Symposium:
198. Approaching Antimicrobial Stewardship in Outpatient Settings
Saturday, October 29, 2016: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Room: 293-296

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

  • discuss effective and ineffective antimicrobial stewardship strategies utilized in the emergency department
  • descrbe antimicrobial stewardship strategies utilized in the hemodialysis setting
  • discuss evidence for how to improve antibiotic stewardship in adult outpatient clinics

Target Audience: Clinicians, Epidemiologists, Hospital administrators, Hospital epidemiologists, Infection preventionists, Infectious diseases pediatricians, Infectious diseases physicians, Members-in-training, Nurses, Pharmacists, Public health practitioners, Researchers

Tracks: Epidemiology and Infection Control

Moderators:  Larissa May, MD, MSPH, The George Washington University and Lauri Hicks, DO, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presentations:
8:30 AM
1720
View from the Emergency Department
Michael Pulia, MD

8:55 AM
Q&A
9:00 AM
1721
Strategy Implementation in Hemodialysis
Erika M D'agata, MD, MPH
9:25 AM
Q&A
9:30 AM
1722
View from the Outside: Adult Outpatients
Jeffrey Linder, MD, MPH
9:55 AM
Q&A

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.5 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.5 knowledge-based contact hours 0.15 of pharmacy CE

ACPE Number: 0221-9999-16-281-L01-P

Disclosures:

L. May, Cepheid: Investigator and Scientific Advisor , Consulting fee , Research support and Speaker honorarium
Alere: panelist , Speaker honorarium

L. Hicks, None

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