Kalisvar
@kalisvar.bsky.social
Infection Control and Infectious Diseases doc. Interested in all things medicine and travel.
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New guideline on the clinical management and infection prevention and control of #mpox.
This guidance is designed to support:
✅ Patients with mpox — whether at home, in the community, or in healthcare facilities
✅ The health workers and caregivers supporting them
🔗 bit.ly/43YOzjf
This guidance is designed to support:
✅ Patients with mpox — whether at home, in the community, or in healthcare facilities
✅ The health workers and caregivers supporting them
🔗 bit.ly/43YOzjf
June 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New guideline on the clinical management and infection prevention and control of #mpox.
This guidance is designed to support:
✅ Patients with mpox — whether at home, in the community, or in healthcare facilities
✅ The health workers and caregivers supporting them
🔗 bit.ly/43YOzjf
This guidance is designed to support:
✅ Patients with mpox — whether at home, in the community, or in healthcare facilities
✅ The health workers and caregivers supporting them
🔗 bit.ly/43YOzjf
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New CID study out from Art Baker & team: 12,855 NTM episodes across 10 hospitals over 8 years
💥 1 in 4 were hospital-onset!
📉 HO rates ⏬ 38% over time but varied 15x btwn hospitals
▶️ They used a clean, simple definition for HO NTM (day 3+)
NTM = underestimated #IDSky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/cid/...
💥 1 in 4 were hospital-onset!
📉 HO rates ⏬ 38% over time but varied 15x btwn hospitals
▶️ They used a clean, simple definition for HO NTM (day 3+)
NTM = underestimated #IDSky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/cid/...
Epidemiology of Healthcare Facility-Associated Nontuberculous Mycobacteria From 2012 Through 2020 in a 10-Hospital Network in the United States
Incidence rates of hospital-onset nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) episodes decreased from 2014 through 2020 within a hospital network, but rates varied s
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May 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New CID study out from Art Baker & team: 12,855 NTM episodes across 10 hospitals over 8 years
💥 1 in 4 were hospital-onset!
📉 HO rates ⏬ 38% over time but varied 15x btwn hospitals
▶️ They used a clean, simple definition for HO NTM (day 3+)
NTM = underestimated #IDSky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/cid/...
💥 1 in 4 were hospital-onset!
📉 HO rates ⏬ 38% over time but varied 15x btwn hospitals
▶️ They used a clean, simple definition for HO NTM (day 3+)
NTM = underestimated #IDSky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/cid/...
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Honoured to be invited to write this commentary with @steventong.bsky.social, on an excellent target trial emulation study which showed that antibiotic use was not associated with improved outcomes in non-severe COVID-19.
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#IDSky
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Target Trial Emulation for Antibiotic Use in Acute COVID-19
This study by Pulia and colleagues1 reports results from a large population-based cohort using target trial emulation to examine the associations of antibiotic treatment with clinical outcomes in pati...
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May 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Honoured to be invited to write this commentary with @steventong.bsky.social, on an excellent target trial emulation study which showed that antibiotic use was not associated with improved outcomes in non-severe COVID-19.
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#IDSky
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#IDSky
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We need more research and reviews around “water safety” in healthcare facilities. This new paper in @thejhi.bsky.social by Weinbren et al. (2025) provides a fresh perspective—challenging the idea that it's just about legionella and outlet water quality. 🏥💧
#HospEpi #AMR
We need more research and reviews around “water safety” in healthcare facilities. This new paper in @thejhi.bsky.social by Weinbren et al. (2025) provides a fresh perspective—challenging the idea that it's just about legionella and outlet water quality. 🏥💧
#HospEpi #AMR
May 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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We need more research and reviews around “water safety” in healthcare facilities. This new paper in @thejhi.bsky.social by Weinbren et al. (2025) provides a fresh perspective—challenging the idea that it's just about legionella and outlet water quality. 🏥💧
#HospEpi #AMR
We need more research and reviews around “water safety” in healthcare facilities. This new paper in @thejhi.bsky.social by Weinbren et al. (2025) provides a fresh perspective—challenging the idea that it's just about legionella and outlet water quality. 🏥💧
#HospEpi #AMR
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🧼 Not all endoscope brushes are created equal
A new study in @thejhi.bsky.social compared different brush types ▶️ metal shafts + DuPont fibre bristles removed organic matter >>> than plastic or microfiber brushes
More passes = cleaner scopes
📄: www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...
