In collaboration with colleagues at the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL), UW COHR has gathered resources for veterinary antimicrobial stewardship from experts around the world and organized them into an easily searchable format.
Our goal is to enable veterinary clinicians to quickly find decision support tools, guidelines, online training, practice and client resources, and more all in one place. This site is organized into 3 main pages:
- Click on the Empiric Guidance page below to find resources to support empiric antimicrobial selection for a given species and condition.
- Click on the Result Interpretation page below to access resources on how to interpret culture and susceptibility testing results.
- Click on the General Stewardship page below to find general resources on antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary medicine including some client handouts and practice-level tools.
Abbreviations:
- The first abbreviation in each resource title stands for the organization that created the resource
- For example, "AABP: AMS Guidelines" is a resource from the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP)
- Other key title abbreviations:
- AMR: Antimicrobial resistance
- AMS: Antimicrobial stewardship
- AMU: Antimicrobial use
- AST: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
OSU CVM: Antimicrobial Use Guidelines
Reference tables and guidelines by species
OSU CVM: Buckeye AMS Program
YouTube channel with educational videos on stewardship
OVC: Guidelines and Decision Support
Interactive platform for antimicrobial use in dogs and cats
UMN CVM: AMU Talking Points for Clinics
Strategies for client communication around antibiotic use
UMN CVM: Antibiotic Tiers and Selection List
Practice-level reference for selection of antibiotics
UMN CVM: Antibiotic Use Tracking Tool
Tool to understand prescribing patterns at a practice level
UMN CVM: Commitment Letter to Clients
Sample antibiotic use commitment letter
UMN CVM: Handbook and Checklists
Stewardship handbook and implementation checklists
UMN CVM: How to Use a Clinical Antibiogram
Tips for correctly using an antibiogram in your veterinary practice
UMN CVM: Pocket Guide
Pocket guide for antimicrobial prescribing for small animals
UMN CVM: Your Pet Does Not Need an Antibiotic Today!
Handout to outline non-antibiotic treatment plan for client
UniMelb: AMS Guidelines
Collection of resources including education, use of guidelines, and delayed prescriptions
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Funding
This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and in part by the Washington Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, which is supported by the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Disease Cooperative Agreement through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.