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DASON Digest

DASON Digest

By: Duke Antimicrobial Stewardship Outreach Network (DASON)
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 The DASON Digest features engaging conversations with experts in infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship covering a variety of topics. New episodes of the Digest are published every other Friday. Subscribe to follow along with our latest content. For more information about DASON, please visit https://dason.medicine.duke.edu.2020 Hygiene & Healthy Living Science
Episodes
  • Antibiotic Dosing in Obesity: What the Largest PK Review Reveals

    Antibiotic Dosing in Obesity: What the Largest PK Review Reveals
    Sep 8 2025

    In this episode of the DASON Digest podcast, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison, Dr. Angelina Davis, talks about the pharmacokinetics of antibiotics in patients with obesity. The article reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40383125/

    For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/
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    16 mins
  • Ep.119 – New Rules for Old Infections: What the DOTS Trial Tells Us

    Ep.119 – New Rules for Old Infections: What the DOTS Trial Tells Us
    Aug 22 2025
    Episode Notes

    Join DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Jeannette Bouchard as she speaks with Dr. Nick Turner, lead author of the DOTS randomized clinical trial, about the potential of dalbavancin as a simplified treatment for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. They discuss the trial’s findings, its implications for clinical practice, and whether two doses can truly replace weeks of IV antibiotics. The materials reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/blog/new-rules-old-infections-what-dots-trial-tells-us

    For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu
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    31 mins
  • Ep.118 – Combatting unnecessary ASB treatment through diagnostic stewardship – which approach works?

    Ep.118 – Combatting unnecessary ASB treatment through diagnostic stewardship – which approach works?
    Aug 8 2025
    Episode Notes

    In this episode, Dr. Melissa Johnson, one of our DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaisons, talks with Dr. Kim Claeys, from the University of Maryland, about her recent work on the implementation diagnostic stewardship to improve UTI antibiotic use. The two publications referenced in this episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40720743/ and here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37424224/

    For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/
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    30 mins
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