Significant strides are being made by Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and clinicians towards supporting antimicrobial stewardship programs at rural VA hospitals through telemedicine, according to two new studies. These studies, recently published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, offer insights into the recommendations, staffing, and workload related to Videoconference Antimicrobial Stewardship Teams (VASTs). VASTs essentially…
In recent times, the critical role that infection control plays in safeguarding patient health has been brought to sharper focus as various healthcare systems have coped with infection-related crises. We have seen the painful consequences when these prevention systems falter, ranging from an outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica in France tied to unpasteurized cheese, a surge…