Meet Antibiotic Stewardship Requirements: Live Data Supports Infection Prevention & Control Programs

As CMS continues to enforce surveyor guidance, infection control deficiencies remain among the top three citations issued in post-acute care. Maintaining solid Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Antibiotic Stewardship programs must stay a top priority in the treatment of our post-acute care population. According to the CDC, antibiotics are still the most frequently prescribed medication in nursing facilities, with up to 70% of residents in a nursing facility receiving one or more courses of systemic antibiotics, when followed, over a year. Of those prescribed, as many as two thirds may be unnecessary or inappropriate, causing risk of harmful adverse effects and serious gastrointestinal infections such as development of Clostridioides difficile.

While care providers strive to reduce antibiotic resistant infections, provide optimal resident outcomes, and meet regulatory requirements, leveraging live data analysis is more significant than ever. Historically, surveillance, monitoring, and tracking antibiotic usage has been a time consuming and arduous process but has proven to be vital in improving outcomes and reducing unnecessary adverse drug interactions. During this presentation, we will discuss how live post-acute data analytics can support surveillance efforts, automate antibiotic usage metrics, and identify areas for improvement processes. We will also highlight how live data is helping care providers call out the early signs and symptoms of infections while also identifying prescribing practices, supporting reporting requirements, and improving efforts for best resident outcomes. Furthermore, we will show how accessing this data with no extra work or additional data entry can also assist in improving survey preparations and outcomes.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the CMS IPC and Antibiotic Stewardship requirements, as well as the challenges of antibiotic resistance faced by post-acute providers
• Learn methods to improve antibiotic use, decrease antibiotic resistance, and avoid unnecessary adverse drug interactions
• Demonstrate how live data analytics can automate IPC efforts, support regulatory compliance, and reduce development of multi drug resistant organisms

Speaker

• Cheryl Scalzo, RN, Clinical Account Specialist, Real Time Medical Systems

This webinar is hosted by PADONA.