Building the Laboratory and Antimicrobial Stewardship Relationship to Improve Patient Outcomes

Cardinal Health Lab Briefings webinar series

This webinar is presented by Jerod Nagel, PharmD, BCIDP, Pharmacy Lead for the Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship program at the University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems.

Title: Building the Laboratory and Antimicrobial Stewardship Relationship to Improve Patient Outcomes

Overview

This webinar will provide an overview of antimicrobial stewardship programs and describe how microbiology laboratories serve an integral role in promoting appropriate antimicrobial utilization, optimizing patient outcomes, and decreasing infection rates.

Objectives

Upon completion of this continuing education activity, the participant should be able to:

1. Define antimicrobial stewardship
2. List laboratory strategies that help promote appropriate antimicrobial utilization
3. Identify examples of laboratory and antimicrobial stewardship collaboration that improve patient outcomes

Intended audience

This continuing education credit is intended for use by clinical laboratory professionals who are interested in learning about antimicrobial stewardship programs and what lab strategies exist to help promote appropriate antimicrobial utilization.

Take the course and obtain CE credits

Attend this basic level webinar at no cost. Cardinal Health is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program. This webinar is managed by Whitehat Communications and offers one P.A.C.E.® Continuing Education contact hour for up to six months after the live event.

One P.A.C.E® credit is available upon completion of the course: Building the Laboratory and Antimicrobial Stewardship Relationship to Improve Patient Outcomes

P.A.C.E.® credits are widely recognized in the clinical laboratory profession and can be used to fulfill most continuing education requirements.