Antimicrobial Stewardship
​Educational Materials

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Webinar Series

Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)

Jaime Borkowski, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Infectious Diseases
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital
Recorded: 3/29/2019

The Case for AUC Dosing of Vancomycin

Doaa Aljefri, PharmD, MSc
Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship Fellow
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Recorded: 1/4/2019

Microbiology Review for Clinicians

Radhika Polisetty, PharmD, BCPS, AQ-ID
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Infectious Diseases
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
Recorded: 8/20/2018

​Bugs and Drugs Review for Clinicians
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Radhika Polisetty, PharmD, BCPS, AQ-ID
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Infectious Diseases
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
​Recorded: 7/25/2018

​Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections

Charlene Liang, PharmD
Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator
Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital
​Recorded: 6/27/2018

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Inpatient Clinician Training: Antimicrobial Stewardship

Choosing Wisely: Antibiotics

Dr. Jeffrey A Linder

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Education Resources

Antibiotic Awareness

CDC Patient Education Resources

Antibiotic Use Overview

Antibiotic Side Effects

Antibiotic: Wrong Tool

Antibiotics Aware Flyer

Antibiotics Facts Flyer

Bacteria versus Viruses

Commitment To Patients

Influenza Vaccinations

Respiratory Symptoms

Respiratory Virus Guide

Resources For Clinicians

• FDA Fluoroquinolone Warning Information
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• 10 Ways to Reduce Fluoroquinolone Prescribing in the Hospital

 

• 10 Ways to Reduce Fluoroquinolone Prescribing in Ambulatory Care

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• CDC Core Elements of Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship
  
  
• CDC Core Elements Outpatient Checklist (prepared by Telligen)
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• MITIGATE Toolkit - Stewardship in ED and Urgent Care

Our NM Antimicrobial Stewardship Team works continuously to support our clinicians in their decision to prescribe antibiotic orders.  Please reach out to your NM hospital's antibiotic stewardship team for resources and clinical decision support.  Visit our team page here. 

• CDC reports over 2 million illnesses and 23,000 deaths annually from infections that are resistant to antibiotics
• Antibiotic resistance adds $20 billion in excess direct health care costs, $35 billion societal costs for lost productivity
• The use of antibiotics is the single most important factor leading to resistance
• Nearly 50 percent of all antibiotics ordered in hospitals are not needed or inappropriate prescribed
• At least 30 percent of antibiotics in U.S. outpatient settings are prescribed unnecessarily
• Fighting antibiotic resistance is a public health and national security priority

Antibiotic Awareness Resources

• IDSA Treatment Guidelines
• CDC
• WHO
• CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)
• CDC Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
• CDC Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship
• CDC Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes