Stew On This: Antimicrobial Pearls for Everyday Practice
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Stew On This: Antimicrobial Pearls for Everyday Practice
Presented By: Abbie Blunier
Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist
Learning Objectives:
- Review select data and clinical pearls for use of daptomycin vs vancomycin for gram positive infections
- Discuss Beacon Health antibiogram(s) impact on initial empiric antibiotic choices
- Examine reported use of broad-spectrum antimicrobials and their role in therapy of multi-drug-resistant organisms
Abbie Blunier is an Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Purdue University and completed postgraduate specialty training in Infectious Diseases at Prisma Health Richland-University of South Carolina. Her clinical interests include pediatric infectious diseases, fungal infections, and management of infections in immunocompromised hosts. Dr. Blunier also serves as the Assistant Residency Program Director for the PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency program and as a pharmacist consultant for the Mayo Clinic Center for Tuberculosis.
