104 - Overdiagnosis of Infections: Cracking the Code!

Friday, October 21, 2022

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM US ET

Location: 151 AB

Watch the live stream on the conference website.

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Costi Sifri, MD

Professor of Medicine Director Hospital Epidemiology/Infection Prevention & Control
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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Paul Pottinger, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases
University of Washington Medical Center-Montlake
Seattle, Washington, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Faculty(s)

Sonali Advani, MBBS, MPH, FIDSA (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine-Infectious Diseases
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina, United States

Disclosure(s): Locus Biosciences: Advisor/Consultant (), Honoraria (); Sysmex America: Advisor/Consultant ()
Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc

Director of Hospital Medicine Research
Internal Medicine
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Costi Sifri, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Paul Pottinger, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Sonali D. Advani, MBBS, MPH, FIDSA: Locus Biosciences: Advisor/Consultant (), Honoraria (); Sysmex America: Advisor/Consultant ()

Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc: No financial relationships to disclose

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 barriers to appropriate testing and design interventions that successfully reduce inappropriate testing for UTI in a complex health system;
enhance antimicrobial stewardship activities by creating meaningful metrics of inappropriate diagnostic testing

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM US ET

The Urine Story
Speaker: Sonali D. Advani, MBBS, MPH, FIDSA (she/her/hers) – Duke University School of Medicine
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM US ET

Creating Metrics of Overdiagnosis of Infections
Speaker: Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc – University of Utah School of Medicine