Overview:

In this episode, Dr. Jessica Howard-Anderson of Emory University has a conversation with Dr. Mohamad Fakih and Lisa Sturm of Ascension around the CDC report about the impact of COVID on HAIs and Ascension's study on CLABSI and COVID, key reasons behind HAI increases, why certain HAIs may have increased more than others the past year, areas for improvement, and more.

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Speakers:

- Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FSHEA

- Lisa Sturm, MPH, CIC, FAPIC

- Jessica Howard-Anderson, MD, MSc (moderator)

- Chris Crnich, MD, PhD (news update)

Sources from the news update:

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2114255

https://academic.oup.com/ije/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ije/dyab207/6375510

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2784480

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01908-5/fulltext

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