Join us with our guest: Maureen Spencer, RN, M.Ed., CIC joining us to discuss an array of important topics:

1. Overuse and inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics worldwide is leading to the global healthcare issue of antibiotic resistance. 2. Empiric antibiotics are used consistently in healthcare when infection is suspected

3. Empiric antibiotics are prescribed to cover gram positive, gram negative and yeast infections until the final lab result is available 4. Overuse of antibiotics adversely effect the normal flora and microbiome in the body depleting colonies of bacteria that are necessary for digestion and protection. 5. When the microbiome is depleted other resistant species overgrow on the skin and in the systems of the body, especially the gut. 6. Multiple Drug Resistant organisms MDRO include MRSA, VRE, ESBL and CRE that will grow in patients who have been on antibiotics AND MUCH MORE.