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Antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention-leveraging the synergy: A position paper update. [PDF]

, 2018
Summary The issues surrounding the prevention and control of infections are intrinsically linked with the issues associated with the use of antimicrobial agents and the proliferation and spread of MDROs.
Ashley, Elizabeth S. Dodds, Cosgrove, Sara E., Fakih, Mohamad G., Manning, Mary Lou, Moody, Julia A., Myers, Frank E., Schweon, Steve J., Septimus, Edward J.   +7 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship [PDF]

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Indranil Samanta, Samiran Bandyopadhyay
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Early recognition and response to increases in surgical site infections using optimized statistical process control charts—the Early 2RIS Trial: a multicenter cluster randomized controlled trial with stepped wedge design

Trials, 2020
Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) cause significant patient suffering. Surveillance and feedback of SSI rates is an evidence-based strategy to reduce SSIs, but traditional surveillance methods are slow and prone to bias.
Deverick J. Anderson, Iulian Ilieş, Katherine Foy, Nicole Nehls, James C. Benneyan, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Arthur W. Baker   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals: results from the second point prevalence survey (PPS) of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use, 2016 to 2017 [PDF]

, 2018
Antimicrobial agents used to treat infections are life-saving. Overuse may result in more frequent adverse effects and emergence of multidrug-resistant microorganisms.
Aghdassi, S., Alberg, T., Arendt, V., Arvaniti, K., Asensio, A., Berg, T. C., Berger-Carbonne, A., Borg, M. A., Bosnjak, Z., Budimir, A., Burns, K., Cairns, S., Cantero, M., Daniau, C., Debacker, M., Deptula, A., Dimina, E., Dobreva, E., Dragovac, G., Florentin, D., Gastmeier, P., Gibbons, C., Gudlaugsson, O., Hadjihannas, L., Hajdu, A., Hansen, S., Harrison, W., Hopkins, S., Hopmans, T., Hristova, R., Ivanov, I. N., Jindrak, V., Johnson, A., Karki, T., Kinross, P., Kontopidou, F., Korosec, A., Latour, K., Litvova, S., Lyytikainen, O., Markovic-Denic, L., Martin, P., McConaghy, M., Mitt, P., Monnet, D. L., Moro, M. L., Nedyalkov, M., Neves, I., Niculcea, A. S., Pacheco, P., Plachouras, D., Presterl, E., Quattrocolo, F., Reilly, J., Rydygier, L., Sartaj, M., Sarvikivi, E., Serban, R. I., Smid, E., Staniulyte, J., Stefkovicova, M., Strauss, R., Suetens, C., Vandael, E., Vilde, A., Weist, K., Zarb, P., Zingg, W., Zotti, C. M., Zupanc, T. L.   +69 more
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Investigating the cultural and contextual determinants of antimicrobial stewardship programmes across low-, middle- and high-income countries—A qualitative study [PDF]

, 2018
Background Most of the evidence on antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASP) to help sustain the effectiveness of antimicrobials is generated in high income countries. We report a study investigating implementation of ASP in secondary care across low-,
Ahmad, R., Birgand, G., Charani, E., Holmes, A. H., Lescure, F-X., Lucet, J-C., Perozziello, A., Poda, A., Singh, S., Skodvin, B., Smith, I.   +10 more
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Knowledge, perspectives and health outcome expectations of antibiotic therapy in hospitalized patients

Infection Prevention in Practice, 2022
Summary: Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a top threat to global health. However, the public has an incomplete understanding of AMR and its consequences.
Linda Jorgoni, Erica Camardo, Lianne Jeffs, Yoshiko Nakamachi, Deborah Somanader, Chaim M. Bell, Andrew M. Morris   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A whole-health-economy approach to antimicrobial stewardship: Analysis of current models and future direction. [PDF]

, 2019
Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) strategies are widely implemented in single healthcare sectors and organisations; however, the extent and impact of integrated AMS initiatives across the whole health economy are unknown. Assessing degree of integration
Ahmad, R., Holmes, A., McLeod, M., Micallef, C., Shebl, N. A., Sim, F.   +5 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
doaj   +1 more source

Behaviour change interventions to influence antimicrobial prescribing: a cross-sectional analysis of reports from UK state-of-the-art scientific conferences [PDF]

, 2017
Background To improve the quality of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions the application of behavioural sciences supported by multidisciplinary collaboration has been recommended.
Charani, E, Gilchrist, M, Holmes, A, Moore, L, Rawson, T, Tivey, A, Tsao, A   +6 more
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A validation study on a standardized assessment algorithm for antimicrobial prescribing appropriateness

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Since 2013, the Australian Hospital National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (Hospital NAPS) has provided a standardized framework for hospitals to assess the quality of antimicrobial prescribing.
Caroline Chen, Josephine Wen, Courtney Ierano, Jenna Maleki, Tim Spelman, Rodney James, Karin Thursky, Lisa Hall   +7 more
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