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Antimicrobial Stewardship TeleECHO™ Initiative: Top 10 OPAT Publications from 2024 (V)-(P)


 
Antimicrobial Stewardship TeleECHO™ Initiative: Inpatient Series
 
 
 
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“Top 10 OPAT Publications from 2024”
Slides: will be sent to participants
 
Sarah Battle, MD
Division of Infectious Diseases, Prisma Health
Physician Lead, Antimicrobial Stewardship Collaborative of South Carolina (ASC-SC)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Thursday, March 26, 2026
12:00 p.m.-1:00 pm EST
 Online broadcast through Zoom© video-conferencing:
 
Sponsored by: The USC School of Medicine-Prisma Health–Midlands CME Organization, USC College of Pharmacy, South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare, and Antimicrobial Stewardship Collaborative of South Carolina
  
Target Audience: Physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other healthcare professionals with special interest in antimicrobial stewardship.
 

Session Learning Objectives:: 
  1. Analyze literature for strengths and weaknesses of study design and outcome interpretation.
  2. Evaluate potential EHR based modifications to improve tracking and management of OPAT.
  3. Compare recent publication findings to historical literature (specifically study on treating low risk MSSA bacteremia with ceftriaxone).
  4. Evaluate treatment success and limitations of using dalbavancin for vertebral osteomyelitis.

RSS Learning Objectives: 
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
  1. Apply the current standards for inpatient antimicrobial stewardship practice when solving complex patient or system challenges and improving antibiotic prescribing in ambulatory care settings.
 
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TeleECHO Website
https://echo.sc.edu/
 
Activity planning committee members: Dr. Battle, Dr. Al-Hasan, Dr. Antosz, Dr. Bookstaver, Ms. Harrison, Ms. Rock, Mrs. Ross, and Mr. Lamb, of this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. There is no commercial support for this activity

Date: Mar 26, 2026 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

CE Hours

1.00

CE Units

0.100

Activity Type

Application

Target Audience(s)

Pharmacists

Accreditation(s)

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
The University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

Requirements for CE Credit

Participants must login to the teleconference to view presentation, participate in any interactivity and note session code provided at the end of the presentation. 
 
To claim credit for this activity, participants must complete the online program evaluation and their accounts must properly reflect their month/day of birth and their correct NABP e-Profile ID.  To register with NABP or look up your NABP e-Profile ID, please click on the CPE Monitor logo below to be directed to their site.
 
Credit that is claimed greater than 60 days from the date of the program will be automatically rejected by the CPE Monitor.  Claiming credit within 30 days of the live program will ensure that any issues with transmission to the CPE Monitor can be rectified in advance of the 60-day deadline.  If you would like a paper statement of credit, you may print an individual statement or a transcript from your NABP e-Profile.

Antimicrobial Stewardship TeleECHO™ Initiative: Top 10 OPAT Publications from 2024 (V)-(P)
 

Thu, Mar 26, 2026
 

Top 10 OPAT Publications from 2024
 

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
  1. Apply the current standards for inpatient antimicrobial stewardship practice when solving complex patient or system challenges and improving antibiotic prescribing in ambulatory care settings.

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Sarah Battle, MD
Division of Infectious Diseases, Prisma Health; Physician Lead, Antimicrobial Stewardship Collaborative of South Carolina (ASC-SC); Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Activity Number

0062-9999-26-006-L01-P
Date: 03/26/26
Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

CE Hours

1.00