Antimicrobial Stewardship For Long-Term Care Settings

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Course Overview
The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s course on Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care Settings covers the unique aspects of antimicrobial stewardship in long-term care settings, including risks, common infections, barriers to antimicrobial stewardship programs, and the importance of educating and engaging patients and family members.

Target Audience

Target audience for this course are healthcare professionals who are or will be directly involved in infection prevention activities in their facilities. These are infection prevention professionals who have participated in and gained considerable knowledge through specialized infection and control training and have minimal to moderate practice or fieldwork experience with infection prevention and control concepts.

Audience examples: Advanced Beginner to Proficient Infection Preventionist, Advanced Beginner to Proficient HAI/AR/IPC staff, Novice to Proficient Healthcare/Public Health Epidemiologist, Infectious Disease /Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Pharmacist.

Overall Learning Objectives

Identify the risks associated with antibiotics for patients in long-term care facilities (LTCF)
Define unique aspects of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in LTCF
Discuss common infections in LTCF for which antibiotics are prescribed
Discuss barriers to AMS programs in LTCF
Discuss measures used to determine the success of an AMS program for LTCF
Discuss the importance of educating and engaging residents and family members

Continuing Education Credit
Continuing Education (CE) credit is not available for this course.

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