• Daniela N Quilliam, Kerry LaPlante, Rebecca Reece, Utpala Bandy, and Nicole Alexander-Scott.
• Chief of the Center for Acute Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the Rhode Island Department of Health and Teaching Associate of Epidemiology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
• R I Med J (2013). 2018 Jun 1; 101 (5): 22-25.

AbstractDue to the rise of antibiotic resistance, and the decrease of novel antibiotics coming to market, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has formally recognized that action must take place to ensure appropriate antibiotic use, and maintain public health. The RI Department of Health (RIDOH) Director responded by initiating the RI Antimicrobial Stewardship and Environmental Cleaning Task Force (RIAMSEC), a multidisciplinary team that set in motion a set of tasks for RIDOH. As a result, a survey of antibiotic stewardship programs (ASP) at the RI acute care hospitals (ACHs) and long-term care (LTC) facilities revealed gaps in addressing HAI prevention and AMS goals for the state. RIDOH has therefore expanded statewide coordination efforts to form the RI Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship Coalition which is intended to effectively prevent HAI and ultimate improve the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital-acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction scores in Rhode Island.[Full article available at http://rimed.org/rimedicaljournal-2018-06.asp].

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