#122 – The Role of The Pharmacist in Antimicrobial Stewardship in Latin America

In our first episode released in both English and Spanish, Drs. Laila Woc-Colburn and Nicholás Ignacio Valdebenito Farías join Dr. José Pablo Díaz Madriz to discuss the role of the pharmacist in antimicrobial stewardship in Latin America. They discuss the need for growth of antimicrobial stewardship programs across Latin America, how pharmacists can expand their roles to support multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship teams, and much more!   Listen to Breakpoints on iTunes, Overcast, Spotify, Listen Notes, Player FM, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Blubrry, RadioPublic, or by using our RSS feed: https://sidp.pinecast.co/. Visit our website! https://breakpoints-sidp.org/ References: Ciapponi A, Bardach A, Sandoval MM, Palermo MC, Navarro E, Espinal C, Quirós R. Systematic review and meta-analysis of deaths attributable to antimicrobial resistance, Latin America. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Nov;29(11):2335-44. doi:10.3201/eid2911.230753. PMID:37877573; PMCID:PMC10617342. Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators. The burden of antimicrobial resistance in the Americas in 2019: a cross-country systematic analysis. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023 Aug 8;25:100561. doi:10.1016/j.lana.2023.100561. Erratum in: Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023 Nov 10;28:100632. doi:10.1016/j.lana.2023.100632. PMID:37727594; PMCID:PMC10505822. Fabre V, Secaira C, Cosgrove SE, Lessa FC, Patel TS, Alvarez AA, Anchiraico LM, Del Carmen Bangher M, Barberis MF, Burokas MS, Castañeda X, Colque AM, De Ascencao G, Esquivel C, Ezcurra C, Falleroni LA, Frassone N, Garzón MI, Gomez C, Gonzalez JA, Hernandez D, Laplume D, Lemir CG, Maldonado Briones H, Melgar M, Mesplet F, Martinez G, Pertuz CM, Moreno C, Nemirovsky C, Nuccetelli Y, Palacio B, Sandoval N, Vergara H, Videla H, Villamandos S, Villareal O, Viteri A, Quiros R. Deep dive into gaps and barriers to implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programs in hospitals in Latin America. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jul 5;77(Suppl 1):S53-S61. doi:10.1093/cid/ciad184. PMID:37406044; PMCID:PMC10321692. Charani E, Smith I, Skodvin B, Perozziello A, Lucet JC, Lescure FX, Birgand G, Poda A, Ahmad R, Singh S, Holmes AH. Investigating the cultural and contextual determinants of antimicrobial stewardship programmes across low-, middle- and high-income countries: a qualitative study. PLoS One. 2019 Jan 16;14(1):e0209847. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209847. PMID:30650099; PMCID:PMC6335060. Bavestrello L, Cabello Á, Casanova D. Impact of regulatory measures on antibiotic sales in Chile. Rev Med Chil. 2002 Nov;130(11):1265-72. doi:10.4067/S0034-98872002001100009. ISSN 0034-9887. Díaz-Madriz JP, et al. Impact of a pharmacist-driven antimicrobial stewardship program in a private hospital in Costa Rica. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2020;44:e57. doi:10.26633/RPSP.2020.57. Díaz-Madriz JP, et al. Impact of a pharmacist-driven antimicrobial stewardship program on the prescription of antibiotics by intensive care physicians in a Latin American hospital: a retrospective study. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 2022;5(11):1148-55. doi:10.1002/jac5.1708. Domínguez I, et al. Evaluación del consumo de antimicrobianos en 15 hospitales chilenos: resultados de un trabajo colaborativo, 2013. Rev Chil Infectol. 2016 Jun;33(3):307-12. doi:10.4067/S0716-10182016000300010. ISSN 0716-1018. Ministerio de Salud de Chile. Norma general técnica N°210 para la racionalización del uso de antimicrobianos en la atención clínica. Resolución Exenta N°1146, 2020. Disponible en: https://diprece.minsal.cl/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/RES.-EXENTA-N%C2%B01146-Aprueba-Norma-Gral.-Te%CC%81cnica-N%C2%B00210-para-la-racionalizacio%CC%81n-del-uso-de-antimicrobianos-en-la-Atencio%CC%81n-Cli%CC%81nica_v2.pdf