COMPANION ANIMAL ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP AND INFECTION CONTROL 2024-2025 SEMINAR SERIES

This seminar series is organized and hosted by the Education & Outreach working group of Companion Animal Antimicrobial Stewards (CAAMS), which formed after a 2023 antimicrobial stewardship workshop hosted at the University of Minnesota with Tufts University and Ohio State University. Register to attend and access clinically relevant information and cutting-edge research updates that will help you implement and expand an antimicrobial stewardship and infection control program in your hospital! Click on the seminar title below to register.

Regulatory Frameworks and Guidelines for Antimicrobial Use in Veterinary Medicine

This seminar will focus on regulatory frameworks of veterinary antimicrobial treatment in Europe and Sweden. The speaker will discuss implementation practices and share personal experiences including clinical scenarios in relation to current frameworks. An overview of available antimicrobial treatment guidelines will be presented, and the speaker will give advice on how they can be implemented by clinicians. Evidence gaps in relation to antimicrobial treatment will be discussed briefly.

Presented by: Karolina Scahill, DVM, MSc
Karolina is the director of antimicrobial stewardship and research at a private referral hospital of companion animals in Sweden and the vice leader of ENOVAT's (European Network for Optimization of Veterinary Antimicrobial Treatment) guideline working group. Karolina is also undertaking an industrial PhD that focuses on antimicrobial stewardship and evidence-based guideline methodology.

This program has been submitted (but is not yet approved) for 9 hours of continuing education credit (1 hour per session) in jurisdictions which recognize RACE approval. All seminars take place at 1:00 PM Eastern Time / 7:00 PM Central European Time.