bioMérieux Sponsored Webinar: The Impact of Rapid Diagnostics on Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices
Webinar Description:
This sponsored webinar will explore the history of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) and what the future of patient care and antimicrobial stewardship could look like with fast AST. The presenter will discuss the limitations of traditional AST methods, which often lead to delays, the overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics, and the rise of antimicrobial resistance. He will then highlight how fast AST and rapid diagnostics can empower stewardship efforts by providing actionable results within hours.
No CE credits are offered for this sponsored webinar. Content was determined by the sponsor.
Webinar Sponsor:
Sepsis Alliance gratefully acknowledges the support provided by bioMérieux for this sponsored webinar.
Shawn MacVane, PharmD
Lead Medical Scientist
bioMérieux
Shawn MacVane, PharmD is an infectious diseases (ID) pharmacist and outcomes researcher with over 10 years of experience in antimicrobial stewardship and microbiology diagnostics. Currently, he is Lead Medical Scientist, Global Medical Affairs - Microbiology at bioMerieux where he focuses on the design and execution of health and economic outcomes research (HEOR) studies and using real-world data to understand medical value of in vitro diagnostic products. Prior to this, he was ID/AMS pharmacist where his research focused on the implementation and optimization of molecular rapid diagnostic tests for bloodstream infections. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and completed a fellowship in Anti-Infective Research & Development.