Researchers at the hospital found the program led to a 45.8 percent decrease in utilization costs, from $44,181 per 1,000 patient-days in 2001 to $23,933 per 1,000 patient-days in 2008.

As of Jan. 1, 2017, the Joint Commission requires hospitals seeking accreditation to have an antimicrobial stewardship program, and rumors are circulating that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

These program, where antimicrobial stewardship leaders outside the organization serve as consultants, mentors, or members in collaboration with on-site leaders, ...

The UK government has cut funding for a decade-old aid program aimed at combating the spread of drug-resistant pathogens in ...

New and updated information. When addressing antimicrobial stewardship, the AAAHC has standards requiring patients to be given information on safe, effective use of medications, as well as ...

Antimicrobial stewardship programs are becoming increasingly beneficial. ... In addition, a formal antimicrobial management program was developed, targeting restriction of clindamycin, ...

Incremental cost–effectiveness of an antimicrobial stewardship program overseeing appropriate treatment of bloodstream infections. QALY: Quality adjusted life-year. Data taken from [52].

An antimicrobial stewardship program led to a 50 percent risk reduction for C. difficile infections; a 13.3 percent decrease in antimicrobial cost per patient-day; a 15.2 percent decrease in the ...

Implementing an antimicrobial stewardship program in a NICU is feasible and improves antibiotic prescription practices, according to findings from a recently published study.“It can be difficult ...

A stewardship program reduced the use of fluoroquinolones by 74% and may have increased their ability to fight common bacterial infections.

Our 137-bed pediatric long-term care facility in New York created a pilot antimicrobial stewardship program in April 2014 after the infection prevention team recognized that antibiotics were ...

The Antimicrobial Stewardship Recognition Program acknowledges health care facilities and physician practices that demonstrate, through written documentation, ...