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The Fairfax County Health Department\u2019s Strengthening Antimicrobial Stewardship in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SASS) team put together an amazing educational program for U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) in November 2023! Their team is using CDC funding to focus on improving antimicrobial stewardship in skilled nursing facilities. During USAAW, they rolled out a toolkit for skilled nursing facilities to use for their own facility education. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We spoke to Samantha Christensen, Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) HAI Epidemiologist to learn more about their Antibiotic Awareness Week toolkit. The FCHD started the week off with a big celebration, beginning with a kickoff breakfast, an antimicrobial stewardship podcast playlist with QR codes for easy access, and a microbe \u201cjoke of the day\u201d. They also put up a tri-fold education poster with purple themed balloons and decorations, wore purple for Antimicrobial Awareness Week, had antimicrobial stewardship themed trivia with Starbucks gift cards for prizes, and held a watch party (with snacks, of course) for everyone to view educational infection prevention and control videos! <\/span><\/p>\n

And because we know you want to hear the jokes\u2026. \u201c<\/span>What\u2019s the most popular antibiotic in Italy?\u00a0 Amoxsicilian!<\/span><\/em>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Here\u2019s another good one\u2026 \u201c<\/span>What\u2019s the opposite of an antibiotic?\u00a0 An uncle-biotic!<\/span><\/em>\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Congratulations<\/span><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0to Samantha and the entire FCHD team for developing this fun and unique education program to ensure smart antibiotic use in skilled nursing facilities!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21183,"template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-21182","cheerspeers","type-cheerspeers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nFCHD's Antibiotic Awareness Week: A Celebration of Health & Education - VIPTA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/vipta\/cheerspeers\/having-fun-with-antibiotic-awareness-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FCHD's Antibiotic Awareness Week: A Celebration of Health & Education - VIPTA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Fairfax County Health Department\u2019s Strengthening Antimicrobial Stewardship in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SASS) team put together an amazing educational program for U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) in November 2023! 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