Safeguarding Patients: Antimicrobial Stewardship for Pharmacists

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Educator UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

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Method Computer-Based Training

Course overview

The CDC reports that 20-50% of antibiotics prescribed within acute care hospitals in the US are unnecessary or inappropriate.1 Overuse of antibiotics can lead to unwanted side effects such as Clostridium difficile infections, unnecessary drug-drug interactions, and antibiotic resistance. It is vital the healthcare community improve the use of antibiotics in order to improve patient safety and public health. This course provides an overview of antibiotic stewardship in hospitals with the goal of empowering pharmacists to address the growing concern of inappropriate antibiotic use.

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

Florida Board of Pharmacy

Consultant Pharmacist

3h In-Depth Analysis of Consultant Pharmacist Practice

Pharmacist

3h General

Disclosure statements

The following speakers, reviewers, and planning committee members have disclosed that he/she has no relevant financial disclosures. No other speaker, reviewer, or planning committee member in a position to control content has any financial relationships to disclose.