Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

Who Is SHEA?

SHEA's mission is to prevent and control infections in healthcare settings.

The society is dedicated to advancing the science and practice of healthcare epidemiology and preventing and controlling morbidity, mortality, and the cost-of-care linked to healthcare-associated infections.
SHEA has helped define best practices in healthcare epidemiology worldwide since its founding in 1980.
About SHEA

Events and Education

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Next Article : Rationale for Hand Hygiene Recommendations after Caring for a Patient with Clostridium difficile Infection - Fall 2011 Update

Now Available! CME Credit for ICHE Reviewers

SHEA is now offering CME credit for physician reviewers of ICHE! Become a reviewer today!

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Rationale for Hand Hygiene Recommendations after Caring for a Patient with Clostridium difficile Infection - Fall 2011 Update

This brief responds to Questions that frequently arise in regards to the recommended method of hand hygiene after caring for patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). The brief clarifies that although soap and water is superior to removin...

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Innovation Advisors Program

Apply Before November 15, 2011! Want a front row seat for exciting work going on at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation? Interested in expanding your skills around system improvement? Applications are now available for the Innovation Adv...

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Young investigators and infection preventionists scholarship applications

The SHEA Spring 2012 Conference, Advancing Healthcare Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship, is now accepting scholarship applications for young investigators and infection preventionists. Awardees receive $500 and registration for the healthcar...

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Earn $20,000 toward your original research study!

Attention Fellows! Earn $20,000 toward your original research study! When you register for the SHEA Spring 2012 Conference ( www.shea2012.org ), you can apply for the The SHEA Epi Project: Advancing Young Investigators in Healthcare Epi Research. For...

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Now Available! CME Credit for ICHE Reviewers

SHEA is now offering CME credit for physician reviewers of ICHE! Become a reviewer today!

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In the News

Antibiotic Misuse Remains Issue in Fight To Control Disease, Reduce Healthcare Costs Throughout communities, hospitals and healthcare facilities, antibiotic overuse and misuse is threatening the efficacy of one of medicine’s most valuable lifesaving tools. Already, the effectiveness of many antibiotics has been reduced, without next generation drugs to take their place. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) is joining the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other partners in Get Smart about Antibiotics Week to highlight this alarming trend and raise awareness of strategies and programs to stop it in its tracks. Date added: 11/14/11 More

ICHE Coverage: The Dirty Hand in the Latex Glove New York Times reporter, Anahad O’Connor recently wrote a blog post on a study from the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. The study looked at hand hygiene behaviors of healthcare workers, with a closer look at those using gloves during patient care and found that while hand hygiene was low overall, it was even lower for healthcare workers using gloves. Read the article at http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/gloves-are-no-guarantee-your-doctors-hands-are-clean/ Date added: 11/08/11 More

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