Webinar: Introduction to Antimicrobial Stewardship and Principles of Antimicrobial Prescribing

Background 

Antimicrobial stewardship refers to interventions designed to promote the optimal use of antibiotic agents, including drug choice, dosing, route, and duration of administration. To address antimicrobial resistance, all clinicians must become stewards of antimicrobials by prescribing them appropriately and educating their patients and colleagues on the proper use of this increasingly scarce medical resource. The webinar introduced the participants to the principles of antimicrobial stewardship and appropriate empiric antimicrobial prescribing. The webinar highlighted how to consider patient and epidemiologic factors when prescribing antimicrobials and the utilization of clinical and laboratory data to reassess the appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy throughout the course of the patient’s illness.

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