The JHH ASP strives to ensure optimal antibiotic treatment for all patients who need antibiotics and to further the science of safe antibiotic use. #JHHASP.
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Vancomycin rarely causes antibody-mediated thrombocytopenia associated w/severe bleeding events. Usually, platelets drop by >90% from baseline after a median of 6 day-therapy. Pts w/a (+) antibody should have an allergy entered in the EHR & shouldn't be rechallenged w/vancomycin.
Breaking News: @AHRQNews Program Helped Long-Term Care Facilities Reduce Antibiotic Use healthitanalytics.com/news/a…
Read more about the Implementation of an Antibiotic Stewardship Program in Long-term Care Facilities Across the US here: ja.ma/3MBTT1s
Read on antibiotic prescribing guidelines as new study shows concordance with guidelines in the US is less than 60% pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3384…
New study shows 5 days of antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia in children leads to similar outcomes as longer durations but less antibiotic resistant bacteria. So CAP it at 5! @ARLGnetwork #MedTwitter
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A study of almost 10,000 patients with prosthetic joint infections found NO ASSOCIATION with recent dental procedures. This is the largest study to support ADA’s recommendation AGAINST antibiotic prophylaxis prior to dental visits in patients with prosthetic joints #medtwitter
NEW from @BMJ_Qual_Saf. Learn how @MDHealthDept @HopkinsMedNews @UMmedschool and @NORCNews created the Maryland Statewide Prevention and Reduction of C. difficile Collaborative to reduce hospitals’ C. difficile infection rates. dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-202…
Congratulations to the co-authors of the IDSA guidance including our very own @pranita_tamma! Read more to learn how to treat these challenging pathogens!
IDSA has released NEW guidance on treating infections caused by three of the most common drug-resistant pathogens:
• AmpC-E
• CRAB
• S. maltophilia
Guidelines: bit.ly/32dqIyT
Press release: bit.ly/3CFhAzF
#IDSAGuidelines #WAAW21
Johns Hopkins Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship retweeted
.@HopkinsMedicine gets funds from @CDCgov for global efforts on #DrugResistance #AntibioticStewardship & #InfectionControl. Hopkins focus on #India, #LatinAmerica. @JHU_India @JHH_ASP @HopkinsCCGHE @SimnerLab #MattRobinsonMD @ValeriaFabreMD #SaraCosgroveMD bit.ly/3pEqyZH
Johns Hopkins Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship retweeted
Staph aureus bacteremia at #IDWeek2020 with Sara Cosgrove, MD! “Unfortunately antibiotics don’t come equipped with little scalpels to remove infected pacemakers and other hardware!!” - best line of the conf. so far!!
Johns Hopkins Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship retweeted
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to announce this afternoon that the first case of Wuhan coronavirus has been reported in the United States, in Washington state, a federal source outside the CDC tells CNN. cnn.com/2020/01/21/health/wu…
A must read to use blood cultures wisely @sanjayvdesai @OslerResidency @ssharara2 @ValeriaFabreMD
Celebrating Abx Awareness Week at The Johns Hopkins Hospital! #Abx #ID @OslerResidency @HopkinsMedicine @ValeriaFabreMD
Johns Hopkins Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship retweeted
Just out! The @AHRQNews Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use has posted the Acute Care Toolkit.
So, if you are looking for resources to take acute care antibiotic stewardship to the next level, here you go...
@NORCNews @JHM_Armstrong
ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acut…
Congratulations to Pranita Tamma, MD, MHS and Sara Cosgrove, MD, MS who were able to reduce antibiotic use across 402 US hospitals by training front-line clinicians to be self-stewards. @IDWeek2019 #AHRQ #antibioticstewards #selfstewards
Come Meet-the-Expert Pranita Tamma, M.D., discusses what we've learned in the AHRQ-funded project for improving #antibiotic use in #acutecare @IDWeek2019. Visit booth #1231 on from 11AM to 1PM. #IDWeek2019 ahrq.gov/hai/tools/antibioti…
And that's a wrap! Thank you to the @IDPH for hosting the Illinois Summit on Antimicrobial Stewardship 2019. @JHH_ASP is proud to have been represented by @ValeriaFabreMD and Ashley Pleiss, RN! @JHUNursing @HopkinsMedicine #ASP #antibioticstewards
We are very proud and excited for @ValeriaFabreMD and Ashley Pleiss, RN (representing @JHUNursing), who will be speaking later this afternoon on their great work implementing nursing initiatives in #AntimicrobialStewardship at @HopkinsMedicine! @IDPH #antibioticstewards
Our very own @ValeriaFabreMD from @JHH_ASP is participating in the Illinois Summit on Antimicrobial Stewardship 2019.
She listened to a great talk by @jeffreylinder from @NorthwesternMed citing: 19-29% of antibiotic prescriptions in the outpatient setting are not associated with an in-person visit.