Pharmacy OneSource Announces Webinars on Bugs and Drugs

March 1, 2011 - PRLog -- Bellevue, Wash. – Wolters Kluwer Health announced today that Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of Sentri7, a real-time clinical surveillance, documentation and reporting system, is offering complimentary webinars in March with Eileen O’Rourke on microorganism detection and Amanda Hansen on antimicrobial stewardship.

Infection Preventionist Eileen O'Rourke will describe basic morphology of microorganisms. She will discuss the value of gram stain in directing treatment and examine different types of media. O’Rourke will review methods of detection and sensitivity testing of organisms and discuss automated detection methods and importance of proper specimen collection. She will also present infectious disease case studies and examine them in terms of patient arrivals, cultures taken, results and interpretation.

Amanda C. Hansen, PharmD, will examine implementing an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP). ASP development is challenging but the benefits are tangible as evident in literature which describes decreases in healthcare associated infection rates including a reduction in Clostridium difficile infections and decreased bacterial resistance. Further, quality-improvement and safety data demonstrate better outcomes associated with the timely and appropriate use of empiric antimicrobials as a result of ASP practices.

Microbiology 101
DATE: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
TIME: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST

Jump Starting Antimicrobial Stewardship
DATE: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
TIME: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST

REGISTER: http://www.sentri7.com/infection

About the Presenters: Eileen O'Rourke has been practicing Infection Prevention since 1984. She received her BS in Medical Technology from Gwynedd-Mercy College and completed the Masters in Public Health program from Arcadia University. She is certified with the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and Infection Control and has been active in the local APIC (Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology), serving as Education Chair and President. Eileen is currently an IP at Lankenau Medical Center, part of the Main Line Health System, just outside of Philadelphia.

As a Pharmacy Operations Manager for Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Virginia, Amanda C. Hansen, PharmD, provides oversight for clinical and operational functions within the pharmacy. Prior to her current position, she served as the Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist providing pharmacotherapy services for the Infectious Diseases Consult teams and coordinating antimicrobial stewardship efforts for the hospital. She has conducted research on antibiotic selection and duration of treatment for inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia, and alternative antimicrobial administration techniques to more effectively treat infections caused by multi-drug resistant organisms. Hansen is an active member of the Society for Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, and Virginia Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists.

About Pharmacy OneSource
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