Grand Rounds: BCH Oakland

“Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Time of COVID-19”

Presented by: Ritu Banerjee, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Medical Director, Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship

Program; Director of Clinical Services, Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Infectious

Diseases Fellowship Program - Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Objectives:

1. Describe geographic differences in antibiotic prescribing rates in the U.S.

2.  Identify key concepts of antibiotic stewardship.

3.  Identify key concepts of diagnostic stewardship.

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is accredited by the California Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For CME credit, online evaluations must be completed by 12pm on the Friday after Grand Rounds.  Requests for the link to the current evaluation must be sent to Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu by NOON on the day of Grand Rounds.