Antimicrobial Stewardship: Measuring, Auditing and Improving, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
8 - 10 April 2010, Vienna, Austria
Organizer
ESCMID Study Group for Antibiotic Policies (ESGAP)
Course Materials
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Thursday, 8 April 2010
Session 1
ECDC's successful actions to combat antimicrobial resistance. Dominique Monnet
Influence of sociocultural components on outpatient antibiotic use. Stephan Harbarth
Session 2 (parallel sessions)
How to measure antimicrobial consumption. Dominique Monnet
How to audit antimicrobial prescriptions in a hospital, including quality indicators. Inge Gyssens
Interhospital comparison of antimicrobial use. Ronald Polk
Linking antimicrobial resistance to antimicrobial exposure with patient or aggregate data. Stephan Harbarth
Session 3
Improving antibiotic prescribing through educational interventions. Dilip Nathwani
ESAC's surveillance by point prevalence measurements. Herman Goossens
Friday, 9 April 2010
Session 4
Improving dosing regimens to minimize resistance. Johan Mouton
Case studies (parallel sessions)
Case studies corresponded to exercises where participants were presented with a series of sequential questions that had to be answered using real data provided with the exercises. Answers and additional data were provided at each step.
Audit of antibiotic surgical prophylaxis. Inge Gyssens
Interpersonal aspects of implementing change. Maurice Sleypen
Everything you wanted to know about time-series analysis. Nathalie Vernaz
Multi-site interventions, including car bundle strategies in surgical prophylaxis. Inge Gyssens
Antibiotic management of hospitalized infected patients. Dilip Nathwani
Surveillance by point prevalence measurements in a hospital. Jan Kluytmans
How to organize a public campaign to improve antimicrobial use. Vera Vlahovic-Palcevski
Barriers for implementing a local antibiotic policy and how to remove them. Jos van der Meer/Inge Gyssens
Saturday, 10 April 2010
Session 5
The effect of antibiotic use on antimicrobial resistance in the community. Matthew Samore
The gap between antimicrobial resistance and novel drug development. From STRAMA to REACT and beyond. Otto Cars
Session 6
Antimicrobial stewardship programmes at Paris hospitals. Jean Carlet
General practice guideline programmes and interventions in primary care. Theo Verheij
Interventions to improve prescribing: experience in Central and Eastern Europe. Bojana Beovic
The EU Project ABS International. Agnes Wechsler-Fördös
Course Faculty
- Bojana Beovic , Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Otto Cars, Uppsala, Sweden
- Herman Goossens, ESAC, Antwerp, Belgium
- Inge Gyssens, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Stephan Harbarth, Geneva, Switzerland
- Jan Kluytmans, Amsterdam/Breda, The Netherlands
- Jean Carlet, Paris, France
- Jos van der Meer, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Dominique Monnet, ECDC, Stockholm, Sweden
- Johan Mouton, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Dilip Nathwani, Dundee, UK
- Ronald Polk, Richmond, VA, US
- Matthew Samore, Salt Lake City, UT, US
- Maurice Sleypen and Christine Vandenbranden, Valletta, Malta
- Theo Verheij, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Nathalie Vernaz, Geneva, Switzerland
- Vera Vlahovic-Palcevski, Rijeka, Croatia
- Agnes Wechsler-Fördös, Vienna, Austria
Administrative Secretariat
OA Dr Agnes Wechsler-Fördös
ABS GROUP
Silbergasse 30/3
1190 Vienna, Austria
Phone +43 (0)1 997 12 560
annegret.frank[at]abs-group.at
Course Objectives
- To identify sources of data and understand how to measure antimicrobial use
- To select a proper measurement unit for antimicrobial consumption
- To make sense of antimicrobial use and resistance data, both locally and within a multicentre setting
- To choose and apply a method to study the relationship between antimicrobial prescribing and resistance
- To choose and apply an audit methodology for monitoring antimicrobial prescriptions
- To identify the steps and sources for evidence based guideline development
- To identify barriers encountered in Antimicrobial Stewardship programs and how to overcome them
- To make sense of interpersonal aspects of implementing change
- To identify and implement possible interventions to improve antimicrobial prescribing
- To build national and international support for Antimicrobial Stewardship programs
- To select a proper method to study the effect of interventions in hospitals
Course Venue
Hotel Wende
Seestrasse 40
7100 Neusiedl am See, Austria
Phone +43 (0)2167 8111
Fax +43 (0)2167 8111 649
Hotel Website
How to get to the Course Venue
Target Audience
70 - 100 medical doctors, scientists and clinical pharmacists, involved in antimicrobial stewardship activities with the need to measure, audit and improve antimicrobial prescribing in their institution. The course will have sessions at an advanced level in parallel with sessions at a basic level.
Course Levels
Basic module (group 1): Junior staff members are strongly encouraged to apply for an ESCMID attendance grant. Advanced module (group 2): Former participants who are still active in the field are invited.
Registration Fee
EUR 400for ESCMID members
EUR 450 for all others
The fee includes the scientific sessions, printed course material, all meals, transfer to the course hotel and single room accommodation at the course hotel for two nights (8 and 9 April 2010). It does not include travel from home to Vienna and return.
CME Accreditation
The organizer of the course will apply for European CME accreditation through EACCME.