and Ryan Bariola  

Midlines for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy: A Not-So-Safe Alternative to Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters?

Justin Kim , Guadalupe Ordaz-Nielsen , James Vu , Kim Tran , Ho Kim , Michael Schoeny  and Michael Lin  

Minocycline Activity Against Carbapenem Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates in a Large Integrated Healthcare System

Victoria Gavaghan , Robert Citronberg  and Jill Argotsinger  

Missing Pieces? SAAR Coverage and Its Role in Facility-Wide Antimicrobial Use Interpretation

Jenna Preusker , M. Salman Ashraf , Trevor Van Schooneveld , Scott Bergman , Danny Schroeder , Rabia Syed , Lacey Pavlovsky  and Juan Teran Plasencia  

Mortality Rates among Patients Infected with Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Complex (CRAB), Tennessee, 2014– 2024.

Daniel Muleta , Carissa Wallace , Sarah Petersen , Olivia Denzie , Christopher Wilson  and Samantha Mathieson  

Motivations for Clostridioides difficile testing algorithms among Veterans Affairs Medical Centers

Elise Martin , Robin Jump , Dimitri Drekonja  and University of MN Medical School  

MRSA Colonization Rates Among Healthcare Workers at a Los Angeles County Teaching Hospital

Curtis Sera , Niki Arab , Arthur Jeng  and Sherif Shoucri  

Multidisciplinary Reviews of Colectomy Surgeries Improve Accuracy of Surgical Site Infection Event Detection

John Horton , Cheryl Kieta , Tiffany LaFontaine , Xiaogang Wu , Rachel Graham  and Werner Bischoff  

Mycobacterium abscessus associated with facility-wide water contamination: An outbreak investigation

Spencer Schrank , Alexander Sundermann , Ashley Ayres , Marissa Griffith , Kathleen Shutt , Kady Waggle , Lora Pless , Lee Harrison  and Graham Snyder  

National Data Indicates Increases in the Burden of Clostridioides difficile infections in the United States Following COVID-19 Pandemic

Natalie McCarthy , Frederick Angulo , Stephanie Duench , Steven Shen , Constantina Boikos  and Jamie Findlow  

National Healthcare Safety Network SSI Surveillance Misses Many Infant Congenital Cardiac Operations: How to Fix It

Jonathan Shabab , Catherine Allan , Jessica Alban , Venkatraman Arakoni  and Charles Foster  

National Simulation-Based Training Improves Central Venous Catheter Insertion and Maintenance Knowledge Across Israeli Hospitals

Dafna Chen , Yehuda Carmeli  and Debby Ben David  

Nontuberculous mycobacteria infections after cardiothoracic surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass among Medicare beneficiaries, 2009–2021

Emily Ussery , Austin Penna , Kelly Hatfield , Joseph Lutgring , Ryan Fagan , Sujan Reddy  and Kiran Perkins  

Norovirus-Associated Acute Gastroenteritis Clusters in an Electronic Health Record System for Long-Term Care Facilities.

Jordan Cates , Laura Calderwood , Aaron Curns  and Sara Mirza  

Nurse–Patient Relationships in Airborne Infection Isolation Rooms: A Qualitative Study Based on the Fundamentals of Care Framework

Jiyun Ha  and JaHyun Kang  

Occurrence of Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, and Klebsiella in patient room sinks and drains of a new hospital

Lisa Casanova , Alexander Kirpich , Alicia Daubon , Nneka Odimgbe  and Jesse Jacob  

Omission at Admission: A Retrospective Review of an Admission Surveillance Protocol for Candida auris

Jaclyn Bernadzikowski , Rachel Weber , Maureen Bolon , Sandra Reiner , Laura Bardowski , Grace Barajas  and Jacqueline Maniscalco  

One Year Evaluation of a Targeted Candida auris Screening Program at a Comprehensive Cancer Center

