Wednesday, April 3 2024
2:30–3:15pm
CME/CE
Curbside Consults: Top Questions from PCPs on Responsible Antibiotic Prescribing
Davidson Ballroom
Description
At least 30% of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary. Outpatient antibiotic stewardship is needed to improve prescribing and address the threat of antibiotic resistance. In this session we will answer questions related to the most common infectious diseases seen in the outpatient medical practice.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the importance of antibiotic stewardship programs (ASP) in the outpatient clinical practice
- Optimize antimicrobial management in the most common infections encountered in the outpatient setting
- Recognize the 5 D concept in outpatient antimicrobial stewardship practice (Diagnosis, Drug, Dose, Duration, De-escalation)
- Identify areas in infectious disease where antimicrobials are not needed