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ResistanceMap: Visualizing the Progression of Antibiotic Resistance
Guest author – Ramanan Laxminarayan, Ph.D. Director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy and an associate research scholar and lecturer at Princeton University. Through Get Smart, CDC has raised awareness of antibiotic resistance as a serious public health concern that requires action. But where is resistance changing and at what rates? Is any Read More >
Posted on by 10 CommentsHow much antibiotic use is too much?
Guest author – Elizabeth Dodds Ashley, PharmD, MHS, FCCP, BCPS Associate Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services and Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist – University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY Although this question sounds simple on the surface, answering it is one of the biggest challenges to stewardship programs both old and new. Unlike our infection prevention colleagues, Read More >
Posted on by 5 CommentsLet’s Take an Antibiotic Time Out
Author – Arjun Srinivasan, MD CDC – Medical Director, Get Smart for Healthcare Program Over the past 2 years, I have brought together experts on antibiotic resistance to discuss how CDC can assist in efforts to improve antibiotic use in hospitals and nursing homes. My colleagues have published numerous studies demonstrating that inappropriate antibiotic use in Read More >
Posted on by 5 CommentsAntibiotic Prescriptions – Where you Live may Matter
Author – Lauri Hicks, DO CDC – Medical Director, Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work As an infectious diseases physician and the medical director of CDC’s Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work program, I’ve repeatedly encountered patients with antibiotic-resistant infections. When antibiotics fail to work, the consequences are longer-lasting illnesses, more doctor visits or extended Read More >
Posted on by 25 CommentsAutomating Infection Detection — Improving Surveillance Efforts in an Era of Public Reporting of Healthcare Associated Infections
Author – Dr. Scott Fridkin Deputy Chief of Surveillance Branch CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion A tenet of public health practice is that public health surveillance systems evolve in response to ever-changing needs of both society in general and the public health community in particular. In the case of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), the needs Read More >
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