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.

Opposable Thumbs to Snouts-Translation of Human Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices to Veterinary Medicine

Antimicrobial stewardship is a cornerstone of human medicine to optimize the quality of care and mitigate the looming threat of antimicrobial resistance. With the frequency of antibiotic prescription in the veterinary setting, transmission of pathogens between humans and animals, and enhanced focus on One Health, there are opportunities to implement some best practices from human medicine into veterinary medicine. This talk will outline antimicrobial stewardship principles and practices that can be or have successfully been translated into veterinary medicine.

Presented by: Kirthana Beaulac, PharmD BCIDP
Dr. Kirthana “Kira” Beaulac received her doctorate in pharmacy from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. She went on to complete pharmacy residency at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA and Infectious Diseases residency at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT. She served as the co-director of the Antimicrobial Management Team at Tufts Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston prior to her current role as Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist at Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA. She strives to advance pharmacy and infectious disease practice through leadership roles on various committees, including serving as Chair of the Society of Infectious Diseases Guidelines Committee, member of the Board of Pharmacy Specialties ID Specialty Council, member of Vizient’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, and Chair of the Massachusetts Society of HealthSystem Pharmacist’s DEI Committee. She focuses her practice and research on Antimicrobial Stewardship in non-traditional settings, such as community hospitals, long-term care facilities, and veterinary medicine.

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.