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CLINICAL UPDATE<br />

Pharmacy and Therapeutics Council<br />

‒ 13 drug classes reviewed<br />

‒ 11 policies and procedures reviewed and approved<br />

‒ 16 monographs reviewed<br />

‒ 4 guidelines approved<br />

Antimicrobial Stewardship<br />

‒ Expanded deployment of MedMined to reduce North<br />

Texas sites antibiotic overuse and encourage deescalation<br />

in August 2016<br />

‒ Antimicrobial stewardship mobile platform application<br />

(Dorsata) launched in June 2016<br />

‒ Approved 6 guidelines and 2 policies/protocols.<br />

‒ Top 50 abx spend decreased by 4.9%.<br />

‒ Initiated Outpatient Stewardship Committee – first<br />

meeting was in Dec 2016<br />

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