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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.
JUN 17, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Staying informed on diagnostic tools for SARS-CoV-2 can be challenging. Because the results of the various test have different clinical implications it is important to understand the design...
MAR 03, 2020 | 9:00 AM
DATE: March 3, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PT, 12:00pm ET Despite the advances of new drugs and the lowering of carbapenem breakpoints to enhance detection of CRE, there should be no complacency about...
SEP 25, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: September 25, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDTThis webinar will explore how VIDAS® B•R•A•H•M•S PCTTM (procalcitonin) and BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® Respiratory P...
SEP 12, 2019 | 10:30 AM
The emergence and spread of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria and resistance mechanisms pose a serious challenge to laboratories in both hospital clinical microbiology and public health...
AUG 29, 2019 | 10:00 AM
DATE: August 29, 2019TIME: 10:00am PDTThis webinar will discuss how combining VIDAS® B•R•A•H•M•S PCT (TM) (procalcitonin) and a BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY®...
JUL 24, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: July 24, 2019TIME: 9:00am PT, 12:00pm ET This webinar offers an overview of C. difficile diagnostic test methods, discussion on the controversy regarding the best laborat...
JUN 26, 2019 | 8:00 AM
DATE: June 26, 2019TIME: 11:00am EDTThis webinar will explore how using a procalcitonin (PCT) driven protocol in the Emergency Room can aid clinicians in deciding about hospital admi...
FEB 28, 2019 | 10:00 AM
DATE: February 28, 2019TIME: 10:00am PST, 1:00pm EST Over the past few years the gastroenterology diagnostic market has witnessed an increase in comm...
SEP 13, 2018 | 10:30 AM
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) – or the non-genealogical transmission of DNA between organisms – is the dominant mode responsible for the spread of antibiotic resistance genes. Co...
SEP 12, 2018 | 9:00 AM
Antibiotic resistance is a national and global public health crisis. Each year in the United States (US), at least 2 million people become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria an...
JUN 20, 2018 | 7:00 AM
DATE: June 20, 2018TIME: 07:00AM PDT, 10:00AM EDTIntroducing GE’s New Lyo-StableTM service. Sepsis is one of the top challenges facing hospitals in terms of clinical outcomes...
APR 11, 2018 | 9:00 AM
Streptococcus pyogenes or Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a pathogenic bacteria that causes both invasive and non-invasive infections resulting in mild to severe life-threatening disease.L...
NOV 09, 2017 | 10:30 AM
The role of the microbiology laboratory in the processing of positive patient blood cultures has become more complicated with the increasing demand for rapid information to assist in the mana...
JAN 31, 2017 | 10:00 AM
DATE: January 31, 2017TIME: 10:00am PT/1:00pm ETLearn from renowned clinical expert, Dr. Michael A. Pfaller, as he discusses the critical role of diagnostics and antimicrobial stewardsh...