127 - Antibiotic Stewardship and the Diagnostic Laboratory: Opportunities and Challenges

Speaker(s)

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  Daniel Diekema, MD, D(ABMM)

  Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
  University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
  Iowa City, Iowa

  Disclosure: bioMerieux, Inc () : Grant/Research Support; JMI Laboratories () : Consultant; OpGen : Consultant (Status: Ongoing)
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  Elizabeth Palavecino, MD

  Director of Clinical Microbiology
  Pathology
  Wake Forest Baptist Health System
  Winston Salem, North Carolina

  Disclosure: Beckman Coulter : Speakers' bureau (Status: Ongoing); Diasorin Inc : Grant/Research Support (Status: Terminated --- 03/30/20202); Paratek () : Grant/Research Support
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  Eric Wenzler, PharmD BCPS BCIDP AAHIVP

  Assistant Professor
  College of Pharmacy
  University of Illinois at Chicago
  Chicago, Illinois

  Disclosure: Allergan Plc : Speakers' bureau (Status: Ongoing); Astellas Pharma : Speakers' bureau (Status: Ongoing); GenMark Diagnostics : Consultant (Status: Ongoing); Melinta Therapeutics : Speakers' bureau (Status: Ongoing); Shionogi Inc : Consultant (Status: Ongoing)

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.75 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.75 hours of MOC Credit

No CPE Credits

Learning Objectives:

• use the laboratory to improve antimicrobial stewardship
• consider needs to lead an antimicrobial stewardship program

Presentations:

• 1:15pm – 3:00pm EDT

  Diagnostic Stewardship: It’s More Than C. Diff
  Daniel Diekema, MD, D(ABMM) – University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
• 1:15pm – 3:00pm EDT

  Optimizing ASP and Clinical Laboratory Collaboration
  Elizabeth Palavecino, MD – Wake Forest Baptist Health System
• 1:15pm – 3:00pm EDT

  Rapid Diagnostics: The Good and the Bad for Antibiotic Stewardship
  Eric Wenzler, PharmD BCPS BCIDP AAHIVP – University of Illinois at Chicago