Cara Thurman Johnson, RN MPH

RN Epidemiologist new to #informatics @NCTraCS | #Publichealth #Epidemiology

[Cara Thurman Johnson, RN MPH @CaraThurman]

Nurses have a key role to play in antibiotic stewardship! I wrote about how hospitals are using nurses to combat resistance. #antibioticresistance #antibioticstewardship #nursing https://t.co/jhj1XohQAj

[Cara Thurman Johnson, RN MPH @CaraThurman]

Our new article highlights the impact of negative perceptions of safety climate and the importance of management support for patient safety. Read more about it in Infection Control Today! https://t.co/3ep0ZS9V8L via @infectioncontrol

[Cara Thurman Johnson, RN MPH @CaraThurman]

Good morning! Let’s say goodbye to morning sickness and remember that prenatal health and outcomes for the women are understudied in general.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

While morning sickness is notoriously understudied, new research is giving hope for better treatment.
https://t.co/HkSbEmcN0O

[Cara Thurman Johnson, RN MPH @CaraThurman]

The PI of our project, Dr. Amanda Hessels, is interviewed in the AJIC Podcast - Weighing the connection between a patient safety climate and infection prevention practices https://t.co/w98CTLxhsI

[Cara Thurman Johnson, RN MPH @CaraThurman]

Did you know that Patient Safety Climate and provider Standard Precaution adherence in hospitals are related? Our team just published a paper describing this relationship. #patientsafety #standardprecautions https://t.co/uoSU6ARY5R

[The New York Times @nytimes]

In the U.S., the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth — except when the family is Black, according to a groundbreaking new study. https://t.co/Y8gZRM0oTJ

[Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareem_carr]

Some folks think covid puns are really funny. Sorry to break it to you but they R0.

[MicrobeTV @profvrr]

Want to learn about viruses? Today I'm starting a livestreamed virology course on YouTube https://t.co/t8R3u4FAoV Monday and Wednesdays, 11 AM eastern time US. Join me in this experiment in a different way to teach.

[Cara Thurman Johnson, RN MPH @CaraThurman]

I went back into my office for the first time in 18 months and it’s like a time capsule - peep the calendar! I’ve been in clinical areas since then, but not at my desk.

[Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ICHEJournal]

Today in ICHE, @CDCgov analysis of National Healthcare Safety Network data compares infection rates before & during pandemic, finds significant increase in HAIs in 2020 @SHEA_Epi
@CUP_med_health

https://t.co/L7XWewctRn
Press Release: https://t.co/ABrAhrCOEv

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

Nearly half of patients in a new study were still suffering from health problems a year after being hospitalized for Covid. https://t.co/igLVTptBNq

[Marc Lipsitch @mlipsitch]

Important data. First indication with Delta that despite comparable Ct values, vaxed breakthru cases likely less infectious than unvaxed cases.

[Ranu Dhillon @RanuDhillon]

I've been working in a hospital in a low-income area for the past several nights

From talking with our many unvaccinated Covid patients, there are 2 general responses I've heard as to why they weren't vaccinated...

(1/4)

[CDC @CDCgov]

Pregnant and recently pregnant people are more likely to get severely ill from #COVID19, although the overall risk is low. If you are pregnant, visit CDC’s webpage to learn what you need to know to stay healthy and avoid getting sick: https://t.co/ONijYAs38H.

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

There you have it in @NEJM.

Pfizer is ~90% effective against delta. AstraZeneca is ~70%. This is similar to effectiveness against other variants, including alpha.

Vaccines work, even against variants.

Get vaccinated if you haven't already.
https://t.co/FV1Rr5fiVa

[Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @EpiEllie]

THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST: evaluating news stories edition

No one is immune to sensational headlines but epidemiologists are trained to automatically ask a few useful questions that help us spot the forest for the trees.

[Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 @celinegounder]

1/ Here is a comprehensive review of the data on whether we need COVID BOOSTER SHOTS.

THE MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY:
IF YOU HAVEN'T YET GOTTEN A COVID VACCINE, NOW'S THE TIME!

I'll put a Threadreader unroll at the end for those of you who find that more convenient to read/share.

[Cara Thurman Johnson, RN MPH @CaraThurman]

Tell me you’re a millennial without telling me you’re a millennial...

[Dr. Taison Bell @TaisonBell]

We just paused an entire vaccine rollout because of a complication with a risk of 1 in 1 million.

For Black men, the lifetime risk of being killed by police is 1 in 1000.

Where is our pause? https://t.co/Rmm6Ue7NQj

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

I got the J&J vaccine ten days ago, so the reported blood clotting disorders hits close to home.

Here's why I'm not losing sleep over this, and why the pause to get more data is the smart thing to do. My latest for @nytimes:
https://t.co/7JrtPsWfVV