1. Before the program begins: Before the end of the program:
      
Improving Evaluation & Treatment of UTI in the Elderly: A cross- continuum approach to antibiotic stewardship
              
               
                           
Please sit with the hospital in your area, if they are participating.
Before the program begins:
Each individual, please complete & return the Participant Survey, if you have not already (Item 6 in your handouts)
Before the end of the program:
Each team, please complete & return Program Registration Information Sheet, if you have not already (Item 5 in your handouts)
             

2. Decreasing Inappropriate Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
      
              
               
Improving Evaluation & Treatment of UTI in the Elderly: A cross- continuum approach to antibiotic stewardship
                           
             
Kick-off meeting:
Decreasing Inappropriate Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
November 28 & December 5, 2012

3. Program Partners DPH MA Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
Mass Senior Care
Clinical Faculty
Dr. Shira Doron
Dr. Ruth Kandel
Dr. Daniel Pallin
Continuing to build an Advisory Group

4. Program History CDC funding to DPH
C. difficile Prevention Collaborative – hospitals
Antibiotic stewardship
Partnered with Mass Senior Care for cross- continuum collaborative

5. Program Overview Participants: 10 hospitals and 33 LTC facilities
Regional kick-off meetings: 11/28 & 12/5
Office hours call
Educational calls for clinicians:
Emergency departments
Long term care facilities
Team coaching calls
Monthly measurement and reporting
Public education - media
Final meeting – June 2013

6. Today Combining clinical education and improvement processes
Best technical practices for evaluation and treatment of UTI in the elderly
Strategies for making change , testing improvements
Practice support and education tools 
Working/communicating across the continuum – building relationships
In your packet
Education credits