Live From Industry: Navigating the Impact of Diagnostic Errors on Antimicrobial Stewardship and Quality Outcomes

Recorded On: 04/10/2025

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Thursday, April 10, 2025 @ 1 pm ET

Tammy Johnson, RN, BS, CPM and Barb DeBaun, RN, MSN, CIC

Join us for this comprehensive webinar designed to enhance your understanding of the critical pillars that drive patient safety and care quality in diagnostic practices. This session will delve into the foundational concepts of Quality, Diagnostic Safety, Stewardship, and Excellence, with a focus on their interdependence and impact on patient outcomes. Additional focus will be placed on improving the accuracy of a critical laboratory test, blood cultures, which are prone to errors that directly impact patient care quality. Practical insights and actionable strategies that optimize blood culture practices for improved clinical care decisions will be shared.

This webinar is designed for healthcare professionals looking to enhance their diagnostic practices, improve clinical outcomes, and ensure optimal patient safety.

Objectives:

-Review the key pillars of Quality, Diagnostic Safety, Stewardship, and Excellence in healthcare.

-Understand how diagnostic safety, antimicrobial stewardship, and quality outcomes are interconnected and how each influences the other in clinical practice.

-Explore the limitations of traditional blood culture practices and examine the significant implications these limitations have on patient diagnosis and treatment.

-Evaluate the essential role clinicians play in the accurate collection of blood cultures, leveraging evidence-based practices to ensure the best patient outcomes.

-Identify and apply evidence-based strategies that can help mitigate false-positive blood cultures, enabling clinicians to become effective diagnostic stewards.

By registering for this webinar you are agreeing to be contacted by APIC industry partner: Magnolia Medical Technologies

Continuing Education (CE) Credit:

In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Nursing:

APIC designates this activity for 0 Nursing Contact Hours

Physicians:

APIC designates this live course activity for a maximum of 0 PRA Category 1 Credits™
Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

IPUs

APIC designates this activity for 0 infection prevention unit(s).
For more information, please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Recertify/Recertification-by-Continuing-Education.htm

Tammy Johnson, RN, BS, CPM

AVP, Clinical Strategy and Customer Relations

Magnolia Medical Technologies

Tammy Johnson is the Associate Vice President Clinical Strategy and Customer Relations at Magnolia Medical Technologies. She is a healthcare executive with over 30 years in nursing, 14 as a nurse leader, whose focus has been on raising standards of care for patients, optimizing outcomes and decreasing healthcare spend by first preventing patient harm. Through various presentations, many hospital associations and other organizations, in addition to an invitation to address the Presidential Advisory Council Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Washington, DC, Tammy has championed awareness of evidence-based, metric-driven improvement processes and programs that result in sustainable, positive outcomes for patients. Tammy holds degrees in nursing, business, and health care management.

Barb DeBaun, RN, MSN, CIC

Improvement Advisor

Cynosure Health

Barbara DeBaun has over 40 years of experience in the field of infection prevention and quality improvement. She is currently an Improvement Advisor with Cynosure Health. Previously she was the Director of Patient Safety and Infection Control at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Barbara is a certified Infection Control Practitioner and holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Pace University in New York and a Master of Science Degree in Nursing from San Francisco State University. Barbara is certified in Infection Control and is adjunct faculty at Dominican University in California.