It’s not too late to register for the NJHA Antimicrobial Stewardship Collaborative In-Person Session scheduled for July 11.
Join NJHA for a full-day conference devoted to improving antimicrobial use across healthcare settings and sharing best practices with peers. The New Jersey Hospital Association’s Institute for Quality and Patient Safety is committed to working with its members to improve hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs and associated patient outcomes.
Improving the use of antimicrobials in healthcare to protect patients and reduce the threat of antimicrobial assistance is a national priority. Antimicrobial stewardship refers to a set of commitments and actions designed to “optimize the treatment of infections while reducing the adverse events associated with antimicrobial use.”
The mission of the NJHA Antimicrobial Stewardship Learning Action Collaborative is to promote the use of the appropriate agent, dose, duration and route of administration of antimicrobial agents both in the acute care setting and in the post-acute care setting in order to improve quality of patient care and patient safety while reducing excessive cost.
Topics for the conference will include:
- Updates for key stakeholders in antimicrobial stewardship in New Jersey
- Updates in the NJHA Antimicrobial Stewardship Learning Action Collaborative
- Using antibiotic stewardship to reduce C. difficile infection, and
- The history of antimicrobial resistance.
This program is targeted to physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, and public health professionals
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