2024 Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Summit (Attendee Information)

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Disclosures

The accredited provider has mitigated and is disclosing identified relevant financial relationships for the following faculty, planners, and others in control of content prior to assuming their roles.

FACULTY

The following have disclosed relevant financial relationships:

• Muhammad Salman Ashraf, MBBS, FIDSA*
  Principal Investigator: Merck & Co., Inc.

• Nicolás Cortés-Penfield, MD, FACP
  Investigational/Off Label Use of Drugs Disclosure: Antimicrobials (There are no antimicrobials with specific FDA labeling for Gram-negative bacteremia; therefore, all discussion of treatment for this condition necessarily involves discussion of off-label therapy.)
• Libby Dodds Ashley, PharmD, MHS, FCCP, FIDP, BCIDP
  Advisor: HealthTrackRx
  Author: UpToDate

• Susan Huang, MD, MPH
  Consultant: Xttrium Laboratories, Inc. (Conducted studies and trials in which participating nursing homes and hospital patients received contributed antiseptic products.)
• Rudolf Kotula, MD, MBA, FACP, FIDSA
  Consultant: GSK plc.

• David Quimby, MD
  Investigational/Off Label Use of Drugs Disclosure: All antibiotics (Most antibiotics used outside of FDA-approved indications.)
• Erica Stohs, MD, MPH
  Investigator-Initiated Research: bioMérieux, Merck & Co., Inc.

The following faculty members have nothing to disclose:

• Mackenzie Keintz, MD
• Elizabeth Monsees, PhD, MBA, RN, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA
• Melinda Neuhauser, PharmD, MPH, FCCP, FASHP, FIDP
• Alex Neukirch, PharmD
• Jenna Preusker, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP*
• Jeremy Tigh, PharmD, BCIDP*
• Valerie Vaughn, MD, MS, SFHM, FACP

PLANNING COMMITTEE

The following have disclosed relevant financial relationships:

• Trevor Van Schooneveld, MD
  Consultant: bioMérieux, Thermo-Fischer Scientific, Inc.
  Research Funding: AN2 Therapeutics, bioMérieux, Insmed Incorporated
• Renuga Vivekanandan, MD
  Owner: MD Consult
  

 The following planning committee members have nothing to disclose:

• Jennifer Anthone, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS
• Scott J. Bergman, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCIDP
• Dayla Boldt, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID
• Valeta Creason-Wahl, MMP
• Anna Fisher, PhD, CADDCT, CDSGF, CMDCP, CDP, QCP
• Andrea Green Hines, MD
• Tori Greenlee
• Heidi Keeler, PhD, MSN/MBA, RN
• Candice Kennedy, MSN, RBC-OB, C-EFM
• Connie Knorr, BSN, RN
• Aaron D. Lanik, MD
• Rebecca Martinez, BSN, RN, CIC
• Josette McConville, BSN, RN, CIC
• Renee Paulin, MSN, RN, CWOCN
• Lacey Pavlovsky, MSN, RN, CIC, LTC-CIP
• Susan Purcell, BSN, RN, CPHQ
• Brenda Ram, CMP, CHCP
• Kierstin Reed, MPA, MSW
• Daniel Schroeder, PharmD, BCPS
• Carla Smith, RB, CDP, IP-BC, AS-BC
• Jeanine Stastny, CPhT
• Dana Steiner, BSN, MBA, CPHQ
• Juan M. Teran Plasencia, MD
• L. Kate Tyner, BSN, RN, CIC
• Jennifer Vogelsberg, MLS, ASCP, CIC
• Tod Voss, MD, CMD, FAAFP

*Faculty and planning committee member 

The following materials (in PDF) are available for download until June 20, 2024. No part of these materials may be reproduced without prior written permission.

• Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Update
  Jenna Preusker, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
• Nebraska Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Update
  Muhammad Salman Ashraf, MBBS, FIDSA
• Approaching a Reluctant Administration
  Libby Dodds Ashley, PharmD, MHS, FCCP, FIDP, BCIDP
• Universal Decolonization of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms
  Susan Huang, MD, MPH
• Antimicrobial Stewardship at Transitions of Care
  Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc, SFHM, FACP
• Nurses – The Central Stewards of Antibiotic Safety
  Elizabeth Monsees, PhD, MBA, RN, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

2:15 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION

• Using Data to Drive Long-Term Care Antimicrobial Stewardship
  Alex Neukirch, PharmD
• Antibiotic Myths – A Patient Case-Based Panel
  Rudolf Kotula, MD, MBA, FACP, FIDSA;
  David Quimby, MD
  Erica Stohs, MD, MPH
• Updates in Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Rod Bacteremia
  Nicolás Cortés-Penfield, MD, FACP

3:00 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION

• Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship
  Mackenzie Keintz, MD
• Focused Stewardship Initiatives: Shorter Is Better
  Jeremy Tigh, PharmD, BCIDP
• Using National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Antibiotic Use Data in Your Hospital
  Melinda Neuhauser, PharmD, MPH, FCCP, FASHP, FIDP