Antimicrobial Stewardship Project

02/08/2021

If you have ideas for our project or think you might be a good fit for our director, we'd love to hear from you!

There is no specific cut-off data for applications, but the project is eager to get going … so don’t delay if this is of interest to you!

02/04/2021

We're happy to announce that registration is open for a free and accredited Feb 10 webinar on "Stewardship (Diagnostic and Antimicrobial) in Action: Individual Versus Data-driven Decision Making."

Our host, Marnie Peterson, PharmD, PhD, will be joined by Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD, and Robin Patel, MD, for a discussion about real-world examples of the integration of diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship, data-driven approaches to understand the effects of diagnostic stewardship on patient outcomes, and interdisciplinary approaches to program development.

This 1 hour and 15 minute accredited webinar will be presented by Dr. Brandon Bookstaver and Dr. Robin Patel along with moderator Dr. Marnie Peterson. Topics will include real-world examples of diagnostic stewardship and antimicrobial stewardship practices, the impact of diagnostic tools on antimicr...

10/08/2020

Please join us on Oct 15 as we partner with the Antimicrobial Resistance Fighter Coalition, Wellcome, the American Society for Microbiology, the Surveillance and Epidemiology of Drug-resistant Infections Consortium, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to bring you the second webinar in the "AMR in the Light of COVID-19" series.

Andrew Morris, MD, MS, will moderate a conversation among Lindsay Denny, MPH, Marc Mendelson, MBBS, PhD, Ben Park, MD, and Padmini Srikantiah, MD, MPH, about the role of prevention in AMR and COVID-19.

Each of us is now living in a world with a nearly untreatable virus - but COVID-19 is not the only threat that we are facing. Many bacterial and fungal infections that were previously considered treatable are no longer responding to the drugs designed to kill them. COVID-19 foreshadows a grim future...

08/25/2020

The American Veterinary Medical Association released a report, animal species report cards, and communications materials on the impact of antimicrobial resistance in animals in the US.

The AVMA has worked with experts to identify bacteria affecting multiple animal species for which there is evidence of antimicrobial resistance. The resulting report, Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens Affecting Animal Health in the U.S., can assist veterinarians and others in their antimicrobial ste...

06/30/2020

Join CIDRAP-ASP as we host Dr. Jennifer Granick and Emma Leof as they present, "Improving Antimicrobial Prescribing in Companion Animal Medicine."

06/25/2020

We're so happy to host Dr. Jennifer Granick for a free webinar on June 30 about the tools that the Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Initiative (ARSI) at the University of Minnesota has developed to support a scaled approach to stewardship in companion animal veterinary care. Click the link below to register!

Join CIDRAP-ASP as we host Dr. Jennifer Granick and Emma Leof as they present, "Improving Antimicrobial Prescribing in Companion Animal Medicine."