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The ICHE PodcastEpisode 31, Volume 43, Issue 11It’s Antimicrobial Awareness Week! To kick off the week, Editor-in-Chief, David P. Calfee, MD, MS is joined by several authors of a SHEA White Paper, “SHEA statement on antibiotic stewardship in hospitals during public health emergencies.” Today’s guests include Tamar Barlam, MD, MSc, Mayar Al Mohajer, MD, MBA, Alan Gross, PharmD, Graeme Forrest, MBBS. Learn more about key findings and recommendations from this paper and hear our guests discuss how listeners can take these findings and prepare our hospitals and our ASPs for a future public health crisis.2022-11-1827 min
New England WeekendOmicron vs. the MA Healthcare System, and the Race for Secretary of the Commonwealth Heats UpDr. Tamar Barlam, Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases at Boston Medical Center, joins Nichole to talk about the effects of the coronavirus, specifically the omicron variant, on the Massachusetts health care system. She also answers questions about when you should test for the virus, the best type of mask you can wear, and when we might be starting to see the decline of the omicron variant in Massachusetts. Tanisha Sullivan, President of the Boston NAACP, recently launched her candidacy for Secretary of the Commonwealth. She's up against Secretary Bill Galvin, who also announced he's running for a record...2022-01-2939 min
The SHEA PodcastCOVID-19: Overuse and Misuse of Antibiotics During the Surge, 5/21Overview:
This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. It also discusses the overuse and misuse of antibiotics during the COVID-19 surge and the challenges Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs have faced as well as changes they have had to implement to combat this disease.
Speakers:
- Tamar Barlam, MD, MSc
- Cindy Prins, PhD, MPH, CIC, CPH (moderator)2020-05-2119 min
Let's Talk IDImplementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program - IDSA Guideline 2016The Infectious Diseases Society of America'sGuideline Update presents concise summaries of important IDSAguidelines. This podcast discusses the IDSA and SHEA Guideline onImplementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by theInfectious Diseases Society of America and the Society forHealthcare Epidemiology of America.For details of the guidelines presented, please goto www.idsociety.org .Presented by:Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family andCommunity Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, AssociateDirector, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington JeffersonHealth Tamar Barlam, M.D., Section of InfectiousDiseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston,Massachusetts2016-04-2634 min