In this episode of the DASON Digest podcast, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Angelina Davis talks to us about the use of active versus passive methods of responding to rapid diagnostic blood culture results. The article reviewed can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36483427/
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In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Jeannette Bouchard is joined by Dr. Kevin Garey, an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Public Health and senior author of the reviewed article. They walk us through the details of the microbiome effects oral omadacycline has versus oral vancomycin and what this might mean for the future of the treatment for C. difficile infections. The materials reviewed in today's episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38051631/ and https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22563022/
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In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaisons Drs. Melissa Johnson and Jeannette Bouchard discuss an article from ASHE on high-dose oral beta-lactam definitive therapy compared to fluoroquinolone or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole oral therapy for bacteremia secondary to a urinary tract infection. The article reviewed can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37771747/
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In this episode, Dr. April Dyer, one of our DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaisons, talks to us about source specific order sets leading to improved empiric therapy in the ED in a 200 bed hospital. The article reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ofid/ofad677/7491622#
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In this episode, Drs. Bouchard, Dodds Ashley, and Perez review a large study tackling inappropriate antimicrobial use in the outpatient setting. The article reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ofid/ofad585/7439469
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In this episode, Drs. Libby Dodds Ashley and Jeannette Bouchard, two of our DASON Clinical Pharmacists, talk to us about bringing and end to VAP. The article reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37888914/
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This week we would like to use the feed to share a great episode of Sara Dong's podcast "Febrile." Members of our DASON team and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America's antimicrobial stewardship committee celebrate antibiotic awareness week by discussing stewardship teams and an example case.
In this episode, Dr. April Dyer, one of the DASON Clinical Pharmacists, talks about cefepime vs piperacillin-tazobactam in adults hospitalized with acute infection. The article reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37837651/
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Drs. Perez, Hillenbrand and Mourad do a deep dive on how to best apply one of our most common stewardship tools. The article reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciad467/7240295
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In this episode of the DASON Digest Podcast, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Jeannette Bouchard talks to us about clinical risk scores to improve empiric antimicrobial selection for outpatient complicated urinary tract infections. The article reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/10/8/ofad319/7198038#413122181
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