GENERAL INFORMATION
Manuscripts submitted to Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (ASHE) original investigations that will contribute to the fields of antimicrobial stewardship and the prevention of healthcare-associated infections, as well as other areas of quality improvement affecting health systems, with the ultimate goal of improving healthcare safety. Covered topics include the following broad areas of interest: infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, healthcare epidemiology, diagnostic stewardship, healthcare worker vaccination, public health policy, and occupational health concerns including blood-borne pathogen exposure prevention. ASHE will welcome submissions ranging from original research, review articles, practical perspectives and education-focused manuscripts. Articles can represent generalizable single-center experiences or multicenter trials with the goal of serving a global audience.
ASHE is intended for researchers, healthcare professionals, policy makers, and anyone interested in healthcare epidemiology and antimicrobial stewardship.
ARTICLE TYPES
Original Articles* should include a title page, a structured abstract of no more than 250 words (see below), a text of no more than 3,000 words, no more than 7 tables and figures, and no more than 40 references.
Concise Communications* should include a title page, a narrative abstract of no more than 50 words, a text of no more than 1,200 words, no more than 2 tables or figures, and no more than 10 references.
Research Briefs* should include a title page, a text of no more than 900 words, no more than 1 table or figure, and no more than 10 references. This category of article is intended for the presentation of short, focused, and evidence-based experimental observations: substantial preliminary and novel results of importance to the journal readership but not substantial enough in content to warrant a longer presentation. Research Briefs undergo the same peer review as longer article types.
Letters to the Editor should not exceed 900 words and should include no more than 1 table or figure and no more than 10 references.
Challenges in Healthcare Epidemiology* are interesting cases and vignettes encountered during the practice of infection control and healthcare epidemiology, antimicrobial stewardship, diagnostic stewardship or infection-related occupational health. Representation from a diversity of geographic and practice (academic, community, industry) settings, and authors (profession, gender, race, other) is strongly encouraged. Suggested sections are: Context, Problem that the author/ team was looking to address, How the problem was addresses/ solved, What were the scientific learnings, and What were the leadership/ management lessons learned. Challenges in Healthcare Epidemiology should include a title page, a text of no more than 800 words, no more than 1 table or figure, and no more than 6 references.
Careers are article primarily oriented towards learners and early career professionals with a purpose to support, guide, and promote careers related to healthcare epidemiology. Authors can be from any career stage. Like Reflections in Healthcare Epidemiology, representation from a diversity of geographic and practice (academic, community, industry) settings, and authors (profession, gender, race, other) is strongly encouraged. The article should discuss the following questions:
- How did you get interested in this career path?
- What were the key turning points in your career?
- What are the key accomplishments in your career?
- What were some key challenges you encountered in your career and how did you address them?
- What can the learners and early career professional learn from your career path?
- What keeps you interested in this career path?
The author(s) may reference people, key issues, publications that are relevant to the career discussion. Writing style must be succinct, clear, and in the spirit of teaching and learning. Careers articles should include a title page, a text of no more than 800 words, no more than 1 table or figure, and no more than 6 references.
Invited Reviews,* including guidelines and position papers: committees, task forces, and authors under the auspices of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, and all others considering the preparation of a review, should contact the Editorial Office during the very earliest phases of development. The Editor-in-Chief will verify that there are no similar or overlapping documents under development. Anticipated length, format, number of citations, and mechanisms for peer review and publication by ASHE and the involvement of any other organizations will be negotiated with the journal and publisher well in advance of submission.
Commentaries are by invitation only. Please contact the journal office if you are interested in writing a Commentary.
* All or part of the publication costs for these article types may be covered by one of the agreements Cambridge University Press has made to support open access. For authors not covered by an agreement, and without APC funding, please see this journal's open access options for instructions on how to request an APC waiver.
Please direct any questions you have about your submission to ASHE to the editorial office at [email protected].
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