• Down with Cefdinir! Cefdinir versus Cephalexin for uncomplicated UTIs
    Oct 31 2025

    In this episode of the DASON Digest podcast, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Melissa Johnson talks with Dr. Tyler Mitzner and Dr. Lisa Dumkow from Trinity Health Grand Rapids Hospital about their new publication comparing cefdinir and cephalexin for uncomplicated UTI treatment. The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41141459/

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    44 mins
  • A Global Perspective on Antimicrobial Resistance
    Oct 3 2025
    Episode Notes

    In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison, Dr. April Dyer, talk to us about a publication in Health Affairs Scholar, entitled "Sustainable solutions to the continuous threat of antimicrobial resistance." The article can be viewed here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39916975/

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    12 mins
  • Ep.121 – PEP Talk: Navigating the New HIV Occupational Guideline
    Sep 19 2025
    Episode Notes

    In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison and Operations Director, Dr. Libby Dodds Ashley, talks with Duke University Hospital Clinical Pharmacist, Dr. Jenna Januszka about the recent ICHE publication "2025 US Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Recommendations for Post-exposure Prophylaxis in Healthcare Settings."

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    13 mins
  • 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/

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    16 mins
  • 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

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    31 mins
  • 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/

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    30 mins
  • Ep.117 – Nurse-Driven PEN-FAST Allergy De-labeling
    Jul 25 2025
    Episode Notes

    In this episode of the DASON Digest podcast, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison, Dr. April Dyer, talks to us about an article in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology entitled "Implementation and performance of a nurse administered modified PEN-FAST clinical decision rule in the electronic health record." The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40697885/

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    17 mins
  • Ep.116 – Cascade Reporting Under the Microscope: Two Sides, One Debate
    Jul 14 2025
    Episode Notes

    Join host DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Libby Dodds Ashley as she as talks with Dr. Emily Heil and Dr. Joe Kuti to review the recent article published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology titled: “Point-Counterpoint: Cascade Reporting—Useful Tool to Support Antimicrobial Stewardship, or Dangerously Misleading?” Together, they explore the practical and controversial aspects of cascade reporting. The article reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40526395/

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    23 mins