11298336 March 19th, 2024 Enhancing Antimicrobial Stewardship: Critical Reflection On Professional Development As a pharmacy student seeking to enhance my professional development and fulfill continuous learning, I participated in the Professional Practice Project (PPP) titled “Antimicrobial Stewardship Tools for Dentists”. The learning objective I set for myself was to be able to identify at least three different aspects of antimicrobial stewardship to reduce improper antibiotic use, which I will be able to translate and adopt as a future pharmacist. I accomplished my learning goal and gained new knowledge that was only possible with this learning opportunity. Three key takeaways I learned regarding antimicrobial stewardship include identifying true antibiotic allergies that are vital to preventing …show more content…
The PPP focused on addressing the overuse of antibiotics in dental practice, highlighting that dentists make up approximately 10% of antibiotic prescriptions in the community. Through discussions with two dentists, they identified the need for patient education and resources to facilitate discussions on antimicrobial stewardship. The students proposed four deliverables, including brochures, a “viral” prescription pad, a poster on penicillin allergies, and a flow chart for antibiotic selection. Prior to participating in this learning opportunity, I did not know the role dentists play regarding antibiotic use. Although I had some prior knowledge regarding the challenges prescribers face due to the expectations of patients and the potential consequences of mislabeling patients with a “penicillin allergy” my knowledge was limited when it came to the specific topic. The subject of antimicrobial stewardship is highly relevant to the professional practice of pharmacists, which is why I chose to partake in this
Question 1. Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that is usually transmitted via staff hands or by direct contact with affected patients, contaminated fomites (Surawicz et al. 2013). C. difficile infection (CDI) is one of the common causes of antibiotic associated diarrhoea in hospitals (Surawicz et al. 2013). This is because the decline in health status of hospitalised patients and the close contact between them caused by staying in the same contaminated
paper is to identify clinical practices associated with antibiotic resistance in patients in long-term care facilities with urinary tract infections, different treatment options, and the prevalence of antibiotic resistance. The identified research reports will be analyzed and assessed in relation to the selected PICO question: in nursing home patients with UTIs what are the effects of treating the infection with antibiotics compared to not treating the infection with any antibiotic and how can it help
continuously unbalanced intestinal microbiota, usually due to antimicrobials, was deemed a precondition of developing the infection. However, recently, there have been alterations in the biology from virtually infecting the elderly population exclusively, wherein the microbiota in their guts have been interrupted by antimicrobials, to currently infecting individuals within of all age groups displaying no recent antimicrobial use. Furthermore, recent reports have confirmed critical occurrences among groups previously
Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury Urinary tract infections [UTIs] are the most frequent infections in patients with both traumatic and nontraumatic spinal cord injury [SCI] and occurs at a rate of 2.5 events per patient per year.1 The majority of cases of septicemia can be attributed to the urinary tract with a mortality rate of about 15 percent.1 Systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials have shown that several modalities are effective in UTI prevention;