Empirical antimicrobial therapy for BSIs may decrease in-hospital mortality.

Released in late 2022, CDC’s most recent National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Progress Report examined the prevalence of 6 common infections across 3 health care settings: acute care hospitals (ACHs), inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and long-term acute care hospitals.

Olivia C. Welter, PharmD

A study published in Pharmacotherapy on November 19, 2022, challenges the long-held notion that renal function should be adjusted based on race.

Corey Diamond, PharmD

On October 26, 2017, the opioid crisis was officially declared a public health emergency in the United States. Since then, opioid overdoses have failed to decline—CDC’s 2020 data on opioid overdoses demonstrated a 31% increase over 2019.

Ariel Clark, PharmD