Antibiotic Stewardship
The effort to measure and improve how antibiotics are prescribed by clinicians and used by patients.
Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI)
Resources for C. Difficile infections and how to prevent them.
Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDRO)
MDROs are bacteria that resist one or more classes of antibiotics or antifungals, rendering these treatments ineffective. Infections from MDROs can be hard to treat due to limited options and can spread quickly, particularly in health care settings.
Wisconsin Dental Pain Protocol (WDPP)
Emergency departments are teaming up with local dentists to better treat non-traumatic dental pain—helping patients get the care they need while reducing the use of opioids. For more information see WDPP website (linked below), the definitive source for a systemic approach to treating non-traumatic dental pain, assuring ideal pain control practices, supporting antibiotic stewardship and reducing recidivism for oral pain. The Implementation Tools section contains operational resources, including brief videos and documents to secure organization and community buy-in, identify leaders, train providers, set up referral processes and monitor progress. The On-Shift Clinical Tools section, contains short videos and reference documents supporting real-time support for diagnosis, non-opioid and opioid pain control, local anesthetics and antibiotics, including the Wisconsin Dental Pain Protocol | Clinical Algorithm, which provides diagnostic, treatment, medication and referral guidance for dental pain and infection.
