Empric Antibiotics and the Antibiogram (Patel, 9/24/25)

 A recording of this presentation is available HERE.

Thanks to Omi Patel, PharmD for an excellent presentation on Empiric Antibiotics, Antibiotic Stewardship and Diagnostic Stewardship in the Hospital. We are so lucky to have a close working relationship with our pharmacists who offer interdisciplinary team care.

I don't know about you, but I LOVE antiobiograms! I love local data. I love the compilation of local data into a useful tool and I love evidence-based medicine.

See a piece of current local SSRRH Antibiogram below. Note Omi's reminder that organisms with <30 isolates should be interpreted with caution. As a small hospital, some of our bugs are reported out with under this number. This means the sensitivities should be assumed with more caution. 

Unsurprisingly, the overwhelming majority of our Gram negative bacteria are E Coli, and it is important to note that E Coli's sensitivity to various antibiotics has changed over time. See the graph below to see how our local E Coli's resistance to Ceftriaxone has increased (also note how poor our sensitivity to Cipro is!)