{"id":4067,"date":"2022-07-01T11:34:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T15:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2022-07-12T09:02:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T13:02:33","slug":"casp-releases-2022-23-antimicrobial-stewardship-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/casp\/2022\/07\/casp-releases-2022-23-antimicrobial-stewardship-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"CASP releases 2022-23 Antimicrobial Stewardship Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each year, CASP implements strategies to optimize antimicrobial therapies for patients who need them. Core strategies<\/em> (1-4 below) are carried out every year as foundational to UNCMC\u2019s antimicrobial stewardship program; special focus strategies<\/em> (5-12 below) are projects led by CASP pharmacists, physicians, and partners to respond to opportunities for quality improvement based on hospital data and trends. The Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program released its stewardship priorities for fiscal year 2023:<\/p>\n

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CORE STRATEGIES<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1. Conduct prospective audit and feedback on antibiotic use<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. Participate in the CDC National Healthcare Surveillance Network<\/a>\u2019s Antibiotic Use module<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Collaborate with the Stop Healthcare-associated Infections in Every Patient (SHINE) Initiative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. Carry out antimicrobial stewardship education and training<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FOCUS STRATEGIES<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

5.\u00a0 Implement, expand, and monitor penicillin allergy assessments<\/a> to improve the accuracy of allergy documentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.\u00a0 Expand outpatient stewardship and optimize outpatient antimicrobial data dashboard to enhance monitoring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.\u00a0 Partner with Emergency Medicine to identify opportunities to optimize antimicrobial use<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.\u00a0 Optimize processes of ordering, dispensing, and delivery of perioperative antibiotics in the Children\u2019s Hospital Operating Room to prevent surgical site infections<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.\u00a0 Enhance pediatric healthcare-associated pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia<\/a> diagnostic stewardship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10. Develop, implement, and monitor guideline for pediatric febrile neutropenia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11. Develop and promote guidance for pediatric empiric antibiotic selection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12. Enhance diagnostic stewardship for adult urinary tract infections<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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