Outcomes and combating resistance with antibiotic stewardship

Noon - 1 p.m.

Arjun Srinivasan, MD, associate director, healthcare associated infection prevention programs, healthcare quality promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, CDC, will discuss strategies for hospital stewardship programs, how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted antibiotic use and the benefits of reporting to the NHSN AUR Module.

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• describe the impact of COVID-19 on antibiotic use across the healthcare spectrum;
• list the benefits of reporting antibiotic use data into the CDC’s NHSN AUR Module; and
• describe key strategies for hospital stewardship programs as outlined in the CDC’s Core Elements for Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs.

Moderator

Priya Nori, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy Program, Montefiore Health System and Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program

Speaker

Arjun Srinivasan, MD, CAPT, USPHS, Associate Director, Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Programs, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This webinar is part of HANYS’ Emerging Quality Trends Lunch and Learn Sessions series. Content in each session will cover different topics based on federal, state and membership priorities