Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Inpatient Settings A.docVIP

This is an unedited transcript of this session. As such, it may contain omissions or errors due to sound quality or misinterpretation. For clarification or verification of any points in the transcript, please refer to the audio version posted at /cyberseminars/catalog-archive.cfm or contact Nancy.Greer@. Moderator: We are just at the top of the hour here. I would like to take a moment to introduce our presenters here. Dr. Nancy Greer is a Health Science Specialist within the Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. She is the program manager for the Minneapolis site of the VA Evidence-based Synthesis Program. Dr. Gregory Filice is a Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at Community Health in the School of Public Health and Chief of the VA Infectious Disease Section. Dr. Filice received his infectious disease training at Stanford University School of Medicine and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. He studies antimicrobial therapy, specifically strategies to optimize prescribing to improve outcomes and prevent resistance. They will be joined today by Dr. Matthew Goetz. He is the Chief of Infectious Diseases, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Program Director at the UCLA Affiliated Program in Infectious Diseases, and a UCLA Professor of Clinical Medicine. His research interests include strategic treatment and long-term complications of HIV infection and antimicrobial utilization and infection control. And with that, Dr. Greer, I would like to turn things over to you. Dr. Nancy Greer: Okay, thank you. Well, the topic today is “Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Inpatient Settings,” and I would like to acknowledge our coauthors and collaborators as well as our external group, our technical expert panel and peer reviewers. Just briefly disclosure information. This report is based on research conducted by the ESP Center here at the Minneapolis VA and was funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs,