The Sanford Guide is pleased to announce a newly expanded partnership with Healthcare Volunteers International (HCVI), a Washington, DC-based non-profit focused on patient care, capacity building, and educational projects in multiple developing countries. HCVI’s mission is to provide low-cost solutions, drive better outcomes, and expand care to individuals around the globe, so a partnership with …

Sign up here to receive monthly ID Updates by e-mail. Links marked with an asterisk (*) provide details to Sanford Guide Web Edition subscribers, while all other links are universal.   Updated Treatment Guidelines Updated guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of surgical site infections* from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the …

Sign up here to receive monthly ID Updates by e-mail. Links marked with an asterisk (*) provide details to Sanford Guide Web Edition subscribers, while all other links are universal.   New Treatment Guidelines New clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis of tuberculosis disease and latent tuberculosis infection in adults and children have been prepared …

Sign up here to receive monthly ID Updates by e-mail. Links marked with an asterisk (*) provide details to Sanford Guide Web Edition subscribers, while all other links are universal.   New Drug Approval Tenofovir alafenamide (Vemlidy)* has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B in adults with compensated liver disease. …

Sign up here to receive monthly ID Updates by e-mail. Links marked with an asterisk (*) provide details to Sanford Guide Web Edition subscribers, while all other links are universal.   New Drug Approvals Bezlotoxumab (Zinplava), a human monoclonal antibody that binds to C. difficile toxin B, indicated to reduce recurrence of C. difficile infection …