Upper Respiratory Infections & The Role of Antimicrobials

Published: Feb. 12, 2018, 4:47 p.m.

The last podcast in the series "Stewardship: Practical Approaches and Applications", produced by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). This episode focuses on how to impact antibiotic prescribing practices using Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions targeting providers and patients in the outpatient setting. Panelists: Debra Palazzi, MD, MEd, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Infectious Diseases Section at Baylor College of Medicine, and the Medical Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Texas Children’s Hospital; and Ellen Wald, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and an internationally recognized expert on the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric infectious diseases.