Adina Feldman , Micah Bhatti , Jane Powell , Guy Handley  and Amy Spallone  

Optimized Swab-Based Skin Screening Improves Detection of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Debby Ben David , Yael Cohen , Eduard Mazo , Julia Belichkov , Lili Raviv , Alona Haleva , Malka Yokobov , Maya Heled Akiva  and Orna Schwartz  

Optimizing Pediatric ICU Central Line Maintenance and Removal Through Weekly Multidisciplinary CLABSI Prevention Rounds

Mohamad Shieb , Yu Kawai , Jose Simon Duran , Gina Rohlik , Brenda Schiltz , Anna Mujic , Kristin Cole , Vickie L. Miller , Leah Siple , Travis Kirkpatrick  and Emily Levy  

Optimizing the Role of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Legionella Urinary Antigen testing

Danielle Casaus , Rachel Hish , Derek Forster , Wael Ibrahim , Joel Howard , Katie Wallace , Randal de Souza  and Armaghan-e-Rehman Mansoor  

Oral Vancomycin in the treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infection: a single-centre observational study in Southern Poland

Anna Pałka , Mateusz Gajda , Estera Jachowicz-Matczak  and Jadwiga Wókowska-Mach  

Outbreak of Sarocladium kiliense endophthalmitis after cataract surgery associated with contaminated off-label trypan blue use in Japan

Teppei Shimasaki  

Overtreatment of Clostridioides difficile Colonization for Patients Residing in Davidson County, Tennessee from 2018–2022

Natalie Stanley , Sarah Petersen , Malakai Miller , Samantha Mathieson  and Simone Godwin  

Parent and Caregiver Preferences Towards Antibiotic Allergy Delabeling in Children

Alistair Thorpe , Rachael Lee , William Petty , Angela Fagerlin , Valerie Vaughn  and Julie Szymczak  

Partnering for Prevention: A Public Health & Academic Collaboration to Address Measles Outbreaks in Kentucky

Nicholas Van Sickels , Takaaki Kobayashi , Rachel Howard , Hollie Sands , Kathleen Winter , Bethany Hodge , Derek Forster  and Sarah Cotner  

Pathogen Genomic Surveillance in Healthcare: Emerging Ethical Dilemmas in Outbreak Detection and Patient Notification

Alexander Sundermann , Waleed Javaid  and Lisa Parker  

Patient and Provider Differences between Treated and Untreated Cases of PCR (+)/Toxin EIA (-) clostridioides difficile Infections

Christian Wang , Fabian Patauner , Olivia Howland , Jennele Baul , Amy Pulikeyil , Keith Kaye  and John Mills  

Patterns and Gaps in Mpox Vaccination at NYC Health + Hospitals, a Large Urban Safety Net Health System in New York City, 2022-2025

Anthony Lo Piccolo , Emma Kaplan-Lewis , Kruti Gala , Eunice Casey , Gabriel Cohen , Stephanie Rasmussen , Andrew Wallach , Ofole Mgbako  and Justin Chan  

Perceived Vulnerability to Respiratory Viral Infections Among Community Living Center Residents

Shaye Kerper , Robin Jump , Mary Connolly  and Alison O’Donnell  

Performance Improvement in Healthcare Facility Measles Management

Leah Siple , Jean Barth , Rebecca Faller , Alyssa Olson , Jenna Rasmusson , Michelle Meyer , Becky Baxter , Emily Loberg , Leah Higbe , Debra Apenhorst , Sarah Bellows Mahler , Elena Beam , John OHoro , Emily Levy , W. Charles Huskins  and Priya Sampathkumar  

Persistence of Legionella in Healthcare Ice Machines Compared with Other Water Sources

Allison Wu , Annabella Blackman , Judy Yan , John Letson , Mini Kamboj , Tania Bubb  and Shauna Usiak  

Physician Approach to Indeterminate Clostridioides difficile Test Results

Amit Vahia , Meenal Malviya , Alexander Cardwell , Leonard Johnson  and Susan Szpunar  

