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Environmental Fungal Contamination Characterization of Three Inpatient Units Utilizing Optimized Detection Methods

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Environmental sampling and detection methods for fungi in healthcare settings are not well-established. We previously refined methods for fungal sampling and detection in a controlled laboratory environment and aimed to validate them in a ...
Bobby Warren, Guerbine Fils-aime, Amanda Graves, Aaron Barrett, Matthew Steigel, Becky Smith, Ilan Schwartz, Deverick Anderson   +7 more
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Prospective audit and feedback on antibiotic use in neonatal intensive care: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Pediatrics, 2019
Background Antimicrobial stewardship programs potentially lead to appropriate antibiotic use, yet the optimal approach for neonates is uncertain. Such a program was implemented in a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit in October 2012. We evaluated
Nisha Thampi, Prakesh S. Shah, Sandra Nelson, Amisha Agarwal, Marilyn Steinberg, Yenge Diambomba, Andrew M. Morris   +6 more
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Antibiotic De-Escalation in Critically Ill Patients with Negative Clinical Cultures

Pharmacy, 2023
(1) Background: Antibiotics are received by a majority of adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Guidelines recommend antibiotic de-escalation (ADE) when culture results are available; however, there is less guidance for patients with negative ...
Spencer Roper, Mary Joyce B. Wingler, David A. Cretella   +2 more
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The effect of Meropenem stewardship at Prof Ngoerah Hospital on the prevalence of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the cost of purchasing meropenem

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Irrational use of antibiotics will trigger anti-microbial resistance which is a threat to health problems now and in the future. The use of meropenem is often the last choice in using antibiotics without undergoing microbiological examination
Made Susila Utama, Reza Andriani, Wayan Suranadi, Dwi Fatmawati   +3 more
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Using the COM-B model to identify barriers to and facilitators of evidence-based nurse urine-culture practices

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Our surveys of nurses modeled after the Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation Model of Behavior (COM-B model) revealed that opportunity and motivation factors heavily influence urine-culture practices (behavior), in addition to knowledge (capability ...
Sonali D. Advani, Ali Winters, Nicholas A. Turner, Becky A. Smith, Jessica Seidelman, Kenneth Schmader, Deverick J. Anderson, Staci S. Reynolds   +7 more
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Antimicrobial Therapy and Antimicrobial Stewardship in Sepsis

Infection & Chemotherapy, 2020
Since sepsis was first defined, sepsis management has remained challenging. To improve mortality rates for sepsis and septic shock, an accurate diagnosis and prompt administration of appropriate antibiotics are essential. The goals of antimicrobial stewardship are to achieve optimal clinical outcomes and to ensure cost-effectiveness and minimal ...
Hyeri Seok, Ji Hoon Jeon, Dae Won Park
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Omadacycline in the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia in patients with comorbidities: a post-hoc analysis of the phase 3 OPTIC trial

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
IntroductionThe 2019 American Thoracic Society/Infectious Disease Society of America guidelines recommend respiratory fluoroquinolones to treat community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) in adults with comorbidities.
George D. Rodriguez, George D. Rodriguez, Nathan Warren, Roman Yashayev, Surya Chitra, Maria Amodio-Groton, Kelly Wright   +6 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme [PDF]

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2019
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Frequency, lethality, and demographic trends of acute respiratory viruses in hospitalized patients: insights from a German tertiary care hospital from july 2022 to april 2023

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Acute respiratory infections (ARI) exhibit varying lethality rates, influenced by individual and population factors. This retrospective study aimed to analyse infection frequency, clinical characteristics, and factors associated with lethality
Juliane Mees, Michael Eisenmann, Anna Höhn, Sina Ebert, Tamara Pscheidl, Nina Roth, Gülmisal Güder, Nils Petri, Isabell Wagenhäuser, Manuel Krone   +9 more
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215 Targeted Stewardship and Infection Prevention Interventions reduced Clostridioides difficile rates at a Veterans Affairs Hospital

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Deviations from expected relative humidity ranges in operating room (OR) sterile cores raise concern for compromise of sterile supply packaging and frequently result in large-scale disposal of supplies.
Bobby Warren, Guerbine Fils-aime, Aaron Barrett, Amanda Graves, Melissa Erickson, Deverick Anderson, Becky Smith, Matthew Steigel, Arielle Cohen   +8 more
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