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SASPI Ltd. ORIGINAL ARTICLE    Prevalence of Device Associated Hospital Acquired Infection in a Medical Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Care Centre Divendu Bhushan*, Aniketh V Hegde, Vijay Kumar, Bhaskar Thakuria, Pragya Kumar, Sudheer Varma Y, Jaynul Aabidin JASPI December 2024/ Volume 2/Issue 4 Copyright: © Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under […]

SASPI Ltd. ORIGINAL ARTICLE    Integrated Antimicrobial Stewardship in India: Consensus on Best Practices, Current Baseline, and Identified Barriers AUTHORS: JASPI December 2024/ Volume 2/Issue 4 December 31, 2024 ABSTRACT Introduction: India faces unique challenges in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) due to the high prevalence of infections, irrational antibiotic use, and varied healthcare infrastructure. Integrated stewardship practices are key

SASPI Ltd. ORIGINAL ARTICLE    Efficacy of a Customized Holistic Traditional Complementary Alternative Medicine Protocol for Improving Immunological, Metabolic, and Clinical Parameters in Mild to Moderate COVID-19 Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Anissa Atif Mirza, Namrata Gaur, C Vasantha Kalyani, Kusum K Rohilla, Bela Goyal, Meenakshi Jagzape, Ajeet Singh Bhadoria, Prasan Kumar Panda, Shashi

ORIGINAL ARTICLE    Anti-fungal Consumption by Days of Therapy (DOT) Metric in a Teaching Hospital: A Step towards Anti-fungal Stewardship Rupal Patel*, Binal Chauhan, Chirag Modi, Naimika Patel JASPI December 2024/ Volume 2/Issue 4 Copyright: © Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted

SASPI Ltd. Systematic review/Scoping review with large effect size State-of-the-Art Review: Diagnosis and Management of Spinal Implant Infections DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae436 Authors: Don Bambino Geno Tai et al.,   Highlights   Spinal implant infections are a serious complications of instrumented spinal fusion surgeries, carrying high morbidity and complex management challenges. Early postoperative infections may manifest with wound-healing

SASPI Ltd. Systematic review/Scoping review with large effect size The association between prenatal antibiotic exposure and adverse long-term health outcomes in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106377 Authors: Quynh A Duong et al.,   Highlight   1. Antibiotics are the most prescribed drugs during pregnancy. 2. Prenatal antibiotic exposure is associated with various immunological,

SASPI Ltd. RCTs having large positive / negative effect Biomarker-Guided Antibiotic Duration for Hospitalized Patients With Suspected Sepsis The ADAPT-Sepsis Randomized Clinical Trial DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.26458 Authors: world health Organization 2024   Abstract   Key Points: Question Do critically ill adult patients hospitalized for suspected sepsis and treated with intravenous antibiotics based on procalcitonin (PCT) or

SASPI Ltd. Technical document Global report on infection prevention and control 2024 DOI: 9789240103986 Authors: world health Organization 2024   Abstract Health care-associated infections (HAIs) affect patients and health systems every day, causing immense suffering, driving higher health-care costs and hampering efforts to achieve high-quality care for all. HAIs are often difficult to treat, are

SASPI Ltd. RCTs having large positive / negative effect, Other specific ASP article suggested by Editorial Board Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2404991 Authors: The BALANCE Trial Investigators   Abstract Background: Bloodstream infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Early, appropriate antibiotic therapy is important, but the duration

SASPI Ltd. RCTs having large positive / negative effect Cost-effectiveness of faecal microbiota transplantation compared with vancomycin monotherapy for early Clostridioides difficile infection: economic evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2024.11.003 Authors: Camilla R. Birch et al.,   Abstract For Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is currently recommended for patients with three