Please join the Maryland Health Care Sustainability Leadership Council (MD HCSLC) at its next quarterly meeting.  If you are unable to attend, please send a designee from your hospital/organization.  For health care providers only.

Thursday, March 5th • 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Maryland Hospital Association
6820 Deerpath Road, Elkridge, MD 21075
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Expanding Your Hospital’s Antibiotics Stewardship Program: The Role of Health Care in Eliminating Antibiotic Overuse in Animal Agriculture

 Just as steps are being taken to reduce the overuse of antibiotics in hospitals and clinicians’ practices, it is critical that their Antibiotics Stewardship Programs incorporate the elimination of antibiotic overuse in agriculture.  Hospitals are on the front lines of treating infections, and with sizable food service budgets, the health care sector is poised to tackle the antibiotic resistance crisis beyond the walls of clinical practice. Through its purchasing power and moral authority, the health care sector can change both markets and policies to protect antibiotics and prevent their overuse in animal agriculture.

Presenter: Mae Wu, Staff Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. – Networking/Breakfast
8:15 – 8:30 – Business Meeting
8:30 – 10:00 – Guest Speakers/Discussion

Please RSVP by February 27th to randy_komenski@bshsi.org

Mark your calendars now for the HCSLC next meeting: June 25th  2015

Meetings are for health care providers only.