On this episode of the ASHE Podcast, hosts Dr. Gonzalo Bearman and Dr. Priya Nori speak with Dr. Brittany Lehrer, and Dr. Sophie Katz, about their new study in ASHE, “It’s QuizTime! The impact of web-based microlearning quizzes on guideline-concordant antibiotic duration for pediatric acute otitis media.”

They explore the prescribing gap in pediatric acute otitis media that inspired their microlearning approach and discuss why brief, web-based quizzes can be a high-yield stewardship tool in busy outpatient settings. The authors highlight key design elements that drove engagement, share surprising findings from their pre/post evaluation of guideline-concordant antibiotic duration, and offer practical advice for institutions looking to replicate this low-burden, scalable intervention to improve antibiotic prescribing.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology/article/its-quiztime-the-impact-of-webbased-microlearning-quizzes-on-guidelineconcordant-antibiotic-duration-for-pediatric-acute-otitis-media/C23CBF28D3DBA0985491820A5DC52382#article

Hospital discharge is a critical and often overlooked moment for antibiotic stewardship. In this episode of The ASHE Podcast, hosts Dr. Gonzalo Bearman and Dr. Priya Nori are joined by Dr. David Ha (Stanford University) and Dr. Ritika Prasad (University of California, San Francisco), authors of the recent ASHE article “Unraveling indications for discharge antibiotics: the Devil’s in the details.”

The conversation explores why discharge prescribing is so challenging, the limitations of ICD-10 codes, and how using indication-based fields like the Last Inpatient Indication can more accurately capture clinician intent and improve stewardship at transitions of care.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology/article/unraveling-indications-for-discharge-antibiotics-the-devils-in-the-details/00D66BAC14D6C6B878572EB7069C7014

In this episode of The ASHE Podcast, host Dr. Priya Nori speaks with Dr. Alexia Foy-Crowder, Dr. Pam Bailey, and Dr. Grace Pazienza about their ASHE paper, “Stewardship opportunities in peripartum infections: a review of quality improvement initiatives and future directions” (September 2025).

They discuss why they focused on the peripartum population, the unique implementation challenges in obstetric care, and key findings from their study—including the high proportion of mother–baby dyads receiving antimicrobials and the striking variability across 199 identified regimens. The authors reflect on guideline discordance, the frequent presence of penicillin allergy labels, and how these issues create opportunities for stewardship intervention.

The conversation also covers practical strategies for engaging obstetric teams, metrics for improving antibiotic use, remaining research gaps, and how stewardship in obstetrics connects to maternal health disparities and global antimicrobial resistance.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology/article/stewardship-opportunities-in-peripartum-infections-a-review-of-quality-improvement-initiatives-and-future-directions/BC262D79208E5215F7FF7562B579C6B2#article