#102 – Oh, the Places Stewardship Will Go! Best Practices for Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship and Transitions of Care

#102 – Oh, the Places Stewardship Will Go! Best Practices for Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship and Transitions of Care

Author: Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists August 23, 2024 Duration: 1:10:10

In this episode, Drs. Erica Stohs, Ryan Stevens, and Jame McCrae join Dr. Megan Klatt to discuss antimicrobial stewardship practices at transitions of care and in the outpatient setting. Hear from the experts on how to establish programs in this space, best practices for data/reporting, and other tips for stewardship intervention.

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References:

  1. Pharmacist-Driven Transitions of Care Practice Model for Prescribing Oral Antimicrobials at Hospital Discharge. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.11331
  2. From concept to reality: Building an ambulatory antimicrobial stewardship program. 10.1002/jac5.1528
  3. Cracking the code(s): Optimization of encounter-level diagnosis coding to inform outpatient antimicrobial stewardship data modeling. 10.1017/ice.2023.296
  4. Antibiotic Prescribing Variability in a Large Urgent Care Network: A New Target for Outpatient Stewardship. 10.1093/cid/ciz910
  5. DART communication for respiratory illness treatment resources: Dialogue Around Respiratory Illness Treatment (DART) – iMTR (uwimtr.org)

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