PICC and Midlines: Evaluating Lumen Selection Appropriateness and Associated Complications

Heather Young , Rohana Bruker , Kelly Gettman , Emi Grant , Timothy Jenkins , Jeremy Nelson , Guillermo Rodriguez Nava , Ellen Sarcone , Heidi Wald , Ashlie Watters  and D. Dante Yeh  

Post-Admission Dwell Time of Non-Sterile vs Sterile Emergency Department–Placed Central Lines

Frank Frankovsky , Jennifer Clary , Stephanie Stroever , Thane Thomas , Joshua Preator , James Morris  and Mark Sigler  

Post-vaccination Mumps. An Infrequent Adverse Event after Wide MMR Vaccination During an Outbreak of Measles in Mexico

Diana Vilar-Compte , Pamela Graciadiego-Fossas , Ana Cecilia Carbajal-Cesar , Itzel Stella P豥z-Campos , Cyntia Ibanes Guti豲ez , Juan Pablo Ramirez-Hinojosa , Elida Alonso-Tr୳ito  and Arturo Galindo-Fraga  

Predictors of Hospital Onset Clostridioides Difficile Infection in a Kansas City Hospital

Lujain Malkawi , Eryiel Mascardo , Susanna Paschal , An-Lin Cheng  and Ume Abbas  

Predictors of Hospital Penalties in the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, Fiscal Year 2025

Kelly Holmes , Kelley Boston  and Holly Taylor  

Prevention of Secondary Cases after a Measles Exposure at an Academic Medical Center

Jean Barth , Leah Siple , Alyssa Olson , Jenna Rasmusson , Rebecca Faller , Michelle Meyer , Becky Baxter , Emily Loberg , Debra Apenhorst , Leah Higbe , Sarah Bellows Mahler , Sheryl Maurer , Heidi Whitehurst , Felice Paden , Sheila Higbe , Elena Beam , John OHoro , Emily Levy , W. Charles Huskins  and Priya Sampathkumar  

Process of Care and Hand Hygiene in Long-term Care Facilities (LTCF)

Loreen Herwaldt  and Nathan Timbs  

Prolonged KPC-CRE Outbreak with Horizontal Plasmid Transfer Associated with ICU Sink Drains

Juan Teran Plasencia , Kelly Cawcutt , Maroya Walters , Miranda Neumann , Samuel Cincotta , Richard Stanton , Peter Iwen , Michael Wiley , Lacey Pavlovsky , Trevor Van Schooneveld , Jonathan Ryder , Joe Sexton , Heather Moulton-Meissner , Paige Gable , Christine Ganim , Alyssa Kent , Jennifer Vogelsberg , Emily Barg , Emily McCutchen , Paul D. Fey , Amanda Bartling , Amy Roden , Stevie McGill , Claire Ortlieb  and M. Salman Ashraf  

Putting a Face to Hard Stop C. difficile Testing Stewardship

Theodore (Ted) Rader , Prince Philip , Debbie Mack  and Richard Ellison III  

Qualitative Analysis of Infection Preventionists’ Experiences Implementing Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Long-Term Care Facilities

Cindy Prins , Sri Pulaparthi  and AC Burke  

Quantitative Parvovirus B19 PCR and Clinical Correlates in Children: Implications for Infection Prevention

Elizabeth Tocco , Erin Nicholson , Josalyn Curl , Vincent Ferreira , Duc Nguyen  and Ankhi Dutta  

Randomized Crossover Simulation Evaluation of Human-Factors–Driven PPE Ensembles for Isolation Care

JaHyun Kang  

Rapid Patient Isolation Precautions Reconciliation via Technology Enabling Tool Comparing Nursing Documentation with Surveillance Data

Julia Moody , Michelle Clark , Grayson Ruhl , Suzy Denno , Alex Stephens , Meghna Sathe  and Keetha Kratzer  

Real-Time Identification and Removal of Unnecessary Vascular Access Devices to Reduce Bloodstream Infections