A new study in @thejhi.bsky.social compared different brush types ▶️ metal shafts + DuPont fibre bristles removed organic matter >>> than plastic or microfiber brushes
More passes = cleaner scopes
📄: www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...
May 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🧼 Not all endoscope brushes are created equal
A new study in @thejhi.bsky.social compared different brush types ▶️ metal shafts + DuPont fibre bristles removed organic matter >>> than plastic or microfiber brushes
More passes = cleaner scopes
📄: www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...
A new study in @thejhi.bsky.social compared different brush types ▶️ metal shafts + DuPont fibre bristles removed organic matter >>> than plastic or microfiber brushes
More passes = cleaner scopes
📄: www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...
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The 2016 Severe Floods and Incidence of Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome in the Yangtze River Basin jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #openaccess #idsky
Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome After Flooding in the Yangtze River Basin
This cross-sectional study examines the association between severe floods and long-term incidence of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the Yangtze River basin and explores the modifying role of...
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May 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The 2016 Severe Floods and Incidence of Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome in the Yangtze River Basin jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #openaccess #idsky
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New: Dwell Time and Risk of Bloodstream Infection With Peripheral Intravenous Catheters #idsky #openaccess jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Dwell Time and Risk of Bloodstream Infection With Peripheral Intravenous Catheters
This cohort study analyzes the association of dwell time with the risk of bloodstream infections during peripheral intravenous catheter maintenance therapy.
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April 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
New: Dwell Time and Risk of Bloodstream Infection With Peripheral Intravenous Catheters #idsky #openaccess jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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🧵 New study out of Singapore's National Centre for Infectious Diseases:
Can less PPE still keep healthcare workers safe from COVID-19 — while saving the planet? Turns out, yes. Let's unpack!
#SkyThread #InfectionControl #PPE #HealthcareSustainability jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
🧵 New study out of Singapore's National Centre for Infectious Diseases:
Can less PPE still keep healthcare workers safe from COVID-19 — while saving the planet? Turns out, yes. Let's unpack!
#SkyThread #InfectionControl #PPE #HealthcareSustainability jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Plastic Waste and COVID-19 Among Hospital Staff After Deescalation in PPE Use
This quality improvement study evaluates whether personal protective equipment (PPE) deescalation guidelines in Singapore was associated with staff COVID-19 incidence as well as the environmental sust...
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April 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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🧵 New study out of Singapore's National Centre for Infectious Diseases:
Can less PPE still keep healthcare workers safe from COVID-19 — while saving the planet? Turns out, yes. Let's unpack!
#SkyThread #InfectionControl #PPE #HealthcareSustainability jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
🧵 New study out of Singapore's National Centre for Infectious Diseases:
Can less PPE still keep healthcare workers safe from COVID-19 — while saving the planet? Turns out, yes. Let's unpack!
#SkyThread #InfectionControl #PPE #HealthcareSustainability jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Looking forward to another packed day at #ESCMIDGlobal. Come say hi at 12:00 at Poster 0737 (Sector A/6/5) where I will be presenting our experience with the vanguard phase of the BALANCE+ Platform, our new platform trial for Gram-negative BSI. Open to new collaborators and sites to join!
April 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Looking forward to another packed day at #ESCMIDGlobal. Come say hi at 12:00 at Poster 0737 (Sector A/6/5) where I will be presenting our experience with the vanguard phase of the BALANCE+ Platform, our new platform trial for Gram-negative BSI. Open to new collaborators and sites to join!
