69 - Identifying and Tackling Disparities in Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship

Thursday, October 12, 2023

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM US ET

Location: 157 ABC

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Danielle Zerr, MD MPH (she/her/hers)

Professor Pediatric Infectious Diseases/Med. Dir. Infection Prevention
University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA, United States
Karen Tan, PharmD, BCIDP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Adult Infectious Diseases
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, CA, United States

Faculty(s)

Jasmine Marcelin, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE, United States

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Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA, United States

Slides
Caitlin McGrath, MD, MS (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA, United States

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Danielle M. Zerr, MD MPH: AlloVir: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Merck and Company, Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Karen K. Tan, PharmD, BCIDP: No financial relationships to disclose

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 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:

describe inequities in hospital acquired infections and antimicrobial use, and identify drivers of inequities and how to mitigate them;
identify strategies to evaluate and mitigate health disparities in antimicrobial use in individual practice settings;
identify strategies to evaluate and mitigate disparities within the context of HAI surveillance and other IP activities in individual practice settings

Presentations:

1:45 PM – 2:10 PM US ET

Disrupting Health Inequities in Health Care-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Stewardship
Speaker: Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska Medical Center
2:10 PM – 2:35 PM US ET

How to Identify and Address Disparities in Your ASP Program
Speaker: Jacinda C. Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of California San Diego
2:35 PM – 3:00 PM US ET

How to Identify and Address Disparities in Your Infection Prevention Program
Speaker: Caitlin McGrath, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital