Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Activities

Presentation

After viewing this presentation, viewers will be able to—

• Develop sustainability plans for antibiotic stewardship activities over the subsequent 1–2 years in telemedicine
• Identify targets for future antibiotic stewardship efforts based on antibiotic prescribing patterns in a telemedicine practice
• Understand the importance of completing a gap analysis on an annual basis to identify targets for improvement for antibiotic stewardship efforts in telemedicine
   

Tools

The tools below are designed to assist the practice in developing plans to continue antibiotic stewardship over time.

• The Gap Analysis document assists in identifying where you are in the process of setting up antibiotic stewardship activities as well as areas for further improvement.
• The Guidance for Developing a Sustainability Plan guides creation of a sustainability plan by helping identify strategies to incorporate changes made in antibiotic prescribing into practice and manage competing priorities to improve antibiotic use.
• The Sustainability Plan assists in identifying factors that support sustainability and provides strategies to maintain changes in antibiotic prescribing.
• The Sustainability Planning Worksheet provides a template to develop a sustainability plan.