LEC10

Question 1

mention the Core elements of hospital antibiotic stewwardship programs

Answer 1

1-Accountability.
2-Tracking.
3-Acction.
4-Reporting.
5-Education.

Question 2

Why we need antimicrobial stewardship programs?!

Answer 2

1-Few new antibiotics is being developed.
2-Excessive prescribing of antibiotics.
3-Increased number of resistant strains and spread of infections.
4-Misuse of antibiotics has a negative impact on patients safety.
5-Increased healthcare cost.

Question 3

The goals of antimicrobial stewardship programs include?

Answer 3

1-Minimizing or reversing antimicrobial resistance
2-Preventing antimicrobial-related toxicity
3-Reducing the healthcare costs of inappropriate antimicrobial use and infections.

Question 4

The infection prevention and control committee
develops organizational policies and procedures addressing:

Answer 4

1-managemnt of patient and employee health regarding infectons.
2-The education of staff, patients, family members on infection prevention.
3-Surveillance systems to track the infections.
4- Surveillance systems to track the use of antimicrobials and the development of antimicrobial resistance.

Question 5

mention the Responsibilities of Pharmacists

Answer 5

1-promoting the optimal use of antimicrobial agents .
2-reducing the transmission of infections.
3-educating health professionals, patients, and the public.

Question 6

Functions related to Promoting Optimal Use of Antimicrobial Agents
responsibility may include:

Answer 6

1-Uses patient outcomes to assess the effectiveness of antimicrobial use policies.
2-Utilizing information technology to enhance antimicrobial stewardship through surveillance and utilization and outcome reporting.
3-Working with the microbiology laboratory personnel to ensure that appropriate microbial susceptibility tests are reported on individual patients in a timely manner.
4-Utilizing efficient and effective systems to reduce potential errors and adverse drug events of antimicrobial agents.

Question 7

2. Reducing the Transmission of Infections This may be accomplished through:

Answer 7

1-Participating in the infection prevention and control committee.
2-Encouraging the use of single-dose packages of sterile drug products rather than multiple-dose containers, except in sterile environments.
3-Recommending proper labeling, dating, and storage of sterile products and multiple-dose sterile-product containers (if used).
4-Encouraging routine immunization (e.g., influenza vaccination) of hospital staff, and promoting periodic screening for selected transmissible diseases (e.g., tuberculosis).

Question 8

Educational activities
include:

Answer 8

1-) Counseling inpatients, ambulatory care patients.
2-Participating in public health education and awareness programs aimed at controlling the spread of infectious diseases.
3-Providing exposure to antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control practices through experiential and didactic training for practicing health-system pharmacists, students, residents, and research fellows.
4-Providing clinical conferences, newsletters, for health professionals on topics such as antimicrobial use and resistance, decontaminating agents (disinfectants, antiseptics) aseptic technique and procedures, and sterilization methods.