Aryeh Feldheim , Kristyn Schumacher , Rahel Bahru , Frank Myers , Ian Jenkins , Robert El-Kareh  and Francesca Torriani  

Real-World Uptake and Impact of Maternal Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccination and Infant Nirsevimab in Infants ? 6 Months

Donna Wesslen , Eileen Campbell , Julie Williamson , Wyn Wheeler , Rupal Jaffa , Catherine Passaretti  and Anupama Neelakanta  

Resistance (Data) is Not Futile: Building a CLSIM39 Compliant NHSN AR Antibiogram Dashboard for Hospital Antimicrobial Stewards

Gabriel Eligado , Jessica Zering , Erica Stohs  and Kamenar Katarina  

Respiratory Infection Prevention in a Residential Treatment Facility for Pregnant and Parenting Persons with Substance Use Disorders

Mary Lou Manning , Dennis Hand , Meghan Gannon , Julia Kay  and Kim McLaughlin  

Rising Burden of Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens, 1990–2021 to 2050: Implications for Stewardship and Hospital Policy

Tomislav Mestrovic  

Risk Factors for Progression to Invasive Candida Auris Infection among Colonized Patients

Sonia Srikanth , Patrick Ching , Barry Rittmann , Yvette Major , Connie Atkinson , Jenna Price , Alexandra Bryson , Christopher Doern , Kaila Cooper  and Michelle Doll  

Selective Pathogen Surveillance in Healthcare Water Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Ice Machines, Potable Water and Cooling Water

Brandon Smith  

Shared Surfaces, Shared Genomes: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Multiple Multidrug-resistant Organisms in a Skilled Nursing Facility

Tierney O’Sullivan , Lindsay Keegan , Karim Khader , Lindsay Visnovsky , Frank Drews , Matthew Samore , Dorsan Egenia , Tavis Huber  and Kristina Stratford  

Short-Term HRQoLAfter Acute Respiratory Illness in Adults Aged ?65 Years: Findings From the U.S. Flu VE Network 2024-2025

Luke Kabbara , Zainab Albar , Joy Abou Farah , Alexia El Khoury , Christopher Ladikos , Jay Krishnan , Elie Saade  and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center  

Shortening the Duration of Contact Isolation for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in a Pediatric Hospital: A Quality Improvement Project

Matthew McHugh , Nabgha Farhat , Anna ODonnell , Caitlin Li , Larry Kociolek  and Ayelet Rosenthal  

Silent Gaps: Pathogen-Specific Non-Response Patterns in Occupational Exposure Management

Rachel Ronne , Alexander Kracker  and Cassandra Salgado  

SMART-BCx: System-wide Management Algorithm to Reduce Testing of Blood Cultures

Jon Johannesson , Erin Gettler , Nitin Mehdiratta , Heather Pena , Rebekah Moehring  and Jessica Seidelman  

Social Deprivation, Antibiotic Prescribing Quality, and Outcomes in an Elderly Emergency Department Cohort

Mayar Al Mohajer , David Slusky , David Nix , Kasim Allel , Sabra Shay  and Catia Nicodemo  

Sporicidal Disinfection of High-Touch Surfaces to Reduce C. difficile Infection in Pediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant Patients

Cameron Griffin , Phillip Hahn , Jenny Chan Yuen , Elizabeth Phoung , Robyn Blacken , Lindsay Weir , Jennifer Ormsby , Ana Vaughan-Malloy  and Thomas Sandora  

Statewide Evaluation of CDC Priority Core Elements and NHSN SAAR Performance

Katie Thure , Dipen Patel , Christopher Evans  and Simone Godwin  

Stewarding the Next Generation: Ten-Year Experience with an Antimicrobial Stewardship Track for Second-Year Infectious Diseases Fellows

Corina Lopez , Howard Gold , Preeti Mehrotra , Wendy Stead , Sharon Wright  and Matthew Lee  

