Live From Industry: Navigating the Impact of Diagnostic Errors on Antimicrobial Stewardship and Quality Outcomes

CE: 0 / IPU: 0

Thursday, April 10, 2025 @ 1 pm ET

Tammy Johnson, RN, BS, CPM and Barb DeBaun, RN, MSN, CIC

Join us for this comprehensive webinar designed to enhance your understanding of the critical pillars that drive patient safety and care quality in diagnostic practices. This session will delve into the foundational concepts of Quality, Diagnostic Safety, Stewardship, and Excellence, with a focus on their interdependence and impact on patient outcomes. Additional focus will be placed on improving the accuracy of a critical laboratory test, blood cultures, which are prone to errors that directly impact patient care quality. Practical insights and actionable strategies that optimize blood culture practices for improved clinical care decisions will be shared.

This webinar is designed for healthcare professionals looking to enhance their diagnostic practices, improve clinical outcomes, and ensure optimal patient safety.

Objectives:

-Review the key pillars of Quality, Diagnostic Safety, Stewardship, and Excellence in healthcare.

-Understand how diagnostic safety, antimicrobial stewardship, and quality outcomes are interconnected and how each influences the other in clinical practice.

-Explore the limitations of traditional blood culture practices and examine the significant implications these limitations have on patient diagnosis and treatment.

-Evaluate the essential role clinicians play in the accurate collection of blood cultures, leveraging evidence-based practices to ensure the best patient outcomes.

-Identify and apply evidence-based strategies that can help mitigate false-positive blood cultures, enabling clinicians to become effective diagnostic stewards.

Continuing Education (CE) Credit:

In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Nursing:

• APIC designates this activity for 0 Nursing Contact Hours

Physicians:

• APIC designates this live course activity for a maximum of 0 PRA Category 1 Credits™
• Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

IPUs

• APIC designates this activity for 0 infection prevention unit(s).
• For more information, please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Recertify/Recertification-by-Continuing-Education.htm