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Thanks to @kalisvar.bsky.social for his comprehensive overview of everything new in environmental cleaning, surface transmission dynamics, and mopping up MDROs #AntimicrobialResistance
April 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Thanks to @kalisvar.bsky.social for his comprehensive overview of everything new in environmental cleaning, surface transmission dynamics, and mopping up MDROs #AntimicrobialResistance
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The #ESCMIDGlobal 2025 "Year in Infection Control" symposium starts soon in Hall 1! Chairs Nico Tom Mutters and Ermira Tartari, alongside speakers Andrew James Stewardson and @kalisvar.bsky.social , will review the top papers from the past year, ongoing controversies, and take-home messages.
April 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The #ESCMIDGlobal 2025 "Year in Infection Control" symposium starts soon in Hall 1! Chairs Nico Tom Mutters and Ermira Tartari, alongside speakers Andrew James Stewardson and @kalisvar.bsky.social , will review the top papers from the past year, ongoing controversies, and take-home messages.
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New in @thejhi.bsky.social:
A global review of guidance to reduce hospital-acquired Aspergillus infections
75 documents from 24 countries highlight gaps in prevention strategies, risk assessments, and environmental monitoring
#IDSky #EpiSky
📄: www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...
A global review of guidance to reduce hospital-acquired Aspergillus infections
75 documents from 24 countries highlight gaps in prevention strategies, risk assessments, and environmental monitoring
#IDSky #EpiSky
📄: www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...
March 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New in @thejhi.bsky.social:
A global review of guidance to reduce hospital-acquired Aspergillus infections
75 documents from 24 countries highlight gaps in prevention strategies, risk assessments, and environmental monitoring
#IDSky #EpiSky
📄: www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...
A global review of guidance to reduce hospital-acquired Aspergillus infections
75 documents from 24 countries highlight gaps in prevention strategies, risk assessments, and environmental monitoring
#IDSky #EpiSky
📄: www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...
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New podcast on Infection Control Matters. nv-HAP surveillance too time-consuming? Semi-automated may be easier than you think. We chat with Dr Aline Wolfensberger
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#idsky #pneumonia #infectioncontrol @emrsa15.bsky.social
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#idsky #pneumonia #infectioncontrol @emrsa15.bsky.social
nv-HAP surveillance too time-consuming? Semi-automated may be easier than you think
In this episode, Phil and Martin talk to Dr Aline Wolfensberger, Senior Attending Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology at University Hospital Zurich and a Senior R…
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March 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
New podcast on Infection Control Matters. nv-HAP surveillance too time-consuming? Semi-automated may be easier than you think. We chat with Dr Aline Wolfensberger
infectioncontrolmatters.com/2025/03/05/n...
#idsky #pneumonia #infectioncontrol @emrsa15.bsky.social
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#idsky #pneumonia #infectioncontrol @emrsa15.bsky.social
@andrewstewardson.bsky.social and I are diving into the best IPC papers of the past year for #ESCMID Global 2025—and we want your top picks! 🦠📜
What’s the one paper that made you rethink infection prevention and control? Drop your faves and let’s build the ultimate IPC reading list! ⬇️"
What’s the one paper that made you rethink infection prevention and control? Drop your faves and let’s build the ultimate IPC reading list! ⬇️"
Infection prevention colleagues:
@kalisvar.bsky.social and I are presenting the ‘year in infection control’ at #ESCMIDGlobal next month. We’d love to hear this community’s picks.
What were the most innovative papers in this field in the last year? What papers changed your practice?
#IDSky
@kalisvar.bsky.social and I are presenting the ‘year in infection control’ at #ESCMIDGlobal next month. We’d love to hear this community’s picks.
What were the most innovative papers in this field in the last year? What papers changed your practice?
