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Pictured is the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence Committee. | PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance( PASTEUR) Act,” Dr. Schmitt said.
David Thomas, MD, MPH, Medical Director and Chief of Infectious Disease at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, shared,“ This is truly a red letter day. The original vision for this designation began back in 2022 alongside the earliest hours of our most recent stewardship endeavors. At that time, we researched this program through the IDSA and approached the medical staff and administration, requesting the support necessary for expanding our stewardship program into what it is today. I am extremely proud of everyone involved without whose tireless efforts we could not have achieved this designation. This is a great honor and demonstrates Lake Cumberland’ s role as a leader in Kentucky’ s rural healthcare network. It shows a commitment to evidence-based care and concern with protecting not only the individual patient’ s health but the welfare of the entire region. This achievement belongs to all of us.”
The core criteria for the CoE program place emphasis on an institution’ s ability to implement stewardship protocols by integrating best practices to slow the emergence of resistance, optimize the treatment of infections, reduce adverse events associated with antibiotic use and to address other challenging areas related to antimicrobial stewardship.
A panel of IDSA member experts in antimicrobial stewardship, including ID-trained physicians and ID-trained pharmacists, evaluate CoE applications against high-level criteria established by IDSA leadership for determining merit.
The Infectious Diseases Society of America is an organization of over 13,000 physicians, scientists, public health experts and other health care professionals dedicated to promoting health through excellence in infectious diseases research, education, prevention and patient care. The Society was founded in 1963 and is based in Arlington, VA.
For more information, visit idsociety. org.
ABOUT LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is a 295-bed acute care facility that has served the people of South-Central Kentucky since 1976.
With more than forty physician specialties and nearly two hundred physicians on staff, Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital offers the most comprehensive medical services in the region.
In addition to inpatient services, the hospital’ s stand-alone outpatient facilities focus on bariatric( weight loss) services, cancer treatment, diagnostic imaging, outpatient surgery, outpatient therapy services, sleep disorders, wound care and hyperbaric medicine, as well as the first Residency Program in the region to provide training to new physicians. LCRH is accredited by The Joint Commission and has been awarded the following specialty certifications: Commission on Cancer certification; The Joint Commission Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Care; Chest Pain Center with PCI from the American College of Cardiology; U. S. News & World Report High Performing Hospital- Stroke; Cribs for Kids’ National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification; ACHC Sleep Disorders Center Accreditation; and The Joint Commission Spine Surgery Certification.
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