Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Intensive Care Unit

This presentation focuses on the critical role of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), where patients are highly susceptible to infections and often exposed to broad spectrum antibiotics. Pharmacists play a key role in implementing AMS strategies to optimize antimicrobial use, reduce resistance, and improve patient outcomes.

This program is sponsored through a grant from the Alabama Department of Public Health, Bureau of Communicable Disease Infectious Diseases and Outbreaks through a Cooperative Agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, grant number 6 NU50CK000545-03-02, Strengthening HAI/AR (SHARP) CFDA 93.323.

Target Audience

This knowledge-based program is intended for Pharmacists (ACPE), Physicians (ACCME), Physician Assistants (ACCME), Nurse Practitioners (ABN), and Nurses (ABN).  

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the importance of antimicrobial stewardship in the intensive care unit.

2. Identify strategies to optimize antimicrobial use in the intensive care unit.

3. Assess the impact of antimicrobial stewardship on preventing infections such as Clostridium difficile.

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.20 ABN
    Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy is a board-approved provider of continuing nursing education in Alabama by the Alabama Board of Nursing. Provider Number: ABNP1515
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    Auburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Course opens: 
10/02/2024
Course expires: 
10/02/2027
Cost:
$0.00
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Recorded Webinar
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Ashley Hawthorne, PharmD, BCCCP is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Harrison College of Pharmacy’s Mobile Campus. She joined the HCOP faculty in January 2023 and also practices with the Department of Surgery in the Trauma and Burn ICUs at USA Health.

Dr. Hawthorne graduated with her Pharm.D. from the Harrison College of Pharmacy in 2014. Upon graduation, she worked as a clinical pharmacist with Providence Hospital in Mobile until 2019 when she became Board Certified in Critical Care Pharmacotherapy and accepted her first academic appointment with Wiliam Carey University School of Pharmacy in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Dr. Hawthorne is an active member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, serving on the In-Training Section Committee since 2020 and currently holds the position of secretary. She is also involved in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, where serves as the Chair of the Communications Committee for the Critical Care PRN. Her specific critical care interests include infectious diseases and ICU delirium, and she also enjoys participating in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Auburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide. The Universal Activity Number for this knowledge-based program is 0001-9999-24-042-H01-P and is intended for pharmacists. The initial release date for this home-study program is October 2, 2024 and the intended expiration date is October 2, 2027.

ABN - Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy is a Board approved provider of continuing nursing education in Alabama by the Alabama Board of Nursing. Provider Number: ABNP1515.

ACCME - Huntsville Hospital designates this home study program for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™.  Physicians and Physician Assistants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama (MASA) through the joint providership of Huntsville Hospital and the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy. Huntsville Hospital is accredited by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

Available Credit

  • 1.20 ABN
    Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy is a board-approved provider of continuing nursing education in Alabama by the Alabama Board of Nursing. Provider Number: ABNP1515
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    Auburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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