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An Industry Perspective: Effective Antibiotic Stewardship in Urgent Care Is Achievable
J.D. Zipkin, MD, MA, Associate Medical Director at Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care There is room for improvement in antibiotic prescribing in the urgent care setting, as demonstrated by a recently published research letter by the CDC. The data showed outpatient antibiotic prescription rates for antibiotic-inappropriate conditions are highest in urgent care centers as compared to Read More >
Posted on by Leave a commentAfter Beating Cancer, Our Daughter Died from a Superbug Infection
Guest Authors: Steve Littlejohn and Stefanie London Modern medicine as we know it relies on effective antibiotics. I learned this in the most difficult way imaginable when our daughter was on her way to beating cancer only to succumb to an antibiotic-resistant infection. When Meredith entered her senior year, she was at the top of Read More >
Posted on by Leave a commentPatients Should Never Be “Stuck in the Middle”
Debra Goff, PharmD, FCCP, is an associate professor and infectious diseases clinical pharmacist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Julie E. Mangino, MD, FSHEA, FIDSA, is a professor of infectious diseases at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center In June 2018, The Ohio State University Infectious Diseases Institute hosted “Dental Antibiotic Stewardship Read More >
Posted on by Leave a commentAntimicrobial Stewardship in the Veterans Health Administration: Collaboration and Cooperation Generates Results
Kelly Echevarria, PharmD, BCPS, AQ-ID National Clinical Pharmacy Program Manager, Infectious Diseases VHA Pharmacy Benefits Management PBM Designee co-lead; VHA National Antimicrobial Stewardship Task Force (ASTF) Today marks the beginning of U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week on the day we observe Veterans Day. Promoting appropriate use of antibiotics within the Veterans Health Administration (VA) is one Read More >
Posted on by Leave a commentHelp Your Patients Make Safer Food Choices
Robert Tauxe, MD, MPH, Director of the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases Every year, an estimated 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases. Salmonella and Campylobacter, two of the many types of bacteria that are commonly transmitted through food, can cause Read More >
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