This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review: Frame Shift – Focusing on Harm Reduction and Shared Decision Making for People Who Use Drugs Hospitalized with Infections.

Our guest stars this episode are: 

Dr. Kinna Thakarar (ID and Addiction Medicine physician at MaineHealth/Tufts University School of Medicine)

Dr. Ayesha Appa (ID and Addiction Medicine physician at University of California San Francisco, UCSF)

Chastity Tuell (Harm reductionist and Washington County Program Director for Maine Access Points)

Journal article link: Thakarar K, Appa A, Abdul Mutakabbir JC, Goff A, Brown J 3rd, Tuell C, Fairfield K, Wurcel A. Frame Shift: Focusing on Harm Reduction and Shared Decision Making for People Who Use Drugs Hospitalized With Infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 17;78(2):e12-e26. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad664. PMID: 38018174.

Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/2/233/7453720

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