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Nevada Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Series
Overview
Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs) continue to be a threat within healthcare facilities. This series of webinars will provide education on how to establish an antimicrobial stewardship program that aids facilities in understanding MDROs, develops policies and protocols to ensure antibiotics are used responsibly based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and ensuring champions are in place to ensure the policies and protocols are utilized throughout the facility. At the conclusion of this activity, learners should have a clear understanding of antibiotic stewardship, how to develop an ASP plan for their facility type, the importance of MDRO prevention, state reporting regulations, and the importance of interfacility communication as methods of MDRO transmission prevention.
Learning Objectives
Following participation in this course series, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the importance of antimicrobial stewardship, its policies, and protocol
- Provide education on antimicrobial stewardship practices, development of case studies, and using case studies for quality improvement
- Discuss State outbreak reporting protocols and interfacility communication
- Provide education on antibiogram and laboratory microbiology terminology
- Discuss antibiotic treatment and management for common MDROs
Registration - Free
There is no charge to participate in the sessions.
What’s My Line? The Core Elements of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASP)
The core elements are a roadmap to achieving a successful antimicrobial stewardship program that will assist your facility in directing a stewardship program that will impart a multi-disciplinary approach to a much-needed patient safety initiative.
Provides 0.75 hours of CE/CME credit
Presenters
Jennifer Sanguinet, DrPh, MBA-HCM, BSIS, CIC, Co-Chair Nevada Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Gerard Marshall, BS RRT CIC, Co-Chair Nevada Antimicrobial Stewardship
Healthcare-Associated Infection Outbreak Reporting and Interfacility Communication
The Division of Public and Behavioral Health outlines reportable conditions, healthcare-associated infection outbreak reporting protocol, and the importance of interfacility communication. Attendees will Understand why and when to report as well as the importance of interfacility communication.
Provides 0.25 hours of CE/CME credit
Presenters
Kimisha Causey, MPH, HAI Coordinator, Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Office of Public Health Investigations and Epidemiology
Chidinma “CiCi” Njoku, MHA, Health Program Specialist III, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
Preparing and Using Case Studies for Improvement in Care and Quality
This session will provide a brief overview of how to develop a case study for presentation to your team, an example of a case study, and share highlights of how to use that case study to identify quality improvement opportunities. Participants will also hear about opportunities to present a case study to peers as part of Project ECHO Nevada virtual clinics.
Provides 0.75 hours of CE/CME credit
Presenters
Jessica Murray, RN, BSHA, MHA, Infection Control, Boulder City Hospital
Donna Thorson, MS, CPHQ, CPPS, Manager, Patient Safety, Comagine Health
Vicky Kolar, EMT-P, CPHQ, Project Coordinator, Project ECHO Nevada
Bugs & Drugs
While Infection Prevention Programs are well-established concepts in almost all hospitals, Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs are a newer, yet equally important program for patient care and resource conservation. These two programs are similar in their role and staff composition; however, the end products are substantially different. This presentation will provide a short introduction to the two programs, their staffing, and their shared commonalities.
Provides 0.75 hours of CE/CME credit.
Presenter
David Richard Woodard, M.Sc., CLS, CIC, FSHEA, Associate, Steven Hirsch & Associates; Consultant Infection Prevention; Graduate Faculty, Certificate Director – Infection Prevention, School of Public Health, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Lab & Microbiology Acronyms & Antibiograms
The Microbiology of Antimicrobial Stewardship: Organisms, Acronyms, and Methods
Part one of this presentation discusses the organisms now commonly associated with antimicrobial resistance. The presentation reviews both new organisms and mechanisms of resistance. It reviews the methodology involved with the detection of antimicrobial resistance and explains some of the acronyms associated with antimicrobial resistance. Lastly, the presentation discusses the impact that antimicrobial resistance may have on patient care and infection control.
Provides 1.00 hour of CE/CME credit.
Antibiogram
Part two of this presentation addresses what an antibiogram is, why we need an antibiogram, and how an antibiogram is created.
Presenters
Julia Kiehlbauch, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Microbiology Representative to the Nevada ASP Board
Zuwen Qiu-Shultz, MPH, CPH, Senior Epidemiologist, Southern Nevada Health District
Antibiotic Treatment, Management, etc., & LIP Communication & Antibiotic for the Common MDROs, Trends in NV
Antimicrobial stewardship and basic principles of antibiotic management for common clinical syndromes. Basic principles of stewardship communication and feedback to providers.
Provides 1.00 hour of CE/CME credit
Presenters
Mir Mohammad, MD, Infectious Diseases Physician
Ravi Soni, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy