Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Medicine, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine 2012 - 2014
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Medicine, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine 2009 - 2012
  • M.D., Mercer University School of Medicine 2009
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2019 - 2020
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Infection
  • Infection Prevention
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Leveraging National Healthcare Safety Network Antimicrobial Use Option to Inform, Implement and Assess Antibiotic Stewardship Activities awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022 - 2023
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  External Relationships

  • HealthTrust
  • Sequiris
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Livorsi, Daniel J., Rima Abdel-Massih, Christopher J. Crnich, Elizabeth S. Dodds-Ashley, Charlesnika T. Evans, Cassie Cunningham Goedken, Kelly L. Echevarria, et al. “An Implementation Roadmap for Establishing Remote Infectious Disease Specialist Support for Consultation and Antibiotic Stewardship in Resource-Limited Settings.” Open Forum Infect Dis 9, no. 12 (December 2022): ofac588. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac588.
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    • Moehring, Rebekah W., Angelina Davis, Elizabeth Dodds Ashley, April P. Dyer, Richard H. Drew, Yuliya Loknyghina, Melissa D. Johnson, et al. “Harvesting the low-hanging fruit? Comparative assessment of intravenous to oral route antimicrobial conversion policy implementation.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, July 15, 2022, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.158.
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    • Johnson, Melissa D., Angelina P. Davis, April P. Dyer, Travis M. Jones, S Shaefer Spires, and Elizabeth Dodds Ashley. “Top Myths of Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diseases in Hospital Medicine.” Am J Med 135, no. 7 (July 2022): 828–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.03.019.
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    • Shaefer Spires, S., J. L. Clark, R. Rayburn-Reeves, E. D. Ashley, A. Desai, and J. Lindemans. “Thoughts and beliefs of healthcare workers regarding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine and which messaging themes might affect vaccine confidence and recommendation of the vaccine.” Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology 2, no. 1 (May 4, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.50.
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    • Yarrington, Michael E., Rebekah H. Wrenn, Justin Spivey, Christopher J. Shoff, Eileen K. Maziarz, S Shaefer Spires, Nicholas A. Turner, Anthony Diez, Deverick J. Anderson, and Rebekah W. Moehring. “Well-being tradeoffs: Effect of loosening overnight restrictions on antimicrobial starts.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 43, no. 2 (February 2022): 255–57. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.340.
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    • Shoff, Christopher J., S Shaefer Spires, Christina Yen, and Sonali D. Advani. “Navigating the 2021 update to the IDSA/SHEA Clostridioides difficile guidelines: An ethical approach to equitable patient care.” Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol 2, no. 1 (2022): e70. https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.49.
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    • Hobbs, Athena L. V., Nicholas Turner, Imad Omer, Morgan K. Walker, Ronald M. Beaulieu, Muhammad Sheikh, S Shaefer Spires, et al. “Risk factors for mortality and progression to severe COVID-19 disease in the Southeast region in the United States: A report from the SEUS Study Group.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 42, no. 12 (December 2021): 1464–72. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.1435.
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    • Moehring, Rebekah W., Michael E. Yarrington, Angelina E. Davis, April P. Dyer, Melissa D. Johnson, Travis M. Jones, S Shaefer Spires, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton, and Elizabeth S. Dodds Ashley. “Effects of a Collaborative, Community Hospital Network for Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Implementation.” Clin Infect Dis 73, no. 9 (November 2, 2021): 1656–63. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab356.
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    • Adre, Cullen, Robin L. P. Jump, and Steven Schaeffer Spires. “Recommendations for Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care Settings Through Collaboration.” Infect Dis Clin North Am 34, no. 1 (March 2020): 129–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2019.10.007.
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    • Ashley, Elizabeth Dodds, and Steven Schaeffer Spires. “Regarding Collaboration in Antimicrobial Stewardship.” Infect Dis Clin North Am 34, no. 1 (March 2020): xi–xii. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2019.12.001.
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    • Harris, Bryan D., Gale A. Thomas, Matthew H. Greene, Steven S. Spires, and Thomas R. Talbot. “Ventilator Bundle Compliance and Risk of Ventilator-Associated Events.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39, no. 6 (June 2018): 637–43. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.30.
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    • Spires, Steven S., Peter F. Rebeiro, Mickie Miller, Katie Koss, Patty W. Wright, and Thomas R. Talbot. “Medically Attended Catheter Complications Are Common in Patients With Outpatient Central Venous Catheters.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39, no. 4 (April 2018): 439–44. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.8.
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    • Spires, Steven Schaeffer, H Keipp Talbot, Carolyn A. Pope, and Thomas R. Talbot. “Paramyxovirus Outbreak in a Long-Term Care Facility: The Challenges of Implementing Infection Control Practices in a Congregate Setting.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 38, no. 4 (April 2017): 399–404. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2016.316.
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    • Spires, Steven S. “CORR Insights(®): Does Preadmission Cutaneous Chlorhexidine Preparation Reduce Surgical Site Infections After Total Hip Arthroplasty?” Clin Orthop Relat Res 474, no. 7 (July 2016): 1589–91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-016-4796-1.
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    • Pettit, April C., Jonathan A. Kropski, Jessica L. Castilho, Jonathan E. Schmitz, Carol A. Rauch, Bret C. Mobley, Xuan J. Wang, Steven S. Spires, and Meredith E. Pugh. “The index case for the fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States.” N Engl J Med 367, no. 22 (November 29, 2012): 2119–25. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1212292.
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