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AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
Acute Care: Onboarding Call #1
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Presenter: Sara Cosgrove
Sara Cosgrove, MD, MS Title: Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Associate Hospital Epidemiologist Place of work: Johns Hopkins Hospital Program address:
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Housekeeping Keep phone on mute
Use ‘raise hand’ or ‘chat’ feature in WebEx if you need to speak Hold off most questions until the end during Q&A Participate when asked
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Objectives of Onboarding Call #1
Understand the goals of the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Understand The Joint Commission Antimicrobial Stewardship Standard and how its goals align with the Safety Program Understand the timeline and components of the acute care educational toolkit Learn the objectives and timeline for the AHRQ Safety Program
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Goals of the Program
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AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
A quality improvement collaborative to improve antibiotic use across healthcare Program targets 3 settings Acute Care Long-term Care Ambulatory Care Educational content includes: Clinical (evidence-based approaches) Cultural interventions (CUSP)
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Integrating Two Important Concepts
Technical Training Adaptive Training Antibiotic Stewardship CUSP Method to improve safety in health care by improving teamwork and communication among physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other team members using the science of safety
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Expected Outcomes of Program
Improved safety culture Enhanced teamwork and communication Reduction in suboptimal antibiotic usage Improved antibiotic decision-making Reduction in Clostridium difficile infections Improved provider, patient, and family satisfaction
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Benefits to Participants
Technical assistance for Antibiotic Stewardship programs Access to CUSP (and teaching/coaching webinars) Networking on regional and national levels Compliance with The Joint Commission Antimicrobial Stewardship Standard Access to a comprehensive toolkit
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Objectives Understand the goals of the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Understand The Joint Commission Antimicrobial Stewardship Standard and how its goals align with the Safety Program Understand the timeline and components of the acute care educational toolkit Learn the objectives and timeline for the AHRQ Safety Program
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The Joint Commission Antimicrobial Stewardship Standard
8 Required Components Antibiotic Stewardship established as an organizational priority Education of staff and licensed independent practitioners on antibiotic use and stewardship Education of patients and families Antibiotic Stewardship program in place consisting of an Infectious Diseases physician, pharmacist, infection preventionist, prescriber Antibiotic Stewardship program includes CDC core elements
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The Joint Commission Antimicrobial Stewardship Standard
8 Required Components 6. AS program uses of organization-approved multidisciplinary protocols Guidelines for antibiotic use Re-evaluation of and feedback to providers regarding antibiotic prescriptions Antibiotic time out 7. Hospital collects, analyzes, and reports data on its ASP 8. Hospital takes action on improvement opportunities identified by its ASP
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Objectives Understand the goals of the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Understand The Joint Commission Antimicrobial Stewardship Standard and how its goals align with the Safety Program Understand the timeline and components of the acute care educational toolkit Learn the objectives and timeline for the AHRQ Safety Program
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Educational Toolkit A series of technical and adaptive eLearning modules that will be reviewed via webinars. Webinars will be held 1-2 times per month.
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Participant Overview With existing AS programs, there will be 3 levels of participants— Antibiotic Stewardship team Unit champions (e.g., physician, pharmacist, and nurse lead) Frontline staff WithOUT existing AS programs, the institution should identify physician and pharmacist leadership to form the backbone of the stewardship team
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Objectives Understand the goals of the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Understand The Joint Commission Antimicrobial Stewardship Standard and how its goals align with the Safety Program Understand the timeline and components of the acute care educational toolkit Learn the objectives and timeline for the AHRQ Safety Program
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Antibiotic Stewardship Team
Onboarding Call #2 Apply the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision-Making Understand how the CUSP approach can improve safety culture Understand how to use the “Team Antibiotic Review Form” to review antibiotic use with frontline staff Understand how to access data and upload data on the AHRQ Safety Program website Antibiotic Stewardship Team April 2017
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Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP) Development
Understand the key personnel for developing an ASP Understand how to work with a senior executive to further program goals Discuss the pros and cons of common ASP interventions Discuss the evaluation metrics for ASPs Understand the steps involved in establishing an ASP Antibiotic Stewardship Team May 2017
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Improving Antibiotic Use is a Patient Safety Issue (CUSP 1)
Discuss the potential harm associated with antibiotic use Understand that patient harm is largely preventable Understand that change efforts often require a focus on systems, not individuals Recognize the principals involved in safe design Understand the importance of diverse input to prevent harm AS Team, Unit Champions, Frontline staff May 2017
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Behavior Change Theory for Antibiotic Stewardship Leaders
Understand what motivates health care providers to prescribe antibiotics Understand basic theories regarding implementation science and organizational change to implement AS interventions and to change prescribing habits Understand successful AS behavior interventions in the acute care setting AS Team June 2017
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Identifying Targets for Improving Antibiotic Use (CUSP 2)
Understand how to identify patient safety risks in their clinical areas Understand how to be proactive in asking staff how the next patient will be harmed Understand how to leverage frontline wisdom to guide safety improvement efforts AS Team, Unit Champions, Frontline staff Month: June 2017
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Improving Antibiotic Use by Learning from Defects (CUSP 3)
Understand how to identify the relevant system factors related to defects in a system Develop interventions to reduce future risk Ensure that interventions are effectively addressing defects related to antibiotic prescribing AS Team, Unit Champions, Frontline staff July 2017
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AS Team, Unit Champions, Frontline staff
Improving Teamwork and Communication Around Antibiotic Prescribing (CUSP 4) Understand the importance of seeking input from all team members when making antibiotic prescribing decisions Understand how to use available AHRQ Safety Tools to improve communication related to The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision-Making Understand how to effectively communicate potential harm antibiotics can cause with patients and other health care providers AS Team, Unit Champions, Frontline staff July 2017
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AS Team, Unit Champions, Frontline staff
The Team Approach to Stewardship of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections Understand how to distinguish asymptomatic bacteriuria, cystitis, and pyelonephritis Develop empiric treatment recommendations for UTIs that are institution specific and minimize adverse events Discuss opportunities for de-escalation of antibiotic therapy for UTIs after additional clinical data are available Discuss reasonable durations of antibiotic therapy for UTIs Discuss challenges and ambiguities in developing and executing a standardized approach to the management of asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary tract infections AS Team, Unit Champions, Frontline staff August 2017
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Additional Syndrome-Specific Modules
Team Approach to Stewardship of— Community-Acquired Lower Respiratory Tract Conditions September 2017 Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia October 2017 Skin and Soft Tissue Infections November 2017 Intra-Abdominal Infections December 2017 Clostridium difficile Infections January 2018
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Coaching Call About Team-Based Stewardship Implementation
Discuss barriers to and potential mitigation strategies for implementation of team-based stewardship interventions AS Team, Unit Champions, Frontline staff February 2018
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Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts
Understand the need for stewardship interventions to be sustained to have a continued effect Discuss approaches for identifying new stewardship targets Discuss personnel and resources necessary for a stewardship program to successfully be sustained ASP team, unit champions, frontline staff March 2018
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Additional Educational Material
Pamphlets Posters Antibiotic time-out tool Team Antibiotic Review Form Fast fact sheets
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Benefit Summary Education for ASPs and frontline providers in approaches to improve antibiotics use Assistance with addressing the behavior and cultural drivers of antibiotic prescribing Approaches to improve teamwork related to antibiotic prescribing Access to experts and peers to enhance learning and collaboration Access to materials and approaches to ensure compliance with The Joint Commission Antimicrobial Stewardship Standard
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Questions Type in your questions using “Chat”
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Next Steps Onboarding 1 WebEx call Onboarding 2 WebEx call Questions?
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