Newsletters

We issue monthly newsletters to DASON members to keep hospital clinical pharmacists and physicians involved in antimicrobial stewardship programs up-to-date about technical, timely, and important news regarding antimicrobial stewardship topics.

Below is a list of newsletters you can access if you join Dason

Date Title
July 2022 New and Revised Antibiotic Stewardship Requirements from The Joint Commission
August 2022 Pondering Procalcitonin
September 2022 The Search for More Meaningful Metrics: A look at Antibiotic Spectrum Scores
October 2022 IDWeek 2022: Highlighted DCASIP Research and Abstracts
November 2022 Navigating Nephrotoxicity: A look back at the interaction between Vancomycin and Piperacillin-Tazobactam
December 2022 Smarter Surgical Screening: Asymptomatic bacteriuria and risk of infection for non-urologic surgeries
January 2023 Mandated Metrics: A review of the 2023 CMS mandatory reporting updates
February 2023 Staph Stewardship: Discussion of the utility of MRSA nasal screening as an antimicrobial stewardship tool
March 2023 RSV Vaccinations: A deep dive on the most recent clinical data for RSV vaccines
April 2023 Free Market FMT: A look at the new FMT products coming to a pharmacy near you
May 2023 PRO: The “Pro” in Prolonged Beta-Lactam Infusions
June 2023 CON: Are prolonged beta-Lactam infusions necessary for everyone?