The International Poultry Council (IPC) has announced that 16 new organisations have joined its antimicrobial use stewardship principles, bringing the ...

Each year, antimicrobial resistant infections cause more than 2 million illnesses and 23,000 deaths in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most deaths related ...

Antimicrobial stewardship program benefits lost once audits discontinued In order for antimicrobial stewardship programs to see continued success, the audit and clinician feedback processes need to be ...

In conclusion, antimicrobial stewardship is a team effort, particularly in pediatric long-term care. The creation of a pilot antimicrobial stewardship program and the implementation of an electronic ...

Since the Infectious Diseases Society of America published guidelines promoting antimicrobial stewardship programs in 2007, average antibiotic use has decreased significantly in children’s hospitals, ...

1 Guidelines were developed for the empirical treatment of common infectious diseases. 2 Criteria were developed for iv.-to-oral conversion of levofloxacin. Patients receiving iv. levofloxacin were ...

(HealthDay News) – Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) that use health care epidemiologists (HEs) and infection preventionists (IPs) have a crucial role to play in the effort to combat health ...

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Pediatric primary care practices cut the rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing by nearly half due to an antimicrobial stewardship program, according to a study in Journal of the American ...

A new study in The Joint Commission Journal on Safety and Patient Quality identifies trends among prominent antimicrobial stewardship programs combating the threat of antibiotic resistance. Here is ...

Increasing numbers of patients are using the emergency department (ED) for acute healthcare needs. Infectious diseases such as urinary tract infections and skin and soft tissue infections (cellulitis) ...

More than 300 clinicians, researchers, and decision makers from across Canada gathered in Toronto on November 18–19 for the ...