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Illinois Summit on Antimicrobial Stewardship

IDPH Sponsored Events
Flyer
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
08:30 AM to 05:00 PM CDT

Registration Information

The registration fee is $12 for all participants. Register for the summit by visiting: https://hopin.com/events/2022-illinois-summit-on-antimicrobial-stewardship.

If your plans change, you may cancel by Friday, July 8, 2022, to receive a full refund. No refunds will be given after this date.

Target Audience

Health care professionals including physicians, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, quality directors, infection preventionists, facility leadership, and public health professionals across inpatient, outpatient, and long-term care settings.

Purpose

  • Summarize the regulatory and national landscape for antimicrobial stewardship
  • Apply national guidelines and best practices for implementing and evaluating facility antimicrobial stewardship programs
  • Review past successful antimicrobial stewardship programs and lessons learned
  • Identify tools and resources for implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs

Questions?

Contact the event organizers at Antibiotic.Stewardship@Hektoen.org

Provided by

  • Illinois Department of Public Health
  • Hektoen Institute
  • CIMPAR
  • Telligen
  • DuPage County Health Department
  • Chicago Department of Public Health
  • Loyola Medicine
  • Illinois Academy of Family Physicians
  • Rush University
  • University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy
  • Illinois State Dental Society
  • OSF HealthCare
  • Northwestern Medicine
  • Illinois Health and Hospital Association

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Rush University Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity is being presented without bias and without commercial support.

Rush University Medical Center designates this live/internet enduring material/enduring material activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Rush University Medical Center designates this live/internet enduring material/enduring material activity for a maximum of 6.0 nursing contact hour(s).

Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based/application-based live/internet enduring material/enduring material activity for a maximum of 6.0 contact hour(s) for pharmacists.

Rush University is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000272), occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, social work (159.001203), nutrition, and speech-audiology by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation.

Rush University designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 continuing education credits for physical therapists, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, social workers, nutritionists, speech pathologists, audiologists, and/or psychologists.

The Illinois Department of Public Health’s Division of Oral Health approves this course for 6.0 hours of CE credit for dental professionals. Dental Professionals should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Funding for this conference was made possible by IDPH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.