59. Evaluation of Drug-Bug Mismatch Alerts and Their Value in an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

206Implementing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

206. Implementing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS; Snezana Naumovsky, PharmD; Tanya Elgourt, PharmD; Robert Winters, MD; Ellie Goldstein, MD, FIDSA, FSHEA; John Lee, PharmD; Infection Prevention and Control, Providence Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, CA; Pharmacy, Providence Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, CA; Providence Saint John’s Health Cent...

an investigation into iranian teachers consistency and bias in evaluation of students writings

while performance-based language assessment has led to an increased authenticity and content validity in the practice of writing assessment, the reliability of ratings has become a major issue. research findings have shown different reactions by native english speaker (nes) and non-native english speaker (nns) teachers to students’ writings. the focus of this study is on investigating whether i...

Reflections from an antimicrobial stewardship program.

TO THE EDITOR—I sat at a Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) meeting and listened to an oncologist argue for formulary approval of an expensive new drug for advanced prostate cancer. As an infectious diseases specialist, I would never prescribe the medicine as the complexities of its use are beyond the scope of my expertise. As I considered this, I thought about the use of antimicrobials and the fa...

Does An Antimicrobial Stewardship Program for Carbapenem Use Reduce Costs? An Observation in Tehran, Iran.

Introduction: Inappropriate administration of antimicrobials has led to increased antibiotic resistance as well as burden of infectious diseases. Antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) help prevent resistance through improved utilization of antimicrobial agents while potentially decrease costs of treatment. Method: We reviewed 186 infectious disease (ID) consultations from two internal disea...

Clinical Outcome Evaluation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in an Accountable Care Organization