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Views of Community Pharmacists on Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Stewardship in Jordan: A Qualitative Study

, 2021
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization issued a practical approach and Global Action Plan to control the threatening emerging antibacterial resistance.
Rana Abu-Farha, Muna Barakat, Tareq L. Mukattash, Doaa Saleh, Eman Alefishat   +4 more
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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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WHO Point Prevalence Survey to Describe the Use of Antimicrobials at a Tertiary Care Center in Pakistan: A Situation Analysis for Establishing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

, 2022
Antimicrobial stewardship is a systematic approach for promoting and monitoring responsible antimicrobial use globally. We conducted a prospective point prevalence survey of antimicrobial utilization among hospitalized adult patients during September ...
Hussain, Aneela, Salahuddin, Naseem, Samreen Sarfaraz, Quratulain Shaikh, Shaikh, Quratulain, Sarfaraz, Samreen, Anum Rahim, Rahim, Anum, Aamir Sikander Kazi, Kazi, Aamir Sikander, Aