DASON Digest

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The DASON Digest features engaging conversations with experts in infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship covering a variety of topics. New episodes of the Digest are published every other Friday. Subscribe to follow along with our latest content. For more information about DASON, please visit https://dason.medicine.duke.edu.

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Episodes

Three Stewardship Interventions Hospitals Can Steal for 2026

Episode Notes In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Angelina Davis talks with us about three stewardship interventions for hospitals to start using in 2026. The articles reviewed today can be found here: 1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41306709/ 2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41245846/ 3. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41127160/ For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/...

Dec 19, 2025•22 min

Ep.125 – Stewardship in Action: Short Courses and Oral Transitions

Episode Notes In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Jeannette Bouchard speaks with Drs. Whitney Buckel and Jared Olson about a hot off the press article from ICHE titled “Interventions to optimize duration of antibiotic therapy and encourage oral transition for uncomplicated gram-negative blood stream infections across a health system”. Their findings highlight practical strategies for optimizing antibiotic therapy across large hospital networks, and the article can be viewed he...

Dec 05, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 125

Ep.124 – Words Matter: Tackling Fluconazole Overuse

Episode Notes Join DASON Liaison Jeannette Bouchard as she speaks with Dr. Bruce Jones and aspiring pharmacist Jill Foster, authors on an IDWeek poster that caught the attention of a few DASON liaisons. The poster was titled “Impact of Removing ‘Budding Yeast’’ From Urinalysis Reports on Fluconazole Use”. Take a listen to hear about a great local initiative that made a big impact on fluconazole use at their institution. Link to supporting article:

Nov 14, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 124

Down with Cefdinir! Cefdinir versus Cephalexin for uncomplicated UTIs

In this episode of the DASON Digest podcast, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Dr. Melissa Johnson talks with Dr. Tyler Mitzner and Dr. Lisa Dumkow from Trinity Health Grand Rapids Hospital about their new publication comparing cefdinir and cephalexin for uncomplicated UTI treatment. The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41141459/ For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/...

Oct 31, 2025•44 min

A Global Perspective on Antimicrobial Resistance

Episode Notes In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison, Dr. April Dyer, talk to us about a publication in Health Affairs Scholar, entitled "Sustainable solutions to the continuous threat of antimicrobial resistance." The article can be viewed here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39916975/ For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/...

Oct 03, 2025•12 min

Ep.121 – PEP Talk: Navigating the New HIV Occupational Guideline

Episode Notes In this episode, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison and Operations Director, Dr. Libby Dodds Ashley, talks with Duke University Hospital Clinical Pharmacist, Dr. Jenna Januszka about the recent ICHE publication " 2025 US Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Recommendations for Post-exposure Prophylaxis in Healthcare Settings ." For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/...

Sep 19, 2025•13 min•Season 1Ep. 121

Antibiotic Dosing in Obesity: What the Largest PK Review Reveals

In this episode of the DASON Digest podcast, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison, Dr. Angelina Davis, talks about the pharmacokinetics of antibiotics in patients with obesity. The article reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40383125/ For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/

Sep 08, 2025•16 min

Ep.119 – New Rules for Old Infections: What the DOTS Trial Tells Us

Episode Notes Join DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison Jeannette Bouchard as she speaks with Dr. Nick Turner, lead author of the DOTS randomized clinical trial, about the potential of dalbavancin as a simplified treatment for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. They discuss the trial’s findings, its implications for clinical practice, and whether two doses can truly replace weeks of IV antibiotics. The materials reviewed in this episode can be found here: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/blog/new-rul...

Aug 22, 2025•31 min•Season 1Ep. 119

Ep.118 – Combatting unnecessary ASB treatment through diagnostic stewardship – which approach works?

Episode Notes In this episode, Dr. Melissa Johnson, one of our DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaisons, talks with Dr. Kim Claeys, from the University of Maryland, about her recent work on the implementation diagnostic stewardship to improve UTI antibiotic use. The two publications referenced in this episode can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40720743/ and here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37424224/ For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/...

Aug 08, 2025•30 min•Season 1Ep. 118

Ep.117 – Nurse-Driven PEN-FAST Allergy De-labeling

Episode Notes In this episode of the DASON Digest podcast, DASON Clinical Pharmacist Liaison, Dr. April Dyer, talks to us about an article in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology entitled "Implementation and performance of a nurse administered modified PEN-FAST clinical decision rule in the electronic health record." The article can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40697885/ For more information about DASON, please visit: https://dason.medicine.duke.edu/...

Jul 25, 2025•17 min•Season 1Ep. 117

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