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Updates

  • super steward awards

    Through April 9: Super Steward Nominations Open

    Take 3 minutes to nominate yourself or a colleague. “CASP created these awards to recognize colleagues’ efforts to support the appropriate and effective use of antimicrobials,” said Nikolaos Mavrogiorgos, MD, CASP medical director. “Each of us can make meaningful changes that improve patient care and fight antimicrobial resistance. We value those contributions and want to … Read more

  • Dr. Zachary Willis

    Modernizing Antibiotic Durations to Prevent Patient Harm

    CASP Pediatric Medical Director Zach Willis, MD, MPH shares the evidence for prescribing the shortest effective durations of antibiotic therapy for patients with common infectious syndromes in a one-hour webinar for the North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology.

Stewardship Educational Resources

 

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research are two of several agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services charged with leading national efforts on antimicrobial use and resistance. Their websites provide a wealth of resources and information, including:

  • Antibiotic Resistance & Patient Safety Portal (formerly the Patient Safety Portal) allows users to explore and visual data on antibiotic resistance and healthcare-associated infections
  • CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) publishes reports from its data on topics such as antimicrobial use and resistance, including antimicrobial-resistance pathogens associated with healthcare-associated infections
  • Healthcare-associated Infections Data Dashboards: UNC Hospitals’ Department of Infection Prevention collects and analyzes healthcare-associated infection data and process measures for compliance with evidence-based infection prevention practices. The interactive Tableau dashboards are updated monthly and allow customizable search features.