Antibiotic Stewardship Updates: The CDC and Joint Commission - On Demand
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention and The Joint Commission will address the expected standards and upcoming changes in antibiotic stewardship, therefore ensuring all health care providers are applying the correct guidelines.
Target Audience
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy technicians
Learning Objectives
Pharmacist learning objectives
- Describe The Joint Commission’s planned revisions to their antibiotic stewardship standards and their implementation plans and timeline
- Discuss CDC’s implementation resources and tools for antibiotic stewardship programs
Pharmacy technician learning objectives
- Describe The Joint Commission’s planned revisions to their antibiotic stewardship standards and their implementation plans and timeline
Additional Information
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On demand activity
United States
Relevant financial relationships: Planning committee members and presenters have nothing to disclose.
Planning committee members
Jackie Stokes, BS
Manager, Pharmacy Program
Vizient, Inc.
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Consulting Solutions Director
Vizient, Inc.
Course reviewer
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Consulting Solutions Director
Vizient, Inc.
Presenters
Melinda Neuhauser, PharmD, MPH
Pharmacist and Acute Care Lead for Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Office of Antibiotic Stewardship
The CDC
David W. Baker, MD, MPH, FACP
Executive Vice President, Healthcare Quality Evaluation
The Joint Commission
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Designation Statement:
PHARMACY
Vizient, Inc. designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 ACPE credit hours.
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-21-371-H04-P
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-21-371-H04-T
CEU
Vizient, Inc. will award CEUs to each participant who successfully completes this program. The CEU is a nationally recognized unit of measure for continuing education and training programs that meet certain criteria (1 contact hour = 0.1 CEU).
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 1.00 General CE - Attendance