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Badge showing advanced partnership for antimicrobial stewardship

The Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program 2019 Annual Newsletter features updates on its efforts, including: Renewed recognition from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services: NC DHHS renewed UNC Medical Center’s Advanced Level 2 Antibiotic Stewardship STAR Partner Facility rating for a second year, in recognition of its comprehensive antimicrobial stewardship program. UNCMC is …

Quality Expo 2019 with stylized slogan myQI Quality is Our Business

UNC Health Care’s annual Quality Expo was held October 16-17, 2019. The annual event is hosted by UNC Performance Improvement and Patient Safety (PIPS), and this year’s theme was Quality is our Business. The mission of UNC PIPS is to enable higher quality and safer patient care by partnering with healthcare professionals to drive process …

UNC’s OPAT and Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Teams presented five academic posters at the annual ID Week Conference. ID (Infectious Diseases) Week is a joint conference of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the HIV Medical Association, and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. This year’s conference was held October 2-6 …

The University of North Carolina Medical Center (UNCMC) was awarded Advanced STAR Partner Status for antimicrobial stewardship as part of the STewardship of Antimicrobial Resources (STAR) Partners Initiative through the State of North Carolina Surveillance for Healthcare-Associated Infections and Resistant Pathogens Patient Safety (NC SHARPPS) Program. UNCMC is the only hospital in the Triangle region …

Antibiotic Awareness Week is November 12-18, 2018. This is an annual one-week observance to raise awareness of the importance of appropriate antibiotic use to combat the threat of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent threats to the public’s health, and antibiotic stewardship is critical to combat the spread of resistance and …

world map showing number of challenge participants by country

UNC’s Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program has partnered with UNC Medical Center’s Infection Prevention Program to join the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge. “The AMR Challenge is a way for governments, private companies, and non-governmental organizations worldwide to make formal commitments that further the progress against antimicrobial resistance,” according the CDC. …

Treating asymptomatic bacteriuria can have negative effects for patients.

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Antibiotic time-out scale up, pediatric appendicitis study featured in 2019 CASP Newsletter

CASP members featured at UNC Health Care Quality Expo

CASP members share research at 2019 Infectious Diseases Week

State of NC recognizes UNC Hospitals’ Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

2018 CASP Newsletter highlights Antibiotic Awareness Week

UNC Medical Center takes the CDC Antimicrobial Resistance Challenge

Does my patient really have a UTI?

Willis selected as IHQI Improvement Scholar for antibiotic time-outs