Stitching Up Stewardship: Evaluation of Weekly Handshake Antimicrobial Stewardship Rounds with General Surgery

Dan Ilges , M. Teresa Seville , Jenna Reynolds , Sandhya Nagarakanti , Jamilah Shubeilat , Valerie Armstrong , Pete Johnston  and Drew Dickinson  

Stratifying Suspect Measles Cases: Development and Evaluation of an Infection Prevention Response Matrix

Brad Krier , Jean Barth  and W. Charles Huskins  

Strengthening the Infection Prevention Workforce: Evaluation of the TEPHI Infection Prevention and Control 300 Series

Kayla Ruch  and Janelle Rios  

Structure and Leadership of Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in post-acute care: Findings from the APIC MegaSurvey 2025

Lisa Hall , Sara Reese , Elizabeth Monsees , Annie Wirtz  and Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz  

Structure and Leadership of Inpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Programs: Findings from the APIC MegaSurvey 2025

Elizabeth Monsees , Sara Reese , Lisa Hall , Annie Wirtz  and Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz  

Structure and Leadership of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Programs: Findings from the APIC MegaSurvey 2025

Elizabeth Monsees , Sara Reese , Lisa Hall , Annie Wirtz  and Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz  

Structure, Staffing, and Strain: Lessons from U.S. Infection Preventionists on Building Resilient Systems Post–COVID-19

Anika Patel , Tara Schmidt , Elizabeth Monsees , Terri Rebmann , Patricia Stone , Pamela De Cordova  and Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz  

Surveillance and Mitigation of Hospital-Onset Respiratory Viral Illness Transmissions in Inpatient Psychiatry

Alina Stancovici , Shardul Rathod , Grace Barajas  and Maureen Bolon  

Surveillance of Gram-Negative Bacteria in Pediatric Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation Using Whole-Genome Sequencing

Jacob Scioli , Erin Nawrocki , Luke Kiesendahl , Lindsay Montoya , Vaughn Cooper  and Glenn Rapsinski  

Survey and clinical implications on the isolation of mycobacteria in the waterline of dental units

Koko Shibutani , Chie Masuda , Yumiko Mikami , Sayaka Fujisaki , Yasuhiro Ozawa , Kazunori Hattori  and Nobuyoshi Mori  

Synovial Fluid PCR Testing Paired with Culture Can Improve Pathogen Identification

Mary “Ellen” Acree , Sandra Naegele , Lionel Sielatchom Noubissie  and Jacob Barnhart  

System Impact and Yield of Routine Pulmonary TB Rule-Out in Extrapulmonary TB Evaluation: Isolation, Costs, and PPE Utilization

Peggy Douglas , Louise Lie , Malika Elkayssi , Georgia O’Neil , Amanda Pease , Anne Hamilton , Svaya Olin , Tim Taylor , Michelle McIntosh , Wesley Wang , Regina Kwon , Nandita Mani , Geoffrey Gottlieb  and Seth Cohen  

Targeted Stewardship and Infection Prevention Interventions reduced Clostridioides difficile rates at a Veterans Affairs Hospital

Reshma Narain , Linda Yang , Marcus Kouma , Jessica Guastadisegni , Islamia Omoola , Sherry R. Reid , Madhuri Sopirala , Parkland Health , Reuben Arasaratnam , Donald Storey  and Ikwo Oboho  

Temporal trends in ceftriaxone and cefepime susceptibility among Enterobacterales and parallel carbapenem use at a tertiary care center

Ayesha Samreen , Omar Abu Saleh  and Lynn Estes  

The C.A.R.E. Framework: A Strategic Approach to Controlling Candida auris Transmission at an Acute Care Hospital in New York City

Heidi Torres , Krystal Balzer , Christine Hatola , Allison Sladek , Kristen Magnuski , Robert Birkhead , Stephanie O’Neil , Cliff Dryden , Allen Uy , Lindsay Lief , Nekee Pandya , Lars Westblade , Lesley Covington , E. Yoko Furuya  and Matthew Simon  

The Prevalence of Uropathogens and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles Encountered in Western India.

