Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center antimicrobial stewardship
To receive medical staff credentialing credit
- Review the antimicrobial stewardship information below.
- Fill out and submit the verification form for Atrium Health Floyd.
Antimicrobial stewardship committee
- Greta Freeman, Medical Laboratory Technician
- Evelyn Henslee, Clinical Manager
- Sharon Hogue, Director, Employee Health
- Anita Jackson, Director, Inpatient Nursing Services
- Tifani Kinard, Administrator, Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
- Christy Lindsey, Clinical Pharmacist
- Crystal McDaniels, Clinical Manager
- Dr. Steven Ziemer, Etowah Emergency Physicians
Team progress
- Implemented extended-infusion beta lactam therapy (for piperacillin-tazobactam, cefepime and meropenem)
- Implemented rapid ID for bloodstream infections and respiratory viral screening with PCR-based testing in lab
- Transitioned from tracking antimicrobial use, antimicrobial resistance and stewardship interventions in Theradoc to Epic
Future projects
- Convert the current reporting of antimicrobial use to NHSN via ASOLVA to Epic
- Begin reporting antimicrobial resistance to NHSN via Epic
Antibiotic susceptibility reports
Antibiogram for 2024 [PDF]
Program policies
MRSA Nasal Screening [PDF]
Antimicrobial Stewardship [PDF]
De-Escalation of Broad -Spectrum Antibiotics [PDF]
Administration of the First Dose of an Antimicrobial [PDF]
Ordering and Monitoring of Aminoglycosides/Vancomycin for Adults [PDF]
Ordering and Monitoring of Aminoglycosides/Vancomycin for Patients Under 18 Years of Age [PDF]
Automatic Stop Order [PDF]
Restricted Antimicrobials [PDF]
Clostridium Difficile Diagnostic Stewardship [PDF]