2018 Minnesota One Health Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative Annual Meeting

Minnesota’s One Health Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative met for its yearly conference on January 11, 2018. The Collaborative is comprised of professionals from the human, animal, and environmental sector.

Presentations:

• Communicating Science to the Public with “Brains On!” Host Molly Bloom
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• Defining Minnesota’s Environmental Antibiotic Footprint (YouTube: 10 minutes)
  Bill Arnold, Ph.D., M.S., and Amanda Beaudoin, D.V.M., Ph.D., discuss detecting and mapping the impact of antibiotics in the Minnesota environment. This TED-like talk was delivered during the Minnesota One Health Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative meeting on January 11, 2018. The Collaborative is comprised of professionals from the human health, animal health, and environmental sectors. Its goals are to promote the understanding of One Health Antibiotic Stewardship across disciplines, to improve human and animal antibiotic stewardship efforts, and to develop the ‘antibiotic footprint’ concept as a way to communicate the impact of antibiotic use on the environment.
  
  
• Approaches to Mitigation of Antibiotic-containing Agricultural Runoff (YouTube: 13 minutes)
  Michelle Soupir, Ph.D. discusses environmental antimicrobial resistance monitoring and mitigation of antibiotic-containing runoff. This TED-like talk was delivered during the Minnesota One Health Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative meeting on January 11, 2018. The Collaborative is comprised of professionals from the human health, animal health, and environmental sectors. Its goals are to promote the understanding of One Health Antibiotic Stewardship across disciplines, to improve human and animal antibiotic stewardship efforts, and to develop the ‘antibiotic footprint’ concept as a way to communicate the impact of antibiotic use on the environment.
  
  
• The Antimicrobial Steward: Policeman or Coach? (YouTube: 21 minutes)
  In this TED-like talk, Dr. Bill Pomputius of Children’s Hospitals Minnesota discusses approaches to a collaborative antibiotic stewardship program in health care settings. This talk was delivered during the Minnesota One Health Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative meeting on January 11, 2018. The Collaborative is comprised of professionals from the human health, animal health, and environmental sectors. Its goals are to promote the understanding of One Health Antibiotic Stewardship across disciplines, to improve human and animal antibiotic stewardship efforts, and to develop the ‘antibiotic footprint’ concept as a way to communicate the impact of antibiotic use on the environment.