November 3, 2023
Cross-posted from CDC’s Safe Healthcare Blog by Cosby Stone, Jr. MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonology, and Critical Care Medicine within the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
October 12, 2023
Dr. David J. Weber of UNC Health was honored at the University Day ceremony on Oct. 12.
October 5, 2023
Will you be attending ID Week in Boston or virtually? Consider adding these posters and presentations to your schedule. You will see friendly CASP and OPAT faces and learn something new. Presentations Zach Willis, MD, MPH is an invited panelist on Challenging Cases in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Friday, October 13, 2023 | 3:15-4:30 PM Location: …
August 30, 2023
Kenneth Busby III, DO worked with experts at Kenya’s Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital to contextualize the clinical pathway for its children’s hospital. When an infant or child with cancer spikes a fever, it can be deadly. Neutropenia is a condition often encountered following chemotherapy for children with blood cancer. As this reduces the patient’s …
June 19, 2023
Influenza Treatment Guideline
June 19, 2023
CASP VRE Guideline Jan 2023
June 15, 2023
The Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy Program (OPAT) was recognized as one of four UNC Hospitals-wide winners of the 2022 Quality and Safety Awards. The honorees were recognized for their work at a ceremony with hospital leadership on June 13, 2023, as a part of the Medical Center Improvement Council meeting. The UNC Hospitals Quality and …
May 26, 2023
The Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program honored three collaborators with Super Steward Awards. Stacy Campbell-Bright, PharmD, Briana Castillo, MD, and Will Kwan, Jr., MD were among the award recipients. CASP created the awards in 2022 to recognize colleagues’ efforts to champion stewardship in their settings. “In CASP, we are very aware that the success of our …
May 24, 2023
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common, regardless of practice setting or medical specialty. The management of UTIs has progressed significantly in recent years due to shifts in antimicrobial resistance patterns and additional evidence to support optimal diagnosis, antibiotic selection, and antibiotic duration. The Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program incorporated local microbiological data and the latest evidence …
May 24, 2023
UTI Infographic (with QR)
May 15, 2023
How well can you identify blood culturing best practices? Take the three-question quiz. 1. The preferred method for obtaining blood cultures is by: a. peripheral venipuncture b. peripheral intravenous catheter (PIV) orarterial catheter c. central venous catheter 2. All adult blood cultures require a total of ____ bottles filled to ____ ml volume. a. …
December 21, 2022
“The more antibiotics we take, the more likely it is that resistant bacteria will develop,” says UNC Health pediatric infectious diseases specialist Zach Willis, MD.