Webinar: Achievement of Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) and Quality Outcomes via Diagnostic Safety and Stewardship

Webinar Objectives:

• Review the history of antibiotic resistance.
• Understand the current and predicted future state of AMR.
• Detail the causes and mechanisms of resistance.
• Describe the impact of contaminated blood cultures on patients, antimicrobial stewardship efforts, quality patient outcomes and hospital economics.
• Detail evidence-based practices for blood culture collection.
• Illustrate the limitations of standard blood culture practice and associated
  implications.
• Evaluate the critical role of the clinician in blood culture collection using
  evidence-based practices.
• Identify tools and methods to mitigate false-positive cultures leading to diagnostic stewardship, AMS and quality outcomes.

Speaker:

Tammy Johnson, RN, BS, CPM
AVP, Clinical Strategy and Customer Relations
Magnolia Medical Technologies

Tammy Johnson (RN, BS, CPM; Associate Vice President Clinical Strategy and Customer Relations, Magnolia Medical Technologies) is a healthcare executive with over 30 years in nursing, 14 as a nurse leader, whose focus has been on raising standards of care for patients, optimizing outcomes, and decreasing healthcare spend by first preventing patient harm. Through presentations at APIC, AVA, INS, SCASM, ENA, AHA, AONL, various hospital associations and other organizations, in addition to an invitation to address the Presidential Advisory Council Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Washington, DC, Tammy has championed awareness of evidence-based, metric-driven improvement processes and programs that result in sustainable, positive outcomes for patients. Tammy holds degrees in nursing, business, and health care management.