CSA-AGPJ-CCFP- Antimicrobial Stewardship Masterclass Course I HYBRID/Port of Spain, Trinidad 17-19th June 2025
June 17 @ 8:00 am - June 19 @ 5:30 pm
| DAY 1 – Morning
General introduction, basic principles of Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP) and Infection Prevention and Control Program (IPC program)
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| 08:00-08:30 | Welcome – introduction
Dr. Jeroen Schouten, intensivist and drive-AMS course lead, Radboudumc, the Netherlands and Dr. Sandeep Maharaj, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Administration | Director, School of Pharmacy, University of the West Indies, TTB course leads |
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| 08:30-09:00 | AMR burden: a One Health perspective
Dr Marquita Gittens St Hillaire, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, University of the West Indies |
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| 09:00-9:30 | AMR surveillance and Antimicrobial stewardship in the Caribbean
Dr. German Francisco Esparza Sanchez; Gloria Cordoba (senior advisor ICARS) |
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| 09:30-10:00 | The current landscape of IPC in the Caribbean
Dr. Rajeev P Nagassar, National Focal Point for Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention and Control, Chairman of the National Multisectoral Coordinating Committee to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance, Specialist Medical Officer, Microbiology, The Sangre Grande Hospital, The Eastern Regional Health Authority, Trinidad and Tobago |
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| 10:30-11:00 | The BASIC requirements of an ASP: an overview
Dr. Giacomo Stroffolini, ID physician, lead of the Antimicrobial stewardship team, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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| 11:00-11:30 | The BASIC requirements of an IPC program: an overview
Dr. Rajeev P Nagassar |
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| 11:30-12:00 | The role of microbiology in low resource settings
Dr. Marquita Gittens St Hillaire |
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| 12:00-12:30 | The WHAT of ASP: what appropriate antibiotic use (in patients) leads to better outcomes?
Dr. Nathan Nielsen, Associate Professor of Medicine & Pathology UNM School of Medicine |
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| 12:30-13:00 | The WHAT of an IPC program: what appropriate IPC practices lead to better outcomes?
Dr. Rajeev P Nagassar |
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| LUNCH
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| DAY 1 – Afternoon Workshop implementation in practice, part I: “What exactly is your problem?”
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| 14:00-14:30 | The HOW: how does the AMS/IPC team make sure that appropriate antibiotic use and IPC practices are provided by professionals in their setting?
Dr. Jeroen Schouten |
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| 14:30-16:00 | Workshop 1: Presentation of participants (15 minutes per group)
Current situation in your own hospital, what is your largest problem/concern related to antimicrobial use/IPC? ALL FACULTY |
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| 16:00-17:00 | Group work: Reflect on step 1 of ‘Our AMS project’ and ‘Our IPC Project’
ALL FACULTY |
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| EVENING PROGRAM
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| Day 2 – Morning How do you measure the quantity and quality of antimicrobial use and IPC?”
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| 08:30-09:00 | Quantity of antimicrobial use: the BASICS
Dr. Satish Jankie, Pharmacologist & Lecturer, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus |
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| 09.00-10:00 | Workshop 2a: How do I measure the quantity of antibiotic use in my hospital?
Dr. Satish Jankie, Dr. Lydia Miles Saunders and Dr. Gloria Cordóba (senior advisor ICARS) |
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| 10:30-11:15 | How to measure IPC? input, process, output, outcome and impact indicators
Dr. Rajeev P Nagassar |
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| 11:15-12:00 | Quality of antimicrobial use: the BASICS
Dr. Giacomo Stroffolini, ID physician, lead of the Antimicrobial stewardship team, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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| DAY 2 – Afternoon Workshop implementation in practice, part II: “How do you measure the quality of antimicrobial use/ IPC practices?”
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| 13:00-14:00 | Workshop 2b: How to operationalize quality indicators for appropriate antimicrobial use and IPC practices?
All faculty |
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| 14:00-14:30 | PPS, an introduction
Ines Pauwels, senior researcher at University of Antwerp, Belgium |
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| 14:30-16:00 | Workshop 2c: How to actually perform a PPS survey
Ines Pauwels and faculty, 15 min talk by Dr Rajeev P Nagassar on a Prevalence Study of Antibiotic Use Integrating both WHO-PPS and GLOBAL-PPS |
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| 16:00-16:30 | How to make effective use of antibiotic /IPC data in your hospital, an overview
Dr. Jeroen Schouten |
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| 16:30-17:30 | Group work: Reflection on step 1 and 2 of ‘Our AMS project’ and ‘Our IPC Project’
All faculty |
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| FREE EVENING | ||
| DAY 3 – Morning Workshop implementation in practice: important AMS and IPC objectives
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| Parallel sessions | Parallel sessions | |
| 08:00-08:30 | AMS and Sepsis: how to integrate these concepts in daily hospital practice
Dr. Nathan Nielsen |
Hand Hygiene – Surveillance of compliance
Dr. Rajeev P Nagassar
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| 08:30-09:00 | Perioperative prophylaxis
Dr. Jeroen Schouten |
Modes of transmission, Precaution Measures and Personal Protective Equipment
Dr. Rajeev P Nagassar |
| 09:00-09:30 | How to manage (suspected) antibiotic allergy in Antimicrobial stewardship
Dr. Lydia Miles Saunders |
Environmental cleaning
Dr. Rajeev P Nagassar
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| 10:00-10:30 | Benefits of early IV-oral switch: low hanging fruit in Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs
Dr. Giacomo Stroffolini, ID physician, lead of the Antimicrobial stewardship team, Lausanne, Switzerland |
Hospital Acquired infections: Central line, Ventilator associated pneumonia and Urinary tract infections
Dr. Marquita Gittens-St Hillaire
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| 10:30-11:00 | Stopping antibiotics and duration of antibiotic therapy: guidelines vs. practice
Dr. Nathan Nielsen |
Management of outbreaks
Dr. Alma Tostmann / Dr. Edmee Bowles
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| 11:00-12:00 | Workshop : how do I cope with antibiotic shortages in an era of MDRO pathogens?
Rajeev / Lydia / Marquita/ Satish Participants present findings for their own setting through preparation in small groups then followed up in a plenary discussion |
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| LUNCH | ||
| DAY 3 – Afternoon Workshop implementation in practice, next steps
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| 13:00-13:30 | Impact of the drive-AMS Masterclass and its follow through on local practice (personal project)
Dr. Giacomo Stroffolini, ID physician, lead of the Antimicrobial stewardship team, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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| 13:30-15:00 | Group work: Reflect on step 1-2 of ‘Our AMS project’
All faculty |
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| 15:00-15:30 | COURSE II preview: an introduction to determinants of antibiotic use and IPC practices and their link to interventions
Dr. Jeroen Schouten |
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| 15:30-16:00 | Post course follow up including PPS support and involvement of the SPICE registry
Dr. Jeroen Schouten and Ines Pauwels |
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| 16:00-17:30 | Workshop 3: End- of participants (10 minutes per group)
Presentation of a detailed measurement plan for the next 8 months All faculty |
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| 17:30-18:00 | Farewell
All faculty |
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