Diagnostic stewardship in clinical practice (2025)

Diagnostic stewardship in clinical practice (2025)

This badge has been issued for participating in the activities in the free non-accredited course, Diagnostic stewardship in clinical practice (2025). This course supported demonstration of the following key learning outcomes: describe the roles in a diagnostic stewardship programme; understand the principles of taking appropriate clinical samples; appreciate the range of laboratory techniques available for bacterial isolation, pathogen identification and AST; understand how microbiology can be appropriately reported to clinicians; understand factors affecting bacteriology laboratory turnaround times and reporting; promote good working relationships between laboratories and clinicians for effective diagnostic stewardship; understand diagnostic stewardship in surveillance at national and international levels; understand how to introduce a diagnostic stewardship programme. You can review this course at the link below: https://www.open.edu/openlearncreate/course/view.php?id=12553. This badge does not represent formal credit or award. It does demonstrate participation in informal learning activity.