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Rebekah Moehring

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
PO Box 102359, DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
Dept of Medicine, Box 102359, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Medicine · 2024 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine

Recent Publications


A comparison of blood culture diagnostic stewardship across three emergency departments in a healthcare network.

Journal Article Am J Emerg Med · April 3, 2025 BACKGROUND: Blood culture (BCx) diagnostic stewardship is essential for reducing unnecessary treatments, minimizing false-positive results, and improving patient outcomes and hospital resource utilization. The objective of this study was to compare the eff ... Full text Link to item Cite

Infection Risk in Patients with Mixed Flora in Urine Cultures Prior to Ureteroscopy.

Journal Article J Endourol · February 10, 2025 Purpose: Urine cultures are routinely used to inform preoperative antibiotic choice and duration prior to endourologic surgery. The presence of mixed flora in preoperative urine cultures holds unclear clinical significance. This study examines infectious o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of an Algorithm to Triage Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department With Blood Cultures Positive for Staphylococcus aureus or Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus.

Journal Article J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open · February 2025 OBJECTIVES: Blood cultures obtained in the emergency department (ED) may become positive after discharge. Healthcare professionals must determine if these results represent true infection or a likely contaminant. An institutional algorithm was developed to ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


A Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention to Improve Blood Culture Use Among Adult Patients in Acute Care Hospitals

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Johns Hopkins University · 2022 - 2025

Leveraging National Healthcare Safety Network Antimicrobial Use Option to Inform, Implement and Assess Antibiotic Stewardship Activities

ResearchConsultant · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022 - 2023

Modeling the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Healthcare Facilities, Workforce and Resources

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Washington State University · 2021 - 2022

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2012 M.P.H.
Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine · 2006 M.D.