Course Overview
This course provides an overview of antimicrobial
stewardship (AMS) programs, specifically in the outpatient and emergency
department settings. The course will
review topics such as risk of antibiotic use, barriers to antimicrobial
stewardship and how to determine the success of an AMS program.
Target Audience
Infection Prevention professionals who have participated in and
gained considerable knowledge through specialized infection 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
- Define antibiotic stewardship and how it can prevent antibiotic
resistant bacterial infections
- Discuss common infections in outpatient facilities and emergency
departments for which antibiotics are prescribed
- Identify elements and barriers of an antibiotic stewardship
program
- Discuss measures used to determining the success of an antibiotic
stewardship program
- Discuss
the importance of educating and engaging patients on this topic
Continuing Education CreditContinuing Education (CE) credit is available for this course until March 18, 2027. Once viewed, please visit the activity page to obtain your credit.
How Did We Do?
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