15 - NHSN: M(AUR) Than a Four-Letter Word

Thursday, October 12, 2023

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM US ET

Location: 157 ABC

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Susan Bleasdale, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, United States
Yi Guo, PharmD, BCIDP

Co-director of Antimicrobial Stewardship
Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, NY, United States

Faculty(s)

Arjun Srinivasan, MD

Deputy Director for Program Improvement, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA, United States

Slides
Elizabeth Dodds Ashley, PharmD, MHS (she/her/hers)

Professor in Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC, United States

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Susan C. Bleasdale, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Yi Guo, PharmD, BCIDP: No financial relationships to disclose

CME Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-23-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

recognize how to use AUR data to improve antimicrobial use at your organization;
describe the limitations and benefits of AUR participation and benchmarking;
explain the current AUR data;
analyze the relationship between antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance.

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM US ET

Why Should I Report Antibiotic Use Data to NHSN?
Speaker: Arjun Srinivasan, MD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM US ET

How Can I Leverage the NHSN Antibiotic Use Data to Help With My Local Stewardship Efforts?
Speaker: Elizabeth Dodds Ashley, PharmD, MHS (she/her/hers) – Duke University School of Medicine