11298336 March 19th, 2024 Enhancing Antimicrobial Stewardship: Critical Reflection On Professional Development As a pharmacy student seeking to enhance my professional development and fulfill continuous learning, I participated in the Professional Practice Project (PPP) titled “Antimicrobial Stewardship Tools for Dentists”. The learning objective I set for myself was to be able to identify at least three different aspects of antimicrobial stewardship to reduce improper antibiotic use, which I will be able to translate and adopt as a future pharmacist. I accomplished my learning goal and gained new knowledge that was only possible with this learning opportunity. Three key takeaways I learned regarding antimicrobial stewardship include identifying true antibiotic allergies that are vital to preventing …show more content…
The PPP focused on addressing the overuse of antibiotics in dental practice, highlighting that dentists make up approximately 10% of antibiotic prescriptions in the community. Through discussions with two dentists, they identified the need for patient education and resources to facilitate discussions on antimicrobial stewardship. The students proposed four deliverables, including brochures, a “viral” prescription pad, a poster on penicillin allergies, and a flow chart for antibiotic selection. Prior to participating in this learning opportunity, I did not know the role dentists play regarding antibiotic use. Although I had some prior knowledge regarding the challenges prescribers face due to the expectations of patients and the potential consequences of mislabeling patients with a “penicillin allergy” my knowledge was limited when it came to the specific topic. The subject of antimicrobial stewardship is highly relevant to the professional practice of pharmacists, which is why I chose to partake in this
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To know who and why a patient will need antibiotic premedication therapy, the hygienist has to keep an accurate and up to date patient history. It is significant because the oral conditions reflect the general health of the patient, common health factors influence response to treatment, and the patients health is constantly changing.1 Preventative antibiotics before a dental procedure are advised for patients with underlying cardiac conditions, a history of IE, and total joint replacements who have suppressed immune systems. Conditions that require premedication include:3
Mold is a member of the fungi family. Since mold is part of the fungi family, it cannot use the sun to obtain energy. This means that mold has to use other plants or animals to grow. Even though they cannot see them, there are millions of mold spores in the air. These spores settle down and start to multiply which can be done rapidly or slowly as long as it has a food source. Mold usually grows best in warm environments, but it can still grow in cold environments also. Mold can cause illness such as vomiting or feeling nauseated when it is eaten or when it smells bad.
During patients education there are a host of other things to be explained to the patient in order to increase the patient’s awareness. According to Noble 2009, educating patient on the reason for the use of personal protectiveequipment will increase their awareness and the need for active involvement in the reduction of the spread of MRSA. Other information to be explained to the patient includes hand hygiene explanation of colonization and the scientific rationale for every item explained to the patient.
At CADH, I was taught how to act upon the eight competencies in different aspects for the public. As a clinician I was taught how to apply the dental hygiene process of care; assessing signs and symptoms, as well as risks factors related to oral disease, and then make a diagnosis, plan, implement, and evaluate the treatment within the dental hygiene scope of practice. One of many important roles of being a dental hygienist is being part of a dental care team where I we work in collaboration with a dentist or a dental specialist. I have been able to extensively develop my management skills to understand the administrative setting of the school, as well as the authority responsibilities and roles of my faculty and other professionals involved. As an administrator, I am responsible to manage my clients’ periodontal status, by identifying presence of disease, setting care priorities, eliminating risk factors, and deciding whether the client is already in the maintenance state or needs further special treatment. As ...
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Bibliography:.. References 1) Lewis, Ricki, “The Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections”. Food and Drug Administration Publications. http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/795_antibio.html September, 1995. 2) Levy, S., Bittner, M., and Salyers, A. Ask the Experts about “Ask the Experts”.
Thesis: With the advent of antibiotics in 1929 Fleming said, "The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops.Then there is the danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself and by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug make them resistant."With the overuse of antibiotics today we have seen this very idea come to be.Over usage is caused most prevalently by a lack of education on the part of the patient.Thus stated, the way to overcome such a circumstance is to educate, not only the patient but also the physician.
Infection control in dentistry crucial for the well being of employees as well as the patients. Many precautions must be taken to avoid serious illness or injuries.There are many steps and guidelines to follow in infection prevention but as employees in the dental office we must take the time to ensure no harm is done to the clients or ourselves.
Infection control is very important in the health care profession. Health care professionals, who do not practice proper infection control, allow themselves to become susceptible to a number of infections. Among the most dreaded of these infections are: hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Another infection which has more recently increased in prevalence is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). These infections are all treated differently. Each infection has its own symptoms, classifications, and incubation periods. These infections are transmitted in very similar fashions, but they do not all target the same population.
The clinical problem that I chose to talk about and will like to present is about surgical site infection. I wanted to address this issue because in the recent year’s, surgical site infections has become a huge problem that is embedded in our common healthcare practices despite the precautionary improvements that were achieved in the healthcare industry. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that “500,000 surgical site infections occur annually and account for 3% of surgical mortality, prolonged lengths of hospital stay, and increased medical cost.” (Diaz, Newman, 2015, P.63). With this being said, nurses have the potential of preventing surgical site infection by following guidelines to meet the patient safety. Identifying
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The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Program is an essential force maximizing quality, patient centered care, and safety throughout the Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS). The VANTHCS “... is a progressive health care provider in the heart of Texas ... we serve more than 117,000 Veterans and deliver 1.4 million outpatient episodes of care each year to Veterans in 38 Texas counties and two counties in southern Oklahoma” (“VA North Texas,” 2016, para. 1). The purpose of the IPC Program is to guide a facility-wide approach toward identifying, preventing, controlling, and eliminating healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). This approach is facilitated through infection control (IC) practitioner’s role-modeling behaviors of assessing, supporting, guiding, and/or directing healthcare providers (HCPs) in the application of evidence-based practices (EBPs) to prevent HAIs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HAIs are often preventable adverse events that pose a major threat to patient safety (“Centers for Disease,” 2016). As a result, IC practitioners recognize the importance of preparing nurse faculty to engage clinical staff in the application of EBPs to prevent infections.
The Infection Prevention and Control Team is responsible for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections in the healthcare environment. They provide advice and information about what measures need to be taken to reduce the risk of infection. They work along healthcare staff, patients and visitors, providing the infection prevention program. The Infection Prevention and Control Team consists of Assistant Director of Nursing, Consultant Microbiologists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Surveillance Scientists, an Antimicrobial Pharmacists, Medical Laboratory Scientists in Microbiology and Registrars (HSE, 2017).
There are many medical professionals who believe that the rise of antibiotic resistance is a result of the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. Dr. Jim Wilde, a paediatric emergency medicine physician at the Medical College of Georgia believes that the medical profession is losing the war against resistance...