Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP

Peds ID 🦠💊Pharmacist @childrens 🎈. Fellowship @archildrens. PGY1 @childrensdmc. Proud @butleru pharmacy grad. Butler 🏀 and IndyCar 🏎 Views my own.

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

Had a great time at #PediatRxCon34 @PediatRxAssn - was my first PPA conference but definitely not my last!

[UTSW Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship @UTSW_PedsID]

ASP team: Can we stop his Ceftriaxone now because his cultures has been negative for 48 hours?
Team: NO
ASP team: What are treating?
Team: Vibes!

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

Come join @karisma_IDRx and I in Dallas! Children's Health is hiring a 3rd pediatric ID/ASP specialist pharmacist to grow our program: https://t.co/ewaPIb76uh

[UTSW Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship @UTSW_PedsID]

Introducing our amazing Infectious disease family.
We all love to learn, teach, and take pictures.

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

The amoxicillin shortage is very scary to me as a pediatric ID pharmacist, and we should all be afraid of how it could impact antimicrobial resistance and the supply of other antibiotics.

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

In children undergoing nonemergent surgery, does continuation of antimicrobial prophylaxis following incision closure result in lower surgical site infection?
This large multicenter study @JAMASurgery confirms what we already know but don't implement!
https://t.co/gBHGf0lANI

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

Bivalent COVID booster ✅ Why? Because I haven’t yet had COVID (to my knowledge) and I don’t want it.

[Paul K. Sue MD CM, FIDSA @paulksue1]

🍄 The #PedTransplantID group at @UTSWNews is growing🌱in Dallas! We are looking for an outstanding individual to join us @UTSWPedsGroup as we look to expand care on behalf of our amazing🙌kids 👶in #NorthTexas. Please✅ out👇 & share! @PIDSociety https://t.co/QvQ8y6b7tE

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

And yes, it would only matter in a rare situation, such as a pediatric patient with an MIC of 0.12. Give gent or no?

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

Highly penicillin-susceptible viridans group Strep - MIC of ≤ 0.12 per the adult endocarditis guidelines and ≤ 0.1 per the pediatric guidelines. Why?

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

@nursekelsey Vacuums

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

Passed the BCIDP exam, so as of today I am officially a board-certified ID pharmacist! It’s a good day! 🎉

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

A 20-day course of cefdinir for a chronic cough “likely due to chronic infection” - that’s a new one for me 😳 gotta love antimicrobial stewardship!

[H Andrew Wilsey, PharmD, BCCCP @h_wilsey]

I’d like to propose that when ordering antibiotics, if you select aspiration pneumonitis as the indication, a pop up triggers that says 🚨GOTCHA🚨and then the order exits.

#TwitteRx #Stewardship

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

This is important.

[Valerie Vaughn @ValerieVaughnMD]

Check out our new article in @ICHEJournal. We found that abx stewardship recommendations made by female pharmacists were far less likely to be accepted by docs than those made by men. Concerning implications. @EmilySpivak https://t.co/aXoRPmKdyo

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

@ByeShel It can be interesting! My dog was put on cefixime for a likely Staph skin infection - I asked my vet and he said it’s recommended in the guidelines. Turns out - it’s true. Found them myself 😂

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

Been seeing “switch to clinda since culture is MSSA and not MRSA” more commonly and it hurts me every time…making lots of interventions though!

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

It’s so important to have diverse experiences in school. I can’t put into words how helpful my CVS job as a student has been when I am working on transitions of care for a complicated patient. Knowing the inpatient and outpatient sides of pharmacy!!

[Sarah Firmani, PharmD, BCIDP @FirmaniPharmD]

ID Pharmacist preceptors - how do you prefer to lead bug/drug topic discussions?