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
October 2016 The Value of Hospital-Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs
September 2016 Antibiotic Use in Acute Bronchitis and Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis
August 2016 Review of the 2016 IDSA/ATS Practice Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Hospital‐acquired (HAP) and Ventilator‐associated Pneumonia (VAP)
July 2016 Vancomycin and piperacillin- tazobactam: Bad for your patients’ kidneys?
June 2016 The dangers of fluoroquinolone use: FDA weighs in
May 2016 Spotlight on stewardship: The new IDSA/SHEA Antibiotic Stewardship Guidelines
April 2016 Navigating the CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Patient Safety Atlas
March 2016 “You cannot manage what you cannot measure”: understanding nuances in antimicrobial use metrics
February 2016 Keeping track of antimicrobial usage: The Antibiotic Stewardship Assessment Portal (ASAP)
January 2016 A field guide: covering MRSA when treating SSTI and pneumonia
December 2015 DASON responds to The Joint Commission’s Proposed Antimicrobial Stewardship Standard
November 2015 Challenges with therapy for Clostridium difficile infection: metronidazole vs. vancomycin