January 4, 2021
by Lindsay Daniels, PharmD, MPH Antibiotics are life-saving drugs. Without them, modern advances in medicine would not be possible. Reducing unnecessary antibiotic exposure is essential to preserving the efficacy of these drugs for the future. Our goal in stewardship is to optimize therapy for patients who require antibiotics and avoid using antibiotics where they will …
December 10, 2020
by Bill Wilson, PharmD Last year, a multidisciplinary group (surgery,anesthesiology, perioperative nursing, infectious diseases, and pharmacy) came together to optimize the management and delivery of perioperative antibiotics for pediatric patients. This work group identified gaps in the overall delivery process that they are addressing to bring about positive change for patients. One gap identified early …
December 6, 2020
CASP team member Emily Ciccone, MD, MHS won ASTMH award for her project “Potential use of rapid, point-of-care diagnostics to reduce antibiotic prescription rates among pediatric patients presenting with respiratory illness in southwestern Uganda.”
November 12, 2020
The Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program’s 2020 Newsletter features updates on its efforts, including: Expert advice from CASP’s lead pharmacist Lindsay Daniels in Clinicians’ Corner Pediatric stewardship news from UNC Children’s Hospital’s Zach Willis and Bill Wilson How collaboration with Infection Prevention is expected to help keep C. difficile infection rates low Progress in scaling up …
