Antimicrobial stewardship programs are essential to the continued viability of antimicrobials as therapeutic entities. Clinicians are already encountering patients with untreatable bacterial ...

Antibiotic stewardship programs, which promote the appropriate use of antibiotics in hospitals and other healthcare centers, not only lead to reduction in antibiotic use with reduced adverse events, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found that the responsibility for antimicrobial stewardship programs at Veterans Affairs hospitals ...

The agency first released the guide in 2014 to help hospitals implement effective antibiotic stewardship programs. The updated resource now includes additional information on hospital leadership ...

The overuse of antibiotics in hospitals can lead to the emergence of drug-resistant strains of bacteria or outbreaks of infections by bacteria such as Clostridioides difficile. Over the past decade, ...

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 ...

The incorporation of information technology (IT) into an antimicrobial stewardship program can help improve efficiency of the interventions and facilitate tracking and reporting of key metrics, ...

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 ...