Antimicrobial Stewardship
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At a glance: Antimicrobial Stewardship describes programs and policies that assist health care providers to use antimicrobials more wisely. The primary goals of such programs are to curtail or reduce antimicrobial resistance and improve patient care. In the hospital, it entails a system of informatics, data collection methods and antimicrobial use guidelines which promote the optimal selection, dosing and duration of prescribed antibiotics.
Guidelines & Treatments
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Restricted Antimicrobials lists currently restricted antimicrobials and describes the request and approval process for procuring restricted antimicrobials at WFUBMC. |
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Guidelines for Antimicrobials provides WFUBMC facility-specific guidelines and indications for both restricted and non-restricted antimicrobials. |
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Guidelines for Treatment of Specific Diseases provides guidelines and indications for treatment of specific diseases such as Community Aquired Pneumonia, Febrile Neutropenia and C. Difficile Associated Diarrhea. |
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Guidelines for Treatment of URIs The Wake Forest University Physicians (WFUP) Initiative provides downloadable pocket cards, CDC fact sheets and documentation regarding treatment of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URIs). |
Organizations & Initiatives
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CAUSE The Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Utilization and Epidemiology (CAUSE) is dedicated to the appropriate use of antibiotics and other antimicrobials in the hospital and long-term care facility. CAUSE is the result of a combined effort of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's pharmacy and section on Infectious Diseases. |
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CASE The Carolinas Antimicrobial Stewardship Effort (CASE) is committed to surveying, monitoring and studying antimicrobial susceptibility and antimicrobial use in hospitals, long-term care facilities and the community of the Carolinas. CASE is actively involved in North and South Carolina's Center for Disease Control programs and state funded programs promoting prudent antibiotic use in the outpatient community. |
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WFUP Initiative This Wake Forest University Physicians (WFUP) Initiative is a multidisciplinary project that leverages evidence-based medicine to improve the quality of patient care in the outpatient setting via an Antimicrobial Stewardship Project for Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URI). |