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Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention and Control

Event Description

05 - 07 February 2026
Bogotá, Colombia
Onsite

A comprehensive course designed to educate and train doctors, hospital pharmacists, and healthcare providers interested in advancing their knowledge and skills in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and infection prevention and control (IPC). This course explores the critical intersection between judicious antimicrobial use and effective infection control practices, emphasising the importance of both in combating antimicrobial resistance and reducing healthcare-associated infections.

Intended audience:  

Target Audience ID Physicians, Medical Microbiologists, Clinical Pharmac(olog)ists, ICU Physicians, Internists, Specialist Nurses, Paediatricians and other medical specialties.

Objectives: 

Train and educate doctors, hospital pharmacists and healthcare providers interested in antimicrobial stewardship on how to: 

  • use appropriately antimicrobials in complicated infections, and
  • prevent and control infections, thereby reducing the need for the antimicrobial use.


Course coordinator: 

Alejandro Díaz, Medellin, Colombia 

Organisers:  

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SLIPE)

Certification: 

Course organisers will monitor attendance. Only participants attending live sessions will be able to receive the certification. 

Course Venue: 

To be confirmed.

Registration details: 

The registration fee covers all lectures, coffee breaks, lunches, and social activities outlined in the programme. Please note that travel and accommodation expenses are not included.

Deadlines

Registration

This module is restricted to trainees enrolled in the AMS Latin America

Attendance Grant application

Attendance grant application is not applicable

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