This week is Antibiotic Awareness Week, which is an annual observance that highlights the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic use. Please see below to meet Cooper’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Team.
“As an antimicrobial stewardship team, we review patients on antimicrobials to ensure safety, efficacy, and optimal treatment for infections. We help develop protocols and policies around antibiotic use in inpatient and outpatient settings. Our overall goal is to optimize appropriate use of antibiotics to minimize resistance and improve outcomes on a patient, hospital, and ultimately global level. We love interacting with medical teams to help guide antimicrobial management and encourage clinicians to page or call us anytime!” says Alexandra Hanretty, PharmD.
Top row: Alexandra Hanretty, PharmD, Infectious Diseases clinical pharmacist and Co-Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program; Geena Kludijan, PharmD, BCIDP, Infectious Diseases clinical pharmacist; Madeline King, PharmD, BCIDP, Infectious Diseases clinical pharmacist and Co-Director of Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.
Bottom row: Lisa Pedroza, MD, Infectious Diseases physician and Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program; Henry Fraimow, MD, Infectious Diseases physician and mentor to the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program; Peter Ebeid, MD, Infectious Diseases physician.
