« All Events

  • This event has passed.

CIDRAP: Narrowing the Focus: Optimizing Antibiotic Spectrum through Diagnostic and Stewardship

November 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Webinar: Narrowing the Focus: Optimizing Antibiotic Spectrum through Diagnostics and Stewardship

Please join on Nov 20 at 12:00 noon CST for a webinar on the ongoing challenge of unnecessary broad-spectrum antibiotic use and its associated risks, with a focus on sepsis care and pediatrics. This discussion will highlight opportunities to inform decision-making based on diagnostics, patient risk factors, and local epidemiology.

 Presenters:

  • Tristan T. Timbrook, PharmD, MPH, MBA, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Utah College of Pharmacy; Infectious Diseases Pharmacist, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • Chanu Rhee, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Sepsis Epidemiology and Prevention Studies (SEPSIS), Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
  • Jeffrey S. Gerber, MD, PhD, Professor, Pediatrics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

CIDRAP-ASP outreach coordinator Marnie Peterson, PharmD, PhD, will moderate the webinar. Continuing Pharmacy, Medical, and Nursing Education credits are available.

Details

Organizer