#IDSky
March 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
@andrewstewardson.bsky.social and I are diving into the best IPC papers of the past year for #ESCMID Global 2025—and we want your top picks! 🦠📜
What’s the one paper that made you rethink infection prevention and control? Drop your faves and let’s build the ultimate IPC reading list! ⬇️"
What’s the one paper that made you rethink infection prevention and control? Drop your faves and let’s build the ultimate IPC reading list! ⬇️"
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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction symptoms occurred after penicillin G treatment in 23.7% participants with early syphilis. Onset of JHR was within 12 hours of treatment for 86.0% of participants, and JHR was associated with successful treatment #openaccess #idsky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction After Benzathine Penicillin G Treatment for Early Syphilis
This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial assesses the incidence of Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction among adults with early syphilis treated with benzathine penicillin G and the factors assoc...
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February 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction symptoms occurred after penicillin G treatment in 23.7% participants with early syphilis. Onset of JHR was within 12 hours of treatment for 86.0% of participants, and JHR was associated with successful treatment #openaccess #idsky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Environmental service workers play an important role in infection prevention.
“In this qualitative study of 10 participants, ESWs felt proud and felt connected to their clinical teams, but also felt not connected, undervalued, and underappreciated” #idsky #medsky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
“In this qualitative study of 10 participants, ESWs felt proud and felt connected to their clinical teams, but also felt not connected, undervalued, and underappreciated” #idsky #medsky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Perceptions of Clinical Connectedness Among Hospital Environmental Service Workers
This cohort study examines how environmental service workers felt proud, connected, and not connected to their hospital-based clinical teams.
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January 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Environmental service workers play an important role in infection prevention.
“In this qualitative study of 10 participants, ESWs felt proud and felt connected to their clinical teams, but also felt not connected, undervalued, and underappreciated” #idsky #medsky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
“In this qualitative study of 10 participants, ESWs felt proud and felt connected to their clinical teams, but also felt not connected, undervalued, and underappreciated” #idsky #medsky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Our latest podcast. Engaging Junior Doctors in IPC.
We chat with Dr Sarah Browning and junior doctors about a program being run in Hunter New England (NSW) #IDsky #infectioncontrol
infectioncontrolmatters.com/2025/01/08/e...
We chat with Dr Sarah Browning and junior doctors about a program being run in Hunter New England (NSW) #IDsky #infectioncontrol
infectioncontrolmatters.com/2025/01/08/e...
Engaging Junior Doctors in IPC
In this episode recorded at the 2024 Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) Conference in Melbourne, Brett and Phil talk to Dr Sarah Browning (ID Physician at Hunter New E…
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January 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Our latest podcast. Engaging Junior Doctors in IPC.
We chat with Dr Sarah Browning and junior doctors about a program being run in Hunter New England (NSW) #IDsky #infectioncontrol
infectioncontrolmatters.com/2025/01/08/e...
We chat with Dr Sarah Browning and junior doctors about a program being run in Hunter New England (NSW) #IDsky #infectioncontrol
infectioncontrolmatters.com/2025/01/08/e...
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#IDSky 16th known case of U.S. VRSA detected in 2021 described in EID
Patient had non healing foot wound + VRSA (mecA + vanA), hx of MRSA, VRE.
0/224 screening samples negative for VRSA
Lack of transmission? Perhaps MRSA + vanA = less transmissible
📄: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Patient had non healing foot wound + VRSA (mecA + vanA), hx of MRSA, VRE.
0/224 screening samples negative for VRSA
Lack of transmission? Perhaps MRSA + vanA = less transmissible
📄: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
December 19, 2024 at 12:03 AM
#IDSky 16th known case of U.S. VRSA detected in 2021 described in EID
Patient had non healing foot wound + VRSA (mecA + vanA), hx of MRSA, VRE.
0/224 screening samples negative for VRSA
Lack of transmission? Perhaps MRSA + vanA = less transmissible
📄: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Patient had non healing foot wound + VRSA (mecA + vanA), hx of MRSA, VRE.
0/224 screening samples negative for VRSA
Lack of transmission? Perhaps MRSA + vanA = less transmissible
📄: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
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The BNT162b2 XBB vaccine provided protection against #COVID19 hospitalization and ER and urgent care visits among children 5-17yo during the 2023-24 season, with estimated vaccine efficacy of 63–73% #idsky
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BNT162b2 XBB Vaccine for COVID-19 Among Children 5-17 Years of Age
This case-control study of US children examines vaccine effectiveness rates of a messenger RNA vaccine during the 2023-2024 respiratory virus season.
