7 - Diagnostic Testing Stewardship: Examples of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Partnerships

Speaker(s)

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  Susan Butler-Wu, PhD

  Associate Professor, Clinical Pathology
  Keck School of Medicine of USC, CA

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Valeria Fabre, MD

  Assistant Professor of Medicine
  Johns Hopkins University
  Baltimore, Maryland

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Learning Objectives:

• describe the appropriate utilization of meningitis/encephalitis panels in the evaluation of CNS infection
• describe current and future needs to improve blood culture utilization and blood culture practices in the hospital
• describe potential partnerships with Antimicrobial Stewardship and/or Infection Prevention programs

Presentations:

• 11:00am – 12:15pm EDT

  Appropriate Utilization of Meningitis/Encephalitis Panels
  Susan Butler-Wu, PhD – Keck School of Medicine of USC
• 11:00am – 12:15pm EDT

  Improving Blood Culture Utilization in the Hospital, from the Lab to the Bedside
  Valeria Fabre, MD – Johns Hopkins University