DASON Digest

Episode Notes In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Melissa Johnson, talks with us about an article in ASHE entitled "Antimicrobial and diagnostic stewardship: opportunities for return on investment," that can be viewed here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42238730/ Environmental Stewardship in Infectious Diseases was also mentioned, and can be found here: https://susta...

Episode Notes In this episode, host April Dyer discusses the recently published research brief, "Seven Days, Seven Quests: Gamification to Enhance Engagement with Antimicrobial Stewardship Resources During Antibiotic Awareness Week," by Meghan N. Jeffres and colleagues, published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (ASHE) in 2026. The authors describe an innovative...

Episode Notes In this episode of the DASON Digest, host Dr. Libby Dodds Ashley is joined by Drs. Brad Langford and Amy Kang to discuss their scoping review on antimicrobial stewardship program resourcing and outcomes. They review the current evidence evaluating how stewardship staffing and resource allocation impact antimicrobial use, clinical and economic outcomes, and share key insights for futu...

In this episode of the DASON Digest, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison, Dr. Jeannette Bouchard, highlights key posters and clinical pearls from the MAD-ID and SIDP 2026 Annual Meeting, including oral antibiotic transitions, Bayesian vancomycin dosing, renal dose adjustments in septic shock, personalized antibiograms, and greener antimicrobial stewardship practices. For more information about DASON...

Episode Notes In this episode of the DASON Digest, we discuss Chris Bland's study on IV push cefepime for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the implications of these findings. The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41166592/ For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/

Episode Notes Join ID Pharmacy Resident Paul Puccio as he speaks with Dr. Arielle Cohen, an ID Fellow at Duke University, is about the antimicrobial updates in the 2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines. They focus on timing of antibiotic initiation, antimicrobial coverage, and rapid diagnostic tests and what this means for the treatment of sepsis and septic shock. The guidelines can be viewed...

Episode Notes In this episode of the DASON Digest, we discuss Dr. Amy Kang’s study on antimicrobial transition errors from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities, highlighting that nearly one-third of patients experience errors and why stewardship efforts must extend beyond hospital discharge to improve continuity, safety, and infection outcomes. The article from the episode can be viewed here: h...

Episode Notes Join DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Jeannette Bouchard and Dr. Rey Perez as they discuss the 2026 GOLD guideline updates regarding antibiotic use in COPD exacerbations. Together, they explore the clinical implications of antibiotic treatment indications—including prior positive sputum cultures—and discuss practical strategies for antimicrobial stewardship teams to reduce unnec...

Episode Notes Join DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Jeannette Bouchard and UNC ID Pharmacy Resident Kelly Gaebel as they discuss a recent article from Open Forum Infectious Diseases examining physician antibiotic prescribing preferences for community-acquired pneumonia and complicated urinary tract infections. Together, they explore how clinicians weigh factors like guideline recommendations,...

Episode Notes In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Angelina Davis talks with us about an article in Clinical Infectious Diseases called "State-of-the-Art Review: Diagnosis and Management of Acute and Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis." The article can be viewed here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41657226/ For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medi...

Episode Notes In this episode of the DASON Digest podcast, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Melissa Johnson talks with Drs. Ritika Prasad, Radhika Arya, and Natalie Medvedeva about their publication in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology entitled "Gut check: antimicrobial stewardship opportunities in intra-abdominal infections." The article can be viewed here: ht...

Episode Notes In this episode of the DASON Digest podcast, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison, Dr. April Dyer, chats with us about an article in ASHE entitled "Implementation of an interruptive electronic health record alert improves optimal antibiotic prescribing in ambulatory patients with acute bacterial sinusitis: a quasi-experiment." The article can be viewed here: https://pubmed.ncb...

Episode Notes In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Jeannette Bouchard talks with Dr. Jarrod Kile from Jefferson University about an article in the New England Journal of Medicine entitled "Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026." Links for this and other materials reviewed in this episode can be found on the DASON website here: https://...

Episode Notes Join DASON Liaison Jeannette Bouchard as she speaks about a hot off the press article from JAMA Internal Medicine titled 'Antibiotic De-Escalation in Adults Hospitalized for Community-Onset Sepsis”. The article can be viewed here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2842980

Episode Notes In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Angelina Davis talks with us about three stewardship interventions for hospitals to start using in 2026. The articles reviewed today can be found here: 1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41306709/ 2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41245846/ 3. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41127160/ For more information about DASON, please vis...

Episode Notes In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Jeannette Bouchard speaks with Drs. Whitney Buckel and Jared Olson about a hot off the press article from ICHE titled “Interventions to optimize duration of antibiotic therapy and encourage oral transition for uncomplicated gram-negative blood stream infections across a health system”. Their findings highlight practical strategie...

Episode Notes Join DASON Liaison Jeannette Bouchard as she speaks with Dr. Bruce Jones and aspiring pharmacist Jill Foster, authors on an IDWeek poster that caught the attention of a few DASON liaisons. The poster was titled  “Impact of Removing ‘Budding Yeast’’ From Urinalysis Reports on Fluconazole Use”. Take a listen to hear about a great local initiative that made a big impact on fluconazole u...

In this episode of the DASON Digest podcast, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Melissa Johnson talks with Dr. Tyler Mitzner and Dr. Lisa Dumkow from Trinity Health Grand Rapids Hospital about their new publication comparing cefdinir and cephalexin for uncomplicated UTI treatment. The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41141459/ For more information about DASON, please v...

Episode Notes In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison, Dr. April Dyer, talk to us about a publication in Health Affairs Scholar, entitled "Sustainable solutions to the continuous threat of antimicrobial resistance." The article can be viewed here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39916975/ For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/

Episode Notes In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison and Operations Director, Dr. Libby Dodds Ashley, talks with Duke University Hospital Clinical Pharmacist, Dr. Jenna Januszka about the recent ICHE publication " 2025 US Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Recommendations for Post-exposure Prophylaxis i...

In this episode of the DASON Digest podcast, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison, Dr. Angelina Davis, talks about the pharmacokinetics of antibiotics in patients with obesity. The article reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40383125/ For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/

Episode Notes Join DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Jeannette Bouchard as she speaks with Dr. Nick Turner, lead author of the DOTS randomized clinical trial, about the potential of dalbavancin as a simplified treatment for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. They discuss the trial’s findings, its implications for clinical practice, and whether two doses can truly replace weeks of IV antibiotics. Th...

Episode Notes In this episode, Dr. Melissa Johnson, one of our DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaisons, talks with Dr. Kim Claeys, from the University of Maryland, about her recent work on the implementation diagnostic stewardship to improve UTI antibiotic use. The two publications referenced in this episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40720743/ and here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm....

Episode Notes In this episode of the DASON Digest podcast, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison, Dr. April Dyer, talks to us about an article in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology entitled "Implementation and performance of a nurse administered modified PEN-FAST clinical decision rule in the electronic health record." The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.n...

Episode Notes Join host DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Libby Dodds Ashley as she as talks with Dr. Emily Heil and Dr. Joe Kuti to review the recent article published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology titled: “Point-Counterpoint: Cascade Reporting—Useful Tool to Support Antimicrobial Stewardship, or Dangerously Misleading?” Together, they explore the practical and controversial aspects...