Shalini Gore , Eleanor McQuillen , Chitra Pai  and Jackie Chan  

The Role for Genomic Sequencing of Candidozyma auris in Healthcare Settings

Preeti Mehrotra , Ashley Dauphin , Nicholas Cauldron , Christina Cuomo , Patrick Gordon , Dana Pepe , Matthew Lee , James Kirby  and Sharon Wright  

The SSI Standstill: Are Stagnant SSI Rates Limited to CMS-Mandated Procedures?

Arielle Cohen , Brittain Wood , Polly Padgette , Valerie Payne , Linda Crane , Linda Roach , David Weber , Deverick Anderson  and Jessica Seidelman  

The state of hospital epidemiologist and infection preventionist staffing in the United States

Sara Reese  and Becca Crapanzano-Sigafoos  

The Utility of Follow-Up Blood Cultures in Gram-Negative Bacteremia

Eric Dai , Thomas Risoleo , James Kuo , Maureen Campion , Kap Sum Foong  and Majd Alsoubani  

Time and motion evaluation of disinfection practices before and after a switch from a dilutable to a ready-to-use disinfectant

Jennifer Cadnum , Amelia Milner , Samir Memic  and Curtis Donskey  

Trends in Clostridioides difficile Diagnostic Testing Methods in U.S. Acute-Care Hospitals

Sai Pranathi Bingi , Stephanie Stroever  and Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz  

Triple-lumen Hemodialysis Catheters Reduce the Prevalence of Concurrent Central Venous Catheters in Patients Admitted to the ICU

Yokabed Ermias , Sarah Blaine , Lauren Quinn , Julianne Gent , Lindsey Gottlieb , Bashar Staitieh  and Jessica Howard-Anderson  

Uncovering Colonization: Multidrug-Resistant Organism Surveillance in a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, 2024-2025

Megan Sutton , Grace Lee , Andrea Salinas  and Ashley Marin  

Unpacking OPAT Risk: Factors Associated with Adverse Clinical Outcomes in an Academic OPAT Program

Maureen Belizaire , HeeEun Kang  and Nina Clark  

Urinary Tract Infection Treatment Guidelines vs. resistance in Poland: Epidemiologic Insights from Southern Poland

Mateusz Gajda , Jadwiga Wókowska-Mach , Dariusz Hareza , Cezary Kapturkiewicz , Monika Pomorska-Weso Åowska  and Dominika Kapustka  

Urine Collection Practices in Catheterized Adults: Implications for UTI Classification and Antibiotic Use

Joy Abou Farah , Alexia El Khoury , Luke Kabbara , Ethan Martin , Jose Andres Portillo , Zainab Albar , Aoi Yogo , Tina Lewis , Jay Krishnan , Leila Hojat , Elie Saade  and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center  

Urine Culture Stewardship Interventions in Hospitalized Adults with Indwelling Urinary Catheters: A Scoping Review

Alexia El Khoury , Joy Abou Farah , Luke Kabbara , Laura Dee Presutti , Alina Abbas , Tina Lewis , Jay Krishnan , Elie Saade  and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center  

Use of Whole Genome Sequencing to Investigate Potential Sources of Candidozyma auris Transmission in a University Hospital

Jose Andres Portillo , Jennifer Cadnum , Mervat Elebrashy , Munok Hwang , Hosoon Choi , Piyali Chatterjee , Chetan Jinadatha , Tina Lewis , Jay Krishnan , Curtis Donskey , Elie Saade  and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center  

Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in Hospital-onset Bacteremia and Fungemia Review

Shatha AlShanqeeti , Gaayathri Krishnan , Crisanta Simon , Jonathan Baghdadi , Katherine Goodman , Gregory Schrank , Jessica Holman , Lisa Pineles , Cassie Cunningham Goedken , Christine Firestone , KC Coffey , Westyn Branch-Elliman , Surbhi Leekha , Anthony Harris  and Daniel Morgan  

