Limitations of CDC's STD Testing Guidelines
January 9th 2017Oluwatoyin (Toyin) Adeyemi, MD, attending physician of infectious diseases at Cook County Health and Hospital System, discusses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing guidelines.
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How Can Pharmacists and Physicians Work Together to Optimize Patient Care?
January 4th 2017Kerry LaPlante, professor of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, adjunct professor of Medicine, Brown University, director of the Rhode Island Infectious Diseases Research Program, and Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Providence Veterans Medical Center, discusses how pharmacists and physicians can work together in the hospital setting to optimize patient care.
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What is Most Threatening About Antibiotic-resistant Pathogens?
December 1st 2016Lauri A. Hicks, DO, captain, US Public Health Service, director, Office of Antibiotic Stewardship, medical director, Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, examines the threat that antibiotic resistance poses to modern medicine.
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Why Are Researchers Struggling to Develop Effective Antibiotics?
November 28th 2016Barry Kreiswirth, PhD, founding director, Public Health Research Institute Tuberculosis Center, professor of medicine at Rutgers University, examines the difficulty of developing new, effective antibiotics as more and more bacteria continue to develop resistance.
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How Are Antibiotic Stewardship Programs Impacting Antibiotic Resistance?
November 26th 2016Lauri A. Hicks, DO, captain, US Public Health Service, director, Office of Antibiotic Stewardship, medical director, Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses how antibiotic stewardship programs are impacting antibiotic resistance.
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Proper Water Maintenance Can Prevent Legionnaires' Disease Outbreaks
November 24th 2016Laura Cooley, MD, MPH medical epidemiologist, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Disease, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses the role water maintenance plays in the prevention of the spread of Legionnaires’ disease.
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Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Needs Multifaceted Approach
November 23rd 2016Lauri A. Hicks, DO, captain, US Public Health Service, director, Office of Antibiotic Stewardship, medical director, Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses how public health institutions can work alongside private pharmaceutical companies to prevent antibiotic resistance.
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Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in Hospital & Outpatient Settings
November 20th 2016Lauri A. Hicks, DO, captain, US Public Health Service, director, Office of Antibiotic Stewardship, medical director, Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses antibiotic stewardship programs in both the hospital and outpatient settings.
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What is Antibiotic Stewardship (and What is it Not)?
November 19th 2016Lauri A. Hicks, DO, captain, US Public Health Service, director, Office of Antibiotic Stewardship, medical director, Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explains what antibiotic stewardship is and what ideal antibiotic stewardship programs in hospitals look like.
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