Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Tamar F. Barlam(Boston University), Sara E. Cosgrove(Johns Hopkins University), Lilian M. Abbo(University of Miami), Conan MacDougall(University of California, San Francisco), Audrey N. Schuetz(NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital), Edward Septimus(Texas A&M Health Science Center), Arjun Srinivasan(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Timothy H. Dellit(University of Washington), Yngve Falck–Ytter(Case Western Reserve University), Neil O. Fishman(University of Pennsylvania Health System), Cindy W. Hamilton, Timothy C Jenkins(Denver Health Medical Center), Pamela A. Lipsett(Johns Hopkins University), Preeti Malani(Michigan Medicine), Larissa May(University of California, Davis), Gregory J. Moran(University of California, Los Angeles), Melinda M. Neuhauser(Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital), Jason G. Newland(Washington University in St. Louis), Christopher Ohl(Wake Forest University), Matthew H. Samore(University of Utah), Susan K. Seo(Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Kavita K. Trivedi(Ayurvedic Institute)
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Abstract
Evidence-based guidelines for implementation and measurement of antibiotic stewardship interventions in inpatient populations including long-term care were prepared by a multidisciplinary expert panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. The panel included clinicians and investigators representing internal medicine, emergency medicine, microbiology, critical care, surgery, epidemiology, pharmacy, and adult and pediatric infectious diseases specialties. These recommendations address the best approaches for antibiotic stewardship programs to influence the optimal use of antibiotics.
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