Building Antimicrobial Stewardship and Engaging Prescribers

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This presentation was delivered in session F1 of Quality Forum 2014 by: Victor Leung Infection Prevention & Control Physician Providence Health Care Clinical Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine UBC

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Building an antimicrobial stewardship program by engaging

prescribers

Dr. Victor Leung, MD FRCPC

SEX AND THE SUPERBUG

The rise of drug-resistant gonorrhea. BY JEROME GROOPMAN

CONSEQUENCES OF INAPPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTIC USE

We have an opportunity to delay the post-antibiotic era and optimize patient outcomes by improving antibiotic

prescribing behavior

SUSCEPTIBILITY GUIDED

PATHOGEGN DIRECTED EMPIRIC PROPHYLACTIC

Optimize Antimicrobial

Use Education

Academic Detailing

Diagnostic test utilization

Data collection +

analysis Research

Stewardship Infrastructure

Collaboration with

prescribers

Formulary restrictions

Systematic and coordinated approach to selecting antimicrobials to achieve optimal outcomes

Inappropriate Antimicrobial Use

Indiscriminate laboratory testing

Knowledge gaps

Inadequate documentation and transitions in care

Diagnostic Uncertainty or Fear

PRIMARY DRIVERS OF INAPPROPRIATE ANTIMICROBIAL USE

Optimize Antimicrobial

Use Education

Academic Detailing

Diagnostic test utilization

Data collection +

analysis Stewardship Infrastructure

Collaboration with

prescribers

Formulary restrictions

Systematic and coordinated approach to using appropriate antimicrobial agents to achieve optimal outcomes

Educational Journal Club Events Reached over 100 Prescribers

Optimize Antimicrobial

Use Education

Academic Detailing

Diagnostic test utilization

Data collection +

analysis Stewardship Infrastructure

Collaboration with

prescribers

Formulary restrictions

Systematic and coordinated approach to using antimicrobial agents to achieve optimal outcomes

Academic detailing offers point-of-care education

• Microbiologic data • Local resistance

patterns • Evidence based

guidelines • Potential errors:

• Broad spectrum • Dosing • medication

interactions • allergies

Optimize Antimicrobial

Use Education

Academic Detailing

Diagnostic test utilization

Data collection +

analysis Stewardship Infrastructure

Collaboration with

prescribers

Formulary restrictions

Systematic and coordinated approach to using antimicrobial agents to achieve optimal outcomes

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Optimize Antimicrobial

Use Education

Academic Detailing

Diagnostic test utilization

Data collection +

analysis Stewardship Infrastructure

Collaboration with

prescribers

Formulary restrictions

Systematic and coordinated approach to using antimicrobial agents to achieve optimal outcomes

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Optimize Antimicrobial

Use Education

Academic Detailing

Diagnostic test utilization

Data collection +

analysis Organizational Structure

Collaboration with

prescribers

Formulary restrictions

Systematic and coordinated approach to using antimicrobial agents to achieve optimal outcomes

Optimize Antimicrobial

Use Education

Academic Detailing

Diagnostic test utilization

Data collection +

analysis Stewardship Infrastructure

Collaboration with

prescribers

Formulary restrictions

Systematic and coordinated approach to using antimicrobial agents to achieve optimal outcomes

Call to action

• The next time you prescribe an antimicrobial or assess the need for an antimicrobial, ask yourself: – What am I treating? – How long should I treat? – Is there an alternative, more

appropriate antibiotic?

bugs&drugs@providencehealth.bc.ca

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