Documentation of fiscal and clinical outcomes is required for sustainability of most antimicrobial stewardship programs. While studies have confirmed the positive effects of antimicrobial stewardship ...
Antibiotic stewardship programs at VA facilities: 6 things to know Antibiotic stewardship program implementation varies significantly across Veterans Affairs facilities in the U.S., but a new study in ...
A survey of Children’s Hospital Association hospitals finds only 38 percent of member hospitals have an antimicrobial stewardship program in place, according to a study published in Infection Control ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inspired by a Sunday homily about the “good steward,” McGowan and Gerding thought of antimicrobial stewardship ...
ARLINGTON, Va. (April 12, 2023) — Five medical organizations say it is essential that hospitals establish antimicrobial stewardship programs to prevent Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) ...
The misuse of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic points to a need for provider systems to shore up their antimicrobial stewardship programs, according to experts at the Centers for Disease ...
The percentage of patients who were discharged with an antibiotic prescription was at its highest level during the first year of the study period, with 24% in 2013, and dropped to 20% in 2016, the ...
Researchers have conducted a landmark survey to identify and stratify antimicrobial stewardship programs into four different groups -- a first step toward studying the effectiveness of these models to ...
A new report shows patient readmissions and mortality dropped among patients aged 65 and older following the institution of an antibiotic stewardship program. Rigorous antibiotic stewardship programs ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A safety training program for antibiotic stewardship was associated with reductions in antibiotic use and urine ...
1 Department of Pharmacy Practice, Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy, Downers Grove, 555 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA 2 Department of Pharmacy, Northwestern Memorial ...