NC CLASP: Outpatient

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CDC recommends ALL healthcare settings reduce inappropriate antibiotic use through antibiotic stewardship programs.

Together, North Carolina Clinical Antibiotic Stewardship Partners will:

Provide a judgment-free forum for learning about the optimal use of antibiotics and why antibiotic stewardship is essential to quality care
Help outpatient clinics identify priorities for improving the appropriateness of antibiotic use and respond to regulatory and licensing requirements
Support clinics that are ready to strengthen their antibiotic stewardship with targeted coaching and feedback

Learning Objectives

Participants meet for one hour monthly to achieve the following objectives:

Discuss CDC Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship.
Identify barriers to improving antimicrobial utilization.
Describe commonly used antimicrobial stewardship implementation strategies.

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Team Leads

Dr. Zachary (Zach) Willis, MD, MP is the Director of the Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at UNC Health and is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Disease at UNC School of Medicine. Dr. Willis’s research is primarily focused on promotion of appropriate use of antibiotics in children in both inpatient and outpatient settings. He also studies the epidemiology and prevention of antibiotic-associated complications. In his role as the director of the pediatric antimicrobial stewardship program for UNC Health Care, Dr. Willis closely follows the epidemiology of highly drug-resistant organisms and current evidence-based strategies for optimal treatment.

James W (Jim) Johnson, PharmD, BCPS [AQ-ID] completed his pharmacy training at the University of Colorado and the Medical University of South Carolina. His clinical practice in Infectious Diseases pharmacotherapy spanned 29 years at two North Carolina Health Systems. He enjoyed caring for both inpatients and ambulatory patients to help optimize the use of antimicrobial medications. He participated in the antimicrobial stewardship effort in the Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health system for 21 years. Jim enjoys mentoring trainees and colleagues and holds adjunct associate professor status in medicine at the Wake Forest School of Medicine and in pharmacy at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. His interests include antimicrobial pharmacotherapy, antimicrobial pharmacokinetics, viral infections, and antimicrobial stewardship.