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1. The utility of rapid diagnostic tests for organism identification is limited without additional ASP involvement and intervention.

A. True B. False

2. Various prospective audit and feedback interventions have demonstrated all of the following except:

A. reduction in clinical failure B. reduction in duration of therapy C. improvement in time to appropriate therapy D. improvement in adherence to care bundles E. increase in C. difficile infection

3. Which of the following is the preferred antimicrobial utilization metric?

A. Defined daily dose (DDD) per 1000 patient days B. Days of therapy (DOT) per 1000 patient days C. Antimicrobial expenditures

4. Stratifying an antibiogram to include isolates collected in outpatient/ED sites allows facilities to use more narrow-spectrum antibiotics empirically for certain infectious disease states.

A. True B. False

5. Antibiograms should be utilized to help guide therapy once cultures and susceptibilities are available.

A. True B. False

6. Which of the following is a potential consequence of inappropriate antibiotic use?

A. Reduction in patient mortality B. Increased risk of antimicrobial resistance C. Reduction in economic expenditures D. Reduction of antibiotic associated adverse events

7. Which of the following are not examples of antibiotic stewardship initiatives with direct pharmacist engagement?

A. Recommend stopping antibiotics if cultures are negative and infection is unlikely or if infection is resolved B. When possible always recommend the use of the most broad-spectrum antibiotics to treat patient infections C. Work collaboratively with other disciplines to create antibiotic order forms or templates D. Create a prior authorization process for antimicrobial use.

8. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of adherence to recommended vaccination schedules?

A. Reduces the number of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions B. Prevents development of secondary infections C. De-escalates therapy D. Reduces unnecessary interactions with the healthcare system.

9. Which new vaccination is now included in the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for pediatric patients?

A. Meningococcal serotype B B. Varicella C. Pneumococcal D. Influenza

10. Which of the following are methods for providing education to prescribers?

A. Didactic lectures B. Clinical pathways/electronic order sets C. Interpretive criteria within laboratory results D. All of the above

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1. The utility of rapid diagnostic tests for organism identification is limited without additional ASP involvement and intervention.

2. Various prospective audit and feedback interventions have demonstrated all of the following except:

3. Which of the following is the preferred antimicrobial utilization metric?

4. Stratifying an antibiogram to include isolates collected in outpatient/ED sites allows facilities to use more narrow-spectrum antibiotics empirically for certain infectious disease states.

5. Antibiograms should be utilized to help guide therapy once cultures and susceptibilities are available.

6. Which of the following is a potential consequence of inappropriate antibiotic use?

7. Which of the following are not examples of antibiotic stewardship initiatives with direct pharmacist engagement?

8. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of adherence to recommended vaccination schedules?

9. Which new vaccination is now included in the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for pediatric patients?

10. Which of the following are methods for providing education to prescribers?

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1. The utility of rapid diagnostic tests for organism identification is limited without additional ASP involvement and intervention.

2. Various prospective audit and feedback interventions have demonstrated all of the following except:

3. Which of the following is the preferred antimicrobial utilization metric?

4. Stratifying an antibiogram to include isolates collected in outpatient/ED sites allows facilities to use more narrow-spectrum antibiotics empirically for certain infectious disease states.

5. Antibiograms should be utilized to help guide therapy once cultures and susceptibilities are available.

6. Which of the following is a potential consequence of inappropriate antibiotic use?

7. Which of the following are not examples of antibiotic stewardship initiatives with direct pharmacist engagement?

8. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of adherence to recommended vaccination schedules?

9. Which new vaccination is now included in the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for pediatric patients?

10. Which of the following are methods for providing education to prescribers?

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