Chapter 66- Antimicrobial Regimen Selection

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IMPORTANT NOTE – PLEASE READ FIRST: This continuing education assessment requires that you first purchase the text book: Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice. Please go to our home page: http://www.rxugace.com/ and click on “Books” for more information Prior To Registering for this assessment.

Upon completion of the corresponding textbook chapter in Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice and this on-line assessment, the reader should be able to:

1. Describe how antimicrobials differ from other drug classes in terms of their effects on individual patients as well as on society as a whole.
2. Recognize that antimicrobial resistance is an inevitable consequence of antimicrobial therapy.
3. Identify two guiding principles to consider when treating patients with antimicrobials, and apply these principles in patient care.
4. Differentiate between microbial colonization and infection based on patient history, physical examination, and laboratory and culture results.
5. Evaluate and apply at least six major drug-specific considerations when selecting antimicrobial therapy.
6. Evaluate and apply at least seven major patient-specific considerations when selecting antimicrobial therapy.
7. Select empirical antimicrobial therapy based on spectrum-of-activity considerations that provide a measured response proportional to the severity of illness. Provide a rationale for why a measured response in antimicrobial selection is appropriate.
8. Identify and apply five major principles of patient education and monitoring response to antimicrobial therapy.
9. Identify two common causes of patients failing to improve while on antimicrobials, and recognize other less common but potential reasons for antimicrobial failure.

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