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Society Of Healthcare Epidemiologists Of America (SHEA)

SHEA is Now Accepting Scholarship Applications

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) announces that it will award up to 16 scholarships to investigators in healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention. The Jonathan Freeman Scholarship is open to outstanding infectious disease fellows who ...More
October 31, 2011
Posted in News
SHEA Issues Statement on Recent Efforts in Public Reporting of HAI Data

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) has issued the following statement: Consumer Reports’ recent hospital rankings and article, "Teaching Hospitals Not Always Best for Patient Safety," provides a starting point for reviewing and comparing infection ...More
July 8, 2011
Posted in News, Policies and Practice
Joint ASHE, APIC and SHEA Response to Electronic Faucet Technology is Issued

Evaluating technology used in the healthcare environment is critical to advancing the use of electronic tools and ultimately improving patient care and safety. One such tool that has become prevalent in U.S. healthcare systems is the sensor-regulated faucet. Recent ...More
June 24, 2011
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
ASGE, SHEA Issue Updated Multisociety Guideline on Reprocessing Flexible GI Endoscopes

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) have issued an updated Multisociety Guideline on Reprocessing Flexible GI Endoscopes. Members of the ASGE Quality Assurance in Endoscopy Committee ...More
May 10, 2011
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Leading Infectious Diseases Groups Launch IDWeek 2012

Four of the leading infectious diseases organizations have come together to announce IDWeek 2012, their first-ever combined meeting. This new venture of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the HIV ...More
April 28, 2011
Posted in News
Image Gallery: Scenes from 2011 SHEA Scientific Meeting

ICT presents a look at the 2011 annual scientific meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), held April 1-4, 2011 in Dallas. ...More
April 7, 2011
Posted in Galleries
SHEA Scientific Meeting Addresses Public Policy, Research as Part of the HAI Prevention Agenda

The 2011 annual scientific meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), held the first week in April in Dallas, brought together a diverse group of experts in healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention and public health to address the most ...More
April 7, 2011
Posted in News
Atlas to Demonstrate Infection Control Solution at Annual SHEA Scientific Meeting

Atlas Public Health announces plans to participate in the upcoming 21st Annual Scientific Meeting of Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) to be held in Dallas at the Hilton Anatole from April 1-4, 2011. Atlas will demonstrate Guardian, an infection control ...More
March 28, 2011
Posted in News
Expert to Present Data on CDI Patients at Risk of Recurrence and Mortality at SHEA Annual Meeting

Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces that data highlighting the burden of Clostridium difficile infection using national health insurance claims and survey databases will be presented on April 2, 2011 at the 21st annual scientific meeting of the Society for Healthcare ...More
March 28, 2011
Posted in News
SHEA to Hold Annual Infection Control and Epidemiology Course in July

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) announces that its 15th annual Fellows Course in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology will be held July 6-8, 2011 at John Hopkins University in Baltimore. The faculty includes course directors from: John ...More
March 14, 2011
Posted in News