November 2015 HOTP: Ways to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship

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Date: 11/23/2015

Public Health Foundation's

Hot off the Press

Get Smart About Antibiotics Week

November 16-22, 2015

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) advocates for the appropriate use and prescribing of antibiotics in the following ways:

Leads an effort to develop and pilot a population health driver diagram for public health and healthcare to work together to promote optimal antibiotic use and help reduce antibiotic resistant infections through PHF's Antibiotic Stewardship Program.
Partners with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to promote CDC's Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work campaign.
Disseminates resources and offers online training designed to improve antibiotic stewardship.

Cold or Flu. Antibiotics Don't Work For You. Brochure

Use the Cold or Flu. Antibiotics Don't Work For You. Brochure to help your patients understand the difference between bacteria and viruses and how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. The brochure also answers some common questions about when it is and is not appropriate to use an antibiotic.

Warning Healthy Adult Poster

Display the Warning Healthy Adult Poster in your office, clinic, or pharmacy to promote adherence to appropriate antibiotic use. The poster explains that antibiotics are not the best way to treat a cold or the flu.

Get Smart Prescription Pad

The Get Smart Prescription Pad is a convenient checklist for physicians to describe symptomatic relief for a diagnosed viral illness.

By using the pad, providers will diagnose patients with the right information and won't prescribe antibiotics inappropriately.

TRAIN Courses

TRAIN, the nation's premier learning network serves over one million professionals and provides distance learning opportunities across local, state, and national jurisdictions. TRAIN offers online courses in over 60 subject areas and many other topics, including antibiotic stewardship.

CDC Learning Connection

CDC Learning Connection helps you locate learning products and resources from across the public health community.

Features include:

Quality e-learning
Monthly spotlight: Public Health 101 Series
CDC TRAIN, a dynamic public health learning management system
Quick-Learn lessons for mobile learning on the go

About the Learning Resource Center

PHF's Learning Resource Center (LRC) provides public health, healthcare, and others with high quality training materials at an affordable price. These informative materials cover areas such as quality improvement, performance management, infectious diseases, epidemiology, preparedness, and immunization. Materials are available in a variety of formats, including print, software, guides, and brochures.

Contact Antoinette Barber if your organization would like to partner with LRC to offer your public health products to a wider audience.