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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
doaj   +1 more source

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
core   +2 more sources

Hospital-based antimicrobial stewardship, India

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2022
Objective To establish a framework for implementing antimicrobial stewardship in Indian tertiary care hospitals, and identify challenges and enablers for implementation.
Sonam Vijay, V. Ramasubramanian, N. Bansal, VC Ohri, K. Walia   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Current state of antimicrobial stewardship in children’s hospital emergency departments [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) effectively optimize antibiotic use for inpatients; however, the extent of emergency department (ED) involvement in ASPs has not been described.
Dayan, Peter S, Gerber, Jeffrey S, Hersh, Adam L, Kuppermann, Nathan, May, Larissa, Mistry, Rakesh D, Newland, Jason G, Perman, Sarah M   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Barriers, facilitators, perceptions and impact of interventions in implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in hospitals of low-middle and middle countries: a scoping review

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) are pivotal components of the World Health Organization's Global Action Plan to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). ASPs advocate rational antibiotic usage to enhance patient-centered outcomes.
M. G. D. Harun, S. Sumon, Istiaque Hasan, Fairoze Masuda Akther, Md Saiful Islam, M. Anwar   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

The role of the clinical pharmacist in antimicrobial stewardship in Asia: A review

Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022
Clinical pharmacist-driven antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) have been successfully implemented. Although relevant guidance and several studies suggest that clinical pharmacists be integrated into the current ASP team model, barriers still exist ...
Kittiya Jantarathaneewat, B. Camins, A. Apisarnthanarak   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Targeted antimicrobial use admission provides an actionable denominator for evaluating inpatient length of therapy

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Our novel antibiotic use denominator, targeted antimicrobial use admission, is defined as an inpatient admission in which a select agent or group of agents is administered.
April Dyer, Elizabeth Dodds-Ashley, Angelina Davis, Melissa Johnson, Travis Jones, Rebekah W. Moehring   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source