Using social media to disseminate research in infection prevention, hospital epidemiology, and antimicrobial stewardship
- 27 August 2019
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 40 (11), 1262-1268
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.231
Abstract
Social media, prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial stewardship (ASP) each impact every area of medicine. Independently, each have power to change medicine, however, synergistically, the impact could be transformative. Given the profound clinical, financial, and public health impact of infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship combined with the incomplete uptake of best practices, multimodal strategies employing social media are critical to increase the speed and reach of research. This review discusses the strategic utilization of online communication platforms to increase the dissemination of critical publications.Keywords
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