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    AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Division funds clinical and health services research to develop the knowledge and practical tools used on the frontlines to prevent infections and make care safer. AHRQ is interested in funding research in all clinical settings—acute care, long-term care, and ambulatory care—in accordance with the framework established by the Department of Health and…

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    • #AHRQ is funding innovative ideas to combat #AntibioticResistance. Demonstration and dissemination research (R18) project proposals are due January 25; large research (R01) proposals are due February 5. Learn more. #USAAW21. https://t.co/lduafxIKwf https://t.co/xIVgYxgYhX

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    Women in Immunology / AAI Biosketch Hidden Figures of AAI: Five Women Pioneers in Immunology by John Emrich and Charles Richter April 2020 At the 1908 annual meeting of the Women’s Medical Society of the State of New York, Martha Wollstein (AAI 1918), the pathologist at Babies Hospital, gave a speech entitled “The History of Women in Medicine,” highlighting women’s progress and setbacks in…

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    • It’s Antibiotic Awareness Week! Before antibiotics were available, Eleanor Bliss (AAI 1931) showed that Prontosil, an antibacterial sulfa drug, could treat streptococcal infections. Her research helped save the life of the president’s son. https://t.co/v345C2vies #USAAW21 https://t.co/mXehPpP6J2

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    Appropriate prescribing of antibiotics has been a key focus of research by Jeffrey A. Linder, M.D., M.P.H., Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics and the Michael A. Gertz Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University, for nearly 15 years.

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    Dr. Neil Ku, Billings Clinic and Dr. Melinda Neuhauser, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention answer how to ask for more resources for your antibiotic s…

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    • Dr. Melinda Neuhauser and @NeilKuMD discuss how to ask for more resources for your antibiotic stewardship program and its expansion. #USAAW21 #BeAntibioticsAware #AskTheStewie #ASP https://t.co/C2mDbTdZ7N

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    The Acute-Care Toolkit explains the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making, and has tools to support their implementation and improve prescribing in three areas: developing and improving an antibiotic stewardship program, creating a safety culture around antibiotic prescribing, and ​disseminating best practices for common infectious diseases.

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