​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Antimicrobial Stewardship​​

To receive medical staff credentialing credit​:

1. ​Review the antimicrobial stewardship information below.
2. Fill out and submit the ​attestation form for Atrium Health Floyd​.
   

Antimicrobial stewardship seeks to optimize the use of antimicrobial agents with patients to achieve the best clinical outcome. Efforts are focused on the following criteria:

• Optimal selection
• Dose and duration of antimicrobials​

Educational Resources​

• Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs from the CDC
• Combating ​​Antimicrobial Resistance from the CDC
• Antimicrobial Resistance​ from the Infectious Disease Society ​of America (IDSA)​
  

Dosing Guidelines​

• Adult Inpatient Empiric Antibiotic Guidelines​​
  
• Adult Outpatient Empiric Antibiotic Guidelines
  

​​Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee​

A multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship team meets quarterly to review trends in antimicrobial use, resistance patterns, interventions, and reports its findings and ​recommendations to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.​

• Dr. John Hostetler, External Physician, Infectious Disease Specialist
  
• Dr. Daniel Valancius, Director, ​Hospitalists
  
• Dr. Kelly Culbertson, Program Director and DIO, Family Medicine Residency
  
• Troy Hopper, Pharmacy ​Director, Pharmacy​
  
• Matt Middleton, Clinical Pharmacist
  
• Greta Freeman, Microbiology Director
  
• Gary Latta, Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator
  
• Karyn Lyon, Registered Nurse, Epidemiology
  
• ​Robin​ Cater, Registered Nurse
  

Team Progress

• Antibiotic Stewardship Honor Roll recognition from the Georgia Department of Public Health
• Installation of Theradoc surveillance and data-mining system
  
• Inpatient De-Escalation Alert (IDEA) for broad-spectrum antibiotics
• Use of Physician Message Center for communicating inpatient antibiotic alerts

Future Projects

• ​Evaluate and implement rapid ID for bloodstream infections and respiratory viral screening with PCR-based testing in lab
  

Antibiotic Susceptibility Reports​

• ​Inpatient Antibiogram, January - June 2023​
  
• ​ECC Antibiogram​​​, January - June 2023​​

​Program Policies​

• Antimicrobial Stewardship
  
• ​De-Escalation of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics​​
  
• ​Restricted Antibiotics​​
  
• ​IV to PO Interchange by a Pharmacist
  
• Aminoglycosides/Vancomycin for Patients Under 18
  
• Aminoglycosides/Vancomycin for Adults​
  
• MRSA Nasal Screening​
  

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