Join us with our guest: Maureen Spencer, RN, M.Ed., CIC joining us to discuss an array of important topics:
1. Overuse and inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics worldwide is leading to the global healthcare issue of antibiotic resistance. 2. Empiric antibiotics are used consistently in healthcare when infection is suspected
3. Empiric antibiotics are prescribed to cover gram positive, gram negative and yeast infections until the final lab result is available 4. Overuse of antibiotics adversely effect the normal flora and microbiome in the body depleting colonies of bacteria that are nec
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