Tag: #AntibioticResistance
Antibiotic Awareness Week: What Clinicians Should Know about AMR in Our Environment
The Hidden Role of the Environment in Antimicrobial Resistance When we think about antimicrobial resistance (AMR), we often picture hospitals and clinics. But the environment—our water systems, soil, and even hospital wastewater—plays a critical role in spreading resistant organisms. Antibiotics and resistant bacteria can enter the environment through pharmaceutical manufacturing, agricultural runoff, and improper disposal […]
Nov 23, 2025
Antibiotic Awareness Week: Collaborating Across Sectors to Combat AMR
Why Collaboration Matters Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is not confined to hospitals or clinics—it spans human health, animal health, and the environment. Resistant bacteria can move between people, animals, and ecosystems, making AMR a One Health issue. For clinicians, this means stewardship efforts must extend beyond prescribing practices to include partnerships across sectors. The One Health […]
Nov 22, 2025
Antibiotic Awareness Week: Advanced Strategies for Antibiotic Stewardship
Why Advanced Stewardship Matters Basic prescribing principles such as avoiding antibiotics for viral infections are essential, but they’re not enough to curb antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Hospitals and clinics need advanced stewardship strategies to optimize antibiotic use, improve patient outcomes, and reduce resistance rates. These strategies go beyond education and require system-level interventions supported by data […]
Nov 21, 2025
Antibiotic Awareness Week: Why Veterinary Antibiotic Use Matters to Human Health
The Overlooked Link Between Animal and Human Health When we talk about antimicrobial resistance (AMR), most of us think about hospital-acquired infections or outpatient prescribing. But the reality is broader: antibiotic use in animals (both livestock and pets) contributes significantly to resistance patterns that affect human health. Resistant bacteria can spread from animals to humans […]
Nov 20, 2025
Are You Antibiotics Aware? U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week is November 18-24, 2022
U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week is an annual observance that raises awareness of the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic use. The observance is a partnership between the CDC, state-based programs (such as the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Healthcare-Associated Infections/Antibiotic Resistance Team), and non-profit/for-profit partners.
Nov 15, 2022
#PharmToExamTable: What is cefiderocol, and when should I think about using it? 
A #PharmToExamTable question about cefiderocol and its clinical uses, answered by Aaron Hunsaker, PharmD, a previous PGY1 pharmacy resident at UNMC and current PGY2 pharmacy resident a the University of Utah Health. (Reviewed by Andrew Watkins, PharmD) In the area of increased gram-negative bacterial resistance, practitioners have longed for a horse with which they could […]
Jul 5, 2022
Antibiotic Awareness Week Publication Alert: Confronting antimicrobial resistance beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
Antibiotic Awareness Week 2021,”an annual observance that raises awareness of the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic use” runs this year from November 18-24 2021. This is a global campaign with messaging from the CDC and the WHO calling on all of us to not only Be Antibiotics Aware, but to actively engage in activities to reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance. To kick off #USAAW21 and #WAAW21, we share this #ThrowbackThursday publication from September 2020: Confronting antimicrobial resistance beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 US election.
Nov 18, 2021
Nebraska Medicine receives IDSA Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence Designation
In 2018, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) began recognizing “Antimicrobial Stewardship Centers of Excellence” at hospitals that meet or exceed best practice standards. We are pleased to announce that Nebraska Medicine has recently been designated as an Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence effective October 2019. As we celebrate #AntibioticAwarenessWeek for 2019, we are reminded […]
Nov 22, 2019
Antimicrobial Stewardship efforts in the state of Nebraska
Content provided courtesy Dr. Salman Ashraf: Associate Medical Director, Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Assessment and Promotion Program (ASAP) & Medical Director, Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program (ICAP) CDC’s most recent (2019) report on Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States describes 2.8 million infections due to antibiotic resistant organisms in the US resulting in over […]
Nov 21, 2019
#BeAntibioticsAware in the Community Hospital Setting
Bellevue Medical Center (BMC) is a community hospital campus of Nebraska Medicine. In 2017, our Nebraska Medicine Antimicrobial Stewardship Program expanded to include BMC with the expansion of our ASP expertise at our main campus. Danny Schroeder, a pharmacist at BMC, was recruited to lead the stewardship activities on that campus, with expertise provided by […]
Nov 20, 2019
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