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December 12, 2024 at 10:42 PM
The BNT162b2 XBB vaccine provided protection against #COVID19 hospitalization and ER and urgent care visits among children 5-17yo during the 2023-24 season, with estimated vaccine efficacy of 63–73% #idsky
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If agriculture infection (transmission) control is anything like hospital infection control, we’re in trouble. Hospitals can test but we have almost no clinical trial data on optimal prevention strategies.
Why? NIH (NIAID) isn’t allowed to fund hospital infection control studies.
Why? No idea
Why? NIH (NIAID) isn’t allowed to fund hospital infection control studies.
Why? No idea
December 7, 2024 at 2:39 AM
If agriculture infection (transmission) control is anything like hospital infection control, we’re in trouble. Hospitals can test but we have almost no clinical trial data on optimal prevention strategies.
Why? NIH (NIAID) isn’t allowed to fund hospital infection control studies.
Why? No idea
Why? NIH (NIAID) isn’t allowed to fund hospital infection control studies.
Why? No idea
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I spoke the the @telegraphnews.bsky.social about the undiagnosed disease in #DRC and cautioned
“It wasn’t long ago that China also had [another] ‘mysterious illness’ and it ended up being mycoplasma, This is why it’s important to wait and get more information.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
“It wasn’t long ago that China also had [another] ‘mysterious illness’ and it ended up being mycoplasma, This is why it’s important to wait and get more information.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Experts scrambled as mystery outbreak kills 79 in remote part of the Congo
Specialists rule out coronavirus but say that the disease affects the respiratory system, with symptoms particularly acute in young people
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 7, 2024 at 1:18 AM
I spoke the the @telegraphnews.bsky.social about the undiagnosed disease in #DRC and cautioned
“It wasn’t long ago that China also had [another] ‘mysterious illness’ and it ended up being mycoplasma, This is why it’s important to wait and get more information.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
“It wasn’t long ago that China also had [another] ‘mysterious illness’ and it ended up being mycoplasma, This is why it’s important to wait and get more information.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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Our new commentary out today in @asm.org AAC: "Pathogen genomics in healthcare: overcoming barriers to proactive surveillance"!
Here, my colleagues and I discuss the promises, barriers, and potential solutions for genomic surveillance in healthcare 🦠
#IDSky #PublicHealth
doi.org/10.1128/aac....
Here, my colleagues and I discuss the promises, barriers, and potential solutions for genomic surveillance in healthcare 🦠
#IDSky #PublicHealth
doi.org/10.1128/aac....
December 5, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Our new commentary out today in @asm.org AAC: "Pathogen genomics in healthcare: overcoming barriers to proactive surveillance"!
Here, my colleagues and I discuss the promises, barriers, and potential solutions for genomic surveillance in healthcare 🦠
#IDSky #PublicHealth
doi.org/10.1128/aac....
Here, my colleagues and I discuss the promises, barriers, and potential solutions for genomic surveillance in healthcare 🦠
#IDSky #PublicHealth
doi.org/10.1128/aac....
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Another reminder to not amplify misinformation. Block and move on. Sub-post (is that a thing?) if necessary #medsky
New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
November 28, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Another reminder to not amplify misinformation. Block and move on. Sub-post (is that a thing?) if necessary #medsky
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Does improved cleaning and disinfection of shared equipment reduce healthcare associated infections?
#idsky #cleaning #healthservices #patientsafety #infectioncontrol
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#idsky #cleaning #healthservices #patientsafety #infectioncontrol
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November 28, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Does improved cleaning and disinfection of shared equipment reduce healthcare associated infections?
#idsky #cleaning #healthservices #patientsafety #infectioncontrol
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#idsky #cleaning #healthservices #patientsafety #infectioncontrol
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...