The Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program’s latest newsletter features expert advice from CASP’s lead pharmacist Lindsay Daniels in Clinicians’ Corner, pediatric stewardship news from UNC Children’s Hospital’s Zach Willis and Bill Wilson, how collaboration with Infection Prevention is expected to help keep C. difficile infection rates low, and plans to scale up Antibiotic Time-outs across UNC Hospitals.
The Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program’s 2020 Newsletter features:
- Expert advice from CASP’s lead pharmacist Lindsay Daniels in Clinicians’ Corner
- Pediatric stewardship news from UNC Children’s Hospital’s Zach Willis and Bill Wilson
- How collaboration with Infection Prevention is expected to help keep C. difficile infection rates low
- Progress in scaling up Antibiotic Time-outs across UNC Hospitals and how new services can take part
- Renae Boerneke’s efforts to assess penicillin allergies and educational resources for patients and providers
- CASP’s role in the remdesivir roll-out across all UNC Health System hospitals
- How CASP took a page from tele-stewardship programs to make its own program more nimble
To read more on these and other updates, view the newsletter.