Antibiotic Stewardship News Posts
Solutions for Transition from Hospital to Home Focus of South Dakota Roundtable
After a stay in the hospital, the majority of patients will transition home while others may enter a skilled nursing facility. Each individual’s journey back to health comes with challenges and requires a coordinated effort of family, friends and healthcare...
Quality Improvement Organizations: A Driving Force for Quality Improvement
Since 1984, Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) have been a driving force for quality improvement throughout the country. On September 15, Modern Healthcare published an infographic on the 2017 Quality Improvement Organization efforts. The data draws...
Getting Out Into the Community….
The Great Plains Quality Innovation Network - Nebraska team attended the PATCH (Planned Approach to Community Health) Health Fair in Norfolk, Nebraska in mid-September. "Our goal was to connect with and engage fair attendees to educate and improve their knowledge of...
U.S. Challenges World to Intensify Global Fight against Antibiotic Resistance
On September 25, during the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, the United States announced The AMR Challenge—an ambitious global initiative to combat the growing threat of Antibiotic Resistance. This unprecedented effort, led by the U.S Department of...
It’s Flu Vaccination Season!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) hosted their annual press conference to kickoff flu vaccination season last week. CDC recommends that people get a flu vaccine by the end of October before...
Nebraska Infection Prevention…..Sepsis, MDROs and CDI….Oh My!
Nearly 125 nursing home employees took the opportunity to learn more about sepsis, Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs) and Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) during a series of learning sessions offered in August and September. The Wizard of Oz production was the...
CDC’s Antibiotic Stewardship Training Course Now Available
Sections three and four have been added to CDC’s FREE online antibiotic stewardship training course! The entire four-section course is now available on CDC Train and offers up to eight hours of continuing education (CE) credit. The following topics are covered in the...
Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Summit; Recorded Presentations Available
The First Annual Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Summit was held on June 1, 2018 at the Embassy Suites in LaVista, Nebraska. Nearly 270 healthcare professionals from Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and South Dakota were in attendance. Several of the...
CMS Town Hall Meeting: The Opioid Epidemic
You are invited - CMS Town Hall Meeting The Opioid Epidemic: Approaches to Adolescents and Honored Elders ....highlighting the importance of collaboration among clinicians and community members to address the opioid crisis Thursday, September 6, 2018 12:00 - 5:00 p.m....
Section 2 of the CDC’s Antibiotic Stewardship Training Series Available
In February, the CDC’s Office of Antibiotic Stewardship launched the first section of a four-part, web-based training course on Antibiotic Stewardship. This course launched on the heels of CDC’s Be Antibiotics Aware: Smart Use, Best Care educational effort - aimed...
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