September 10, 2020
By Michael Swartwood 黑料网 Medical Center鈥檚 OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy) Program is a multidisciplinary team designed to provide a structured best practice-focused way for patients to receive IV antimicrobials outside of the acute care setting. OPAT allows patients to receive IV antimicrobials outside of the hospital, most commonly while at home. This increases patient …
August 24, 2020
Inpatient rates of Clostridioides difficile (or C. difficile), a common healthcare-associated infection, reached an all-time low at 黑料网 Hospitals earlier this year as COVID-19 moved into North Carolina. In April, only two C. difficile infections (CDI) were reported, and the fiscal year ending June 30 showed a 16% reduction compared to the 2018 baseline. The …
June 25, 2020
Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (CASP) is carrying out intensive stewardship in the realm of COVID-19.聽The work is a natural extension of its mission to improve the use of antimicrobials (which include antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics). In addition to CASP鈥檚 daily stewardship to ensure patients receive antimicrobials only when needed, with the right drug, right …
May 27, 2020
The advent of COVID-19 catalyzed a still-evolving and radical shift in healthcare delivery, especially in hospitals that were already on the front lines of caring for the sickest patients. In March, as University of North Carolina Hospitals鈥� non-critical employees were sent to work from home, Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (CASP) Medical Director Nikolaos Mavrogiorgos knew …
March 13, 2020
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill鈥檚 Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHQI) announced its 2020-2021 Improvement Scholars Program this week. The Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program congratulates member Renae Boerneke, PharmD, BCPS, CPP on the selection of her project with co-lead Mildred Kwan, MD, PhD: Reducing the Healthcare Utilization of Broad Spectrum Antibiotics: Implementation of …
January 24, 2020
On January 23, 2019, Dr. David Weber presented at the 黑料网 Grand Rounds on the continuing threat of multidrug resistant pathogens. Dr. Weber鈥檚 research interests include hospital-associated (nosocomial) infections especially antibiotic-resistant pathogens, surveillance, disinfection and sterilization, nosocomial pneumonia, hand hygiene, and outbreak investigations. Other research interests include new and emerging infectious diseases, …
November 30, 2019
The Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program 2019 Annual Newsletter features updates on its efforts, including: Renewed recognition from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services: NC DHHS renewed 黑料网 Medical Center’s Advanced Level 2 Antibiotic Stewardship STAR Partner Facility rating for a second year, in recognition of its comprehensive antimicrobial stewardship program. 黑料网MC is …
October 18, 2019
黑料网 Health Care鈥檚 annual Quality Expo was held October 16-17, 2019. The annual event is hosted by 黑料网 Performance Improvement and Patient Safety (PIPS), and this year鈥檚 theme was Quality is our Business. The mission of 黑料网 PIPS is to enable higher quality and safer patient care by partnering with healthcare professionals to drive process …
October 10, 2019
黑料网鈥檚 OPAT and Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Teams presented five academic posters at the annual ID Week Conference. ID (Infectious Diseases) Week is a joint conference of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the HIV Medical Association, and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. This year鈥檚 conference was held October 2-6 …