Antimicrobial stewardship is lead by Infectious Diseases, Pharmacy, Infection Control and Clinical Microbiology and involves the selection, dosing, route and duration of antimicrobial therapy. Goals of a stewardship program are to optimize patient outcomes while minimizing unintended consequences.

In this webinar, Richard Thomson, Jr., PhD will discuss:

• The important role of Clinical Microbiology in providing education
• Microbiology data and enforcement of guidelines as they relate to timely specimen transport
• Rapid organism identification
• Accurate antimicrobial testing and reporting.
• Effective use of the cumulative antibiogram.