ASC-SC Antimicrobial Stewardship TeleECHO: Inpatient

Sessions will be held on the 4th Thursday of every month from 12-1pm EST

Our Goals

Educate and engage with ASPs in community and critical access hospitals

Apply case-based learning to master complex patient and system challenges

Empower ASPs with tools and resources to improve local antimicrobial use

Enhance your antimicrobial stewardship skills
Share experiences in the form of case-based discussions
Receive specific feedback from panel of experts
Implement new stewardship strategies to optimize antimicrobial therapy
Improve antimicrobial stewardship metrics at your facility
Collaborate with partner hospitals in South Carolina to benefit the entire state population
Enhance your understanding of CMS and Joint Commission requirements
Earn free CME and CPE credit

For questions, please email: asc-sc@dhec.sc.gov

Date	Topic	Presenter
March 25, 2021	Gram negative bacteremia: IV to PO transitions	Rajivkumar Amipara, MD
April 22, 2021	How can we assess ASPs across hospitals: benchmarking ASP metrics	Michihiko Goto, MD, MSCI, FACP (University of Iowa)
May 27, 2021	To treat or not to treat: Acute on chronic wounds	Sarah Battle, MD
June 24, 2021	Pancreatitis: when to use antibiotics (and when to not)	Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD
July 2021	Summer break!
August 26, 2021	COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis: Indications for treatment and prevention of an anti-fungal free for all	Katie Hammer, PharmD (Atrium Health)
September 23, 2021	Got difficult to treat resistance? There is now an antibiotic for that. (New GN antimicrobials)	Morgan Pizzuti, PharmD
October 28, 2020	TBD	TBD
November 18, 2020* (due to holiday)	Cefazolin vs nafcillin for MSSA bacteremia: does it really matter?	Vivian Tsai, PharmD
	Holiday Break!
January 27, 2022	Didactics on Demand: TBD	TBD
February 24, 2022	TBD	Utpal Mondal, MBBS