Antimicrobial Stewardship
Education
Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs:
A Workshop on Development, Maintenance, and Measuring Success
October 20, 2010
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre
Co-organized by SHEA in cooperation with CDC
- Design and implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programs
- Strategies for presenting a convincing business case for stewardship
- Tools to measure impact and outcomes
Download the brochure (pdf)
Register ($250 registration)
Fundamentals of Healthcare Epidemiology Online Course
Online educational activity covering fundamental aspects of healthcare epidemiology, including:
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Outbreak Investigation & Management
- Prevention Strategies for Healthcare-Associated Infections
- Environmental Hygiene
- Isolation Precautions
- Surveillance
SHEA Members: $149; Non-Members: $199
SHEA Materials
Guidelines for developing an institutional program to enhance antimicrobial stewardship
Joint SHEA/IDSA Taskforce
CID January 2007
Antimicrobial Stewardship Is Vital to Avoid a Return to the Preantibiotic Era
In this Medscape video commentary, SHEA President Neil O. Fishman, MD, explains why antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest challenges that healthcare providers will confront during the coming decade.
SHEA/IDSA Joint Committee on the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance: Guidelines for the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals
CID 1997
Resources
Institutional Programs
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions: antibiotic guidelines
The Nebraska Medical Center: information about the different aspects of an institutional antimicrobial stewardship program.
The Washington University in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish: data on patterns of antimicrobial resistance, algorithms, and flow charts, implementation.
Antimicrobial Management Program of The University of Pennsylvania Health System: updated guidelines for antimicrobial therapy, issues related to formulary restrictions, current susceptibility and clinical microbiology data, pharmacologic considerations for dose adjustments, infection control procedures.
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center
State
U.S. Agencies
CDC: specific website on drug resistance and stewardship
CDC: Get Smart Campaign on Appropriate Antibiotic Use
CDC: teaching material and tools, including the “12 Steps to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance among Hospitalized Adults.”
International
Antibiotic Stewardship Implementation in the EU: The Way Forward (2009)
The Public Health Agency of Canada: main focus on antimicrobial resistance and veterinary medicine, with several links to national or international institutions and agencies involved in pursuing multidisciplinary antibiotic policies.
The Healthcare Infection Control Special Interest Group: teaching materials, related links; from Australia and New Zealand.
European Project “ABS International”: international, multicenter project subsidized by the European Community, that is run by a for-profit organization. Its aim is to share attitudes and knowledge about implementation of guidelines on antibiotic practices.
Bugs and Drugs: Canadian website is co-sponsored by Capital Health from the Alberta Services and the Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance: booklet “Bugs and Drugs,” with information about antibiotic
characteristics, indications, and restrictions, as well as information on microbiological issues.
The Cumbria National Health System Acute Trust Antibiotic: United Kingdom website offering detailed guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis and empirical treatment of adults, links to pharmacyrelated
items.
Prudent Antibiotic User Website (PAUSE): United Kingdom website providing shared standardized teaching materials for more prudent antimicrobial prescribing practices, particularly suited to the needs of undergraduate medical curriculum but can be adopted for postgraduate training. Supported by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases as.
The DutchWorking Party on Antibiotic Policy (SWAB): contains updated antibiotic guidelines formulated by experts in The Netherlands and encompasses the NethMap project, an ongoing national surveillance system on the use of antimicrobial agents related to the prevalence of resistance to antimicrobials among the most important human pathogens.
Other Resources
ASHP Antimicrobial Practice Improvement in Hospitals: Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship
ASHP: The Pharmacist’s Role in Antimicrobial Stewardship
2010
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: How to Start and Steer a Successful Program
Supplement to Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, March 2009
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs as a Means to Optimize Antimicrobial Use
Insights from the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, July 2004
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Health Care Systems
October 2005
Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance in the Hospital
December 2009
The Missing Care Bundle: Antibiotic Prescribing in Hospitals
July 2007
SIDP-ACCP: Recommendations for Training and Certification for Pharmacists Practicing, Mentoring, and Educating in ID Pharmacotherapy
DeBug Infection Prevention Program: downloadable examples of campaigns, computer-assisted antibiotic formulary and pharmacy order form.
Academy for Infection Management: partly sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry, resource library with case studies, guidelines, and other educational material.
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