Antibiotic Duration: How Low Can We Go?
Date & Time:
Thursday, January 19, 2023
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Registration and Dinner (Partners Pavilion)
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm RVSHP Business Meeting (Partners Pavilion)
6:45 pm - 7:45 pm CPE Presentation (P2 Classroom)
Presented By:
Alice N. Hemenway, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, BCIDP
Clinical Assistant Professor/Clinical Pharmacist
UIC College of Pharmacy
Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital
Rockford, IL
Location:
UIC College of Pharmacy
1601 Parkview Ave
Rockford, IL 61107
Dinner: Partners Pavilion
Lecture: P2 Classroom
Directions/Parking: Drive to the main entrance at the back of campus, you will see three large silver pillars at these doors. Check in at the front desk and you will be directed to the proper space. Parking is free.
Registration:
Register online below. Registration deadline is Friday, January 13, 2023 at 12:00 noon.
This program is free to ICHP members. However, those who do not attend and do not cancel at least 48 hours prior to the program will be charged $20. Non-member fee is $20.
Pre-registration is required. Please bring a copy of your email registration confirmation with you to the meeting.
Learning Objectives for Pharmacists (Knowledge-based):
1. Discuss what clinical factors need to be considered when determining a length of therapy for patients with community acquired pneumonia.
2. Identify reasonable antimicrobial lengths of therapy for patients with complicated urinary tract infection.
3. Describe an intervention that can help reduce antibiotic duration.
Accreditation:
The Illinois Council of Health System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. ACPE UAN 0121-0000-23-005-L01-P
1.0 Contact Hour (0.1 CEU) Type of Activity: Knowledge-based
Target Audience: This activity was developed for Health-System Pharmacists
CPE Monitor: When registering for this program, you will be asked to provide your NABP eProfile ID# and Birthday (MMDD) when registering for this meeting. This information is required by any participants seeking CPE credit.
Visit www.ichpnet.org/cpemonitor/ for information about CPE Monitor and how to obtain your NABP ID.
PTCB requires CPhTs to submit 20 hours of pharmacy technician-specific (‘T-specific’) continuing pharmacy education (CPE) to qualify for recertification. Please advise all pharmacy technicians at your site of this change. As an ACPE accredited provider, ICHP will continue to include Technician specific programming in most if not all of our CPE programming.
