10 - Effective Collaborations Between Stewards and the Microbiology Laboratory

Thursday, October 20, 2022

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM US ET

Location: 144 ABC

Watch the live stream on the conference website.

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Pranita Tamma, MD, MHS

Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Navaneeth Narayanan, PharmD, MPH, BCIDP

Clinical Associate Professor
Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Disclosure(s): Merck and Company, Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Faculty(s)

Amy Mathers, MD, D(ABMM)

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, United States

Disclosure(s): Cepheid: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); DayZero: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Merck & Co. Inc: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); OpGen: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Qpex Biopharma: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Venatorx Pharmaceuticals: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing)

Slides
Virginia Pierce, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Disclosure(s): UpToDate, Inc.: Author royalties (Ongoing)

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Pranita Tamma, MD, MHS: No financial relationships to disclose

Navaneeth Narayanan, PharmD, MPH, BCIDP: Merck and Company, Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Amy J. Mathers, MD, D(ABMM): Cepheid: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); DayZero: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Merck & Co. Inc: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); OpGen: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Qpex Biopharma: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Venatorx Pharmaceuticals: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing)

Virginia M. Pierce, MD: UpToDate, Inc.: Author royalties (Ongoing)

CME Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-22-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

recognize how antibiotic breakpoints are established;
identify how to implement antibiotic breakpoints into clinical practice;
identify how to implement novel diagnostics into clinical practice

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM US ET

How Stewardship Can Transform the Science of Antibiotic Breakpoints Into Clinical Practice Recommendations
Speaker: Amy J. Mathers, MD, D(ABMM) – University of Virginia
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM US ET

A Primer on How the Antibiotic Steward Can Incorporate Novel Diagnostic Assays to Guide Effective Antibiotic Decision Making
Speaker: Virginia M. Pierce, MD – University of Michigan Medical School