We have very few outpatient therapies for #omicron and not much of any of them yet. Now with @NIH
recommendation would be great if @Medicaregov@hhsgov could cover home infusion remdesivir for 3 doses? We need more options to keep patients out of hospitals. #twitteRx#idtwitter
Mike Pence led the biggest concentrated HIV outbreak in U.S. history while he was governor in Indiana because he opposed needle-exchange programs and now has led the country to over 210,000 COVID-19 deaths. Do not listen to a damn thing he says about public health.
Peaceful protests didn’t work so the suffragettes chained themselves to buildings and set fires. I wouldn’t be able to vote if women hadn’t committed acts of violence. When the system refuses to listen to the polite conversation the answer is to get loud.
One of the reasons I love studying people who DO stewardship/infection prevention is because they enact the policies that we all count on to improve the quality of care on a daily basis. Thinking about change without considering their experiences is shortsighted. #PIDSASP19
Dr. Rama Hamdy presents 2017 antibiotic Rx data from Doctor on Demand, a national direct-to-patient video visit medical practice w/ 2 million patients per year. ~43K URI or bronchitis visits per year #PIDSASP19
Antibiotic Rx's for URI or bronchitis were higher in South and Northeast and were more strongly associated with provider geographic region than with patient region. #PIDSASP19
Dr. Elizabeth Monsees @eamonsees presenting data from 9-hospital survey (558 participating nurses) on antimicrobial stewardship processes and confidence in performing those practices #PIDSASP19@PIDSociety
And what’s the audience verdict on procalcitonin? Looks pretty close! Thanks to Dr. Chiotos and @JasonGNewland for a lively debate!! 🙌 #pidsasp19@SIDPharm
.@weissman68 Q: what is the CDC’s stance on “finish the course” dogma? Hicks: have backed off that messaging. New messaging “consult w/ HCP if considering stopping abx” #PIDSASP19
CAPT Hicks shares that state by state information about outpatient prescribing available at https://t.co/wdZsl3FaxT . How is your state doing? #PIDSASP19
CAPT Hicks tells us the story behind the goal of 50% reduction of inappropriate outpatient rx (it involves vacation and in-laws). #PIDSASP19@PIDSociety@SIDPharm