​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center ​Antimicrobial Stewardship

​ To receive medical staff credentialing credit​:

1. ​Review the antimicrobial stewardship information below. ​
2. Fill out and submit the ​attestation form for Atrium Health Floyd.
   

​Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee

• ​​Greta Freeman, Medical Laboratory Technician​
  
• Eve​lyn Henslee, Clinical Manager​
  
• Sharon Hogue, Director, Employee Health
• Anita Jackson, Director,​ Inpatient Nursing Services
  
• Tifani Kinard, Administrator, Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center​
  
• ​Christy Lindsey, Clinical Pharmacist
• Crystal McDaniels, Clinical Manager​
  
• Dr. Steven Ziemer, Etowah Emergency Physicians​​​​​​​​​​
  

​Team ​Progress

• Implemented extended-infusion beta lactam therapy (for piperacillin-tazobactam, cefepime and meropenem)
• Implemented rapid ID for bloodstream infections and respiratory viral screening with PCR-based testing in lab
• Transitioned from tracking antimicrobial use, antimicrobial resistance and stewardship interventions in Theradoc to Epic

Future Projects​​

• Convert the current reporting of antimicrobial use to NHSN via ASOLVA to Epic​​
• ​​Begin reporting antimicrobial resistance to NHSN via Epic​​

​Antibiotic Susceptibility Reports

• ​ ECC U​rine Antibiogram for Jan. - Dec. 202​​3​​
  
• Systemic ​Antibiogram​ for Jan. - Dec. 2023​​
  

​​​​Progra​m Policies

• MRSA Nasal Screening
  
• Antimicrobial Stewardsh​ip​​
  
• De-Escalation of Broad​-Spectrum Antibiotics
  
• Administration of the First Dose of an Anti​microbial
• Ordering and Monitoring of Aminoglycosides/Vancomycin for Adults
  
• Ordering and Monitoring of Aminoglycosides/Vancomycin for Patients Under 18 Years of Age
  
• ​​​ ​Automatic Stop Order
  
• Restricted Antimicrobials
  
• Clostridium Difficile Diagnostic Stewardship
• IV to PO Interchange by a Pharmacist
  

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