Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in Acute Care Settings (On-demand)
Ensuring the proper and optimal use of antibiotics is essential to treating infections, reducing unnecessary antibiotic use, and lowering the risk of antibiotic resistance. This webinar will review how acute care institutions can initiate a successful antibiotic stewardship program. An emphasis will be placed on best practices for overcoming implementation barriers and setting up a program you can measure for success.
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Target Audience
Physicians, pharmacists, microbiologists, infection preventionists, hospital epidemiologists
Learning Objectives
- Describe the resources needed to initiate an antimicrobial stewardship program in an acute care setting.
- Explain how to pitch an antimicrobial stewardship program to the C-Suite.
- Identify barriers to implementing an antimicrobial stewardship program in an acute care setting.
- Establish program evaluation in order to measure outcomes.
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Agenda:
- Announcements & Introductions
- Resources needed to start an Antibiotic Stewardship Program in Acute Care Settings
- How to pitch the program to your C-suite
- Identifying and overcoming barriers
- Setting up program for success measurement
- Question & Answer
Speakers
Andrew Morris, MD, SM(Epi), FRCPC Dr. Morris has no relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose | |
Whitney Nesbitt, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP Dr. Nesbitt has no relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose |
Planners
ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Physicians: The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this internet enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
MOC STATEMENT
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ABIM MOC
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 Participation
Price
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