Utilization and Yield of a Stool Enteric Pathogen Panel in Hospitalized Patients with Cancer with Community vs Hospital-onset Diarrhea

Emily Rosen , Shandra Truong , Elizabeth M. Krantz , Allison Thibodeau , Cynthia Wallace , Frank Tverdek , Zahra Kassamali Escobar , Pooja Bhattacharyya , Regina Lengermann , Michelle Swetky , Salma Walji , Marie Wilson , Lori Bourassa , Sandra Olson , Joanne Lang , Masumi Ueda Oshima , Steven Pergam  and Catherine Liu  

Utilization of Analytics Software and Whole Genome Sequencing to Identify an Environmental Legionella Cluster

Chin-Ting Wu , Guy Handley , Kim Cuong T Nguyen-Coleman , Noel Ellis , William Shropshire , Chia-Chi Chang , Nadim Ajami , Aaron G Richter , Linette Leadon , Matt Berkheiser , Samuel Shelburne  and Amy Spallone  

Vaccine effectiveness of Bivalent RSVpreF against laboratory-confirmed RSV stratified by age and comorbidities in nursing home resident

Brigid Wilson , Sunah Song , Corinne Kowal , Jessica Wishart , Taissa Bej , Caihua Liang , Qing Liu , Shauna Wolf Mankiewicz , Negar Aliabadi , Erica Chilson , Elizabeth Begier  and Robin Jump  

Validation of an Internal Infection Control Chatbot

Molly Steele , Vera Chu , Palak Patel , Patricia Zuccaro  and David Zhang  

Variability and Equity in First-Line Antibiotic Prescribing for Outpatient Pneumonia Diagnoses

Zoey Hall , Adovich Rivera , Susheel Reddy , Salva Balbale , Muhammad Dhanani , Katie Suda , Jasmine Marcelin , Mackenzie Keintz , Deja Glover , Geneva Wilson  and Charlesnika Evans  

Ventilator Associated Event (VAE) Reduction Utilizing Bundle Sets in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Nicole Jackson  

Viral Community-acquired Pneumonia—Antibacterials or Not? A multicenter vignette survey of hospital and emergency medicine physicians

Andrea White , Michael Pulia , Hannah Imlay , Theresa Cheng , Allison Bond , Shilpa Raju , James Harrison  and Valerie Vaughn  

Weekly Antibiotic Time-Outs Improve Stewardship Without Compromising Safety on a High-Use Medical Unit

Hamda Memon , Rowena Jimenez , Madeline murphy , Sarah Siemion  and Kenneth Paulish  

What the Drains Reveal: Wastewater Surveillance of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Two Hospitals

Alfredo Mena Lora , Scott Borgetti , Lior Cohen Yatziv , Mirza Ali  and Susan Bleasdale Casey  

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: Investigation of Acute Hepatitis B in an Outpatient Clinic- Connecticut, 2025

Abby Griffin , Meghan Maloney , Melissa Morales , Deepa Mavani , Claudia Gutierrez , Kelly Mueller , Manisha Juthani  and Lynn Sosa  

‘Can’tida auris’: When Candida auris can’t be controlled

Jamil Muqtadir , Maya Polashenski , Mackenzie Kross , Emily Nguyen , German Vargas-Cuebas , Moein Mozafari , Yoon Kwak , Jason Bennett , Jennifer Gutowski , Melissa Bronstein , Michele Kolb , Francois Lebreton  and Emil Lesho  

“Providing Us With The Confidence To Be Able To Say No”: Lessons From A Nationwide Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention in Telemedicine

Sara Keller , Jessica Fernandez , Mikaela Harmsen , Kiran Correa , Fiona Grady , Pranita Tamma , Susan Henderson , Alison Laffan , Tasnuva Liu , Roy Ahn , Carly Parry  and Prashila Dullabh