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Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work (CDC)

Continuing Education and Training

Continuing Education (CME and CE): “Antimicrobial Stewardship for the Community Hospital: Practical Tools & Techniques for Implementation”
Continuing Education (CME and CE): “Antimicrobial Resistance Across the Continuum of Care: Winning the War One Battle at a Time”
Continuing Education (CME and CE): “Roadmap for HAI Prevention Research: Bench to Bedside and Back”

Fast Facts

Here are some fast facts about inpatient stewardship.

Fact Sheets from Get Smart Week November 12–18, 2012

Antibiotic use in nursing homes

Antibiotics: Will they work when you really need them?

Delivering safe care for patients: all healthcare providers play a role

Antibiotic stewardship – the ultimate return on investment

Preserving antibiotics for the future

Resistance anywhere is resistance everywhere

Download all Get Smart week 2012 fact sheets [PDF 3.06 MB]
November 12–18, 2012

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Additional Resources

State and local stewardship programs, Physician Champion, Clinician Guide…

Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA) Webinar

Containing Healthcare Associated Infections Through Antibiotic Stewardship
Presenters:
Stuart Levy, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, President, APUA.
Shira Doron, M.D., M.S. Assistant Professor of Medicine , Tufts University School of Medicine

Podcasts on Medscape

Stopping the Hospital Spread of Gram-Negative Bacilli
Dr. John G. Bartlett and Dr. Alexander Kallen

Carbapenemase Resistance in the United States: What Should Clinicians Do?
Dr. Arjun Srinivasan and Dr. Alexander Kallen

Taking an Antibiotic Timeout
Dr. Arjun Srinivasan

CDC Commentary: Preventing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
Dr. Arjun Srinivasan

Wise Use of Antibiotics
Dr. Lauri Hicks

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