The Alaska Antimicrobial Stewardship Collaborative is an active partnership of acute care and long-term care facilities dedicated to developing innovative strategies to ensure appropriate antibiotic use. A2SC’s goal is a simple one: all patients in Alaska will receive the right antibiotic at the right time and only when necessary. Together we will accelerate positive changes to achieve this critical goal.

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Over the past few years the A2SC Advisory Group has put together three specific guidelines for Alaska physicians and pharmacists to ensure patients receive the right antibiotic at the right time and only when necessary. They can be downloaded below.

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Alaska Ambulatory Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Guidelines - November 2023

• Full Guidelines for Adult Inpatient & Ambulatory

 

Alaska Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Treatment Guidelines – May 2022

• CAP Full Guidelines 
   

Alaska Urinary Tract Infection Treatment Guidelines – January 2020

• Urinary Tract Infection Treatment Toolkit

 

Antibiograms

• 2022 Antibiogram

• 2021 Antibiogram

• 2020 Antibiogram

• 2019 Antibiogram 

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Clinical Pearls for Providers:

• Urinary Uncertainty: Demystifying Culture Collection in Urinary Tract Infections

• Urinary Tract Infections: Treatment and De-escalation

• Antibiotic Duration in Uncomplicated Cystitis and Outpatient Pyelonephritis

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Resources:

• Antibiotic Prescribing and Use, CDC

• Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Antibiotic Stewardship

• National Pharmacy Council Antibiotic Stewardship Program

• American Hospital Association Physician Alliance – Antimicrobial Stewardship

• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)