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Antimicrobial Stewardship
Antimicrobial Stewardship: is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials (including antibiotics), improves patient outcomes, reduces microbial resistance and decreases the spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms. Misuse and overuse of antimicrobials is one of the world's most pressing public health problems. Infectious organisms adapt to the antimicrobials designed to kill them, making drugs ineffective. People infected with antimicrobial-resistant organisms are more likely to have longer, more expensive hospital stays and may be more susceptible to die as a result of an infection.
AUG 18, 2022 | 10:00 AM
Date: August 18, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT), 7:00pm (CEST) Learning Objectives Discuss evolving etiologies for Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Review the role of biomarkers in...
JUL 21, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Date: July 21, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) In light of the recent pandemic, less attention has been given to more common viruses like influenza. Scientists believe...
APR 28, 2022 | 9:00 AM
Date: April 28, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CET) During previous webinars we have discussed the global impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) infections, explored biolo...
MAR 16, 2022 | 7:00 AM
Date: March 16, 2022 Time: 07:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEDT) During this webinar, we will provide an overview of the current landscape of sepsis management and the impact of rapid...
FEB 24, 2022 | 10:00 AM
Date: February 24, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST) One of the largest global public health crises is the rise of antimicrobial-resistant infections. Globally, over 700,000 people die...
DEC 09, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Date: December 09, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT) The burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been acknowledged worldwide by leading health institutes. Besides the need for new...
AUG 11, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Date: August 11, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker widely used to assess the risk of bacterial infection and to aid in antibiotic stewardship in patie...
JUN 29, 2021 | 7:00 AM
Date: June 29, 2021 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT) The Unyvero Lower Respiratory Tract Panel demonstrated reliable concordance with culture based methods for organism identification from...
JUN 22, 2021 | 10:00 AM
Date: June 22, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as one of the principal public health problems of the 21st century. It threatens the effectiv...
APR 08, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Date: April 8, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 3:00pm (EDT) Pneumonia is a deadly condition with clinical outcomes highly dependent on prompt and appropriate therapy. Diagnosis of pneumonia is cha...
MAR 16, 2021 | 9:00 AM
Date: March 16, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) An important lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is how critical the microbiology laboratory is to ensuring hospitals have surg...
JAN 21, 2021 | 10:00 AM
Date: January 21, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PST) Abstract Learning Objectives Discuss Procalcitonin as a biomarker to help distinguish viral versus bacterial infection Review the literature suppor...
NOV 20, 2020 | 12:00 PM
Date: September 30, 2020 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) Learning Objectives Why is Stewardship important? What are the core elements of stewardship and microbiology's role Importance...
OCT 09, 2020 | 8:00 AM
DATE: October 09, 2020 TIME: 08:00am PT Traditional culture techniques, as the primary diagnostic tool for infectious diseases, are coming under scrutiny for failing to universally detect in...
SEP 24, 2020 | 10:00 AM
DATE: September 24th, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT Abstract body Learning Objectives: Review biochemistry and kinetics of PCT in primary and secondary bacterial infection Analyze PCT as a biomarker...
SEP 10, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Focusing on the urgent clinical problem of increasing carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae we have been evaluating detection methods in clinical microbiology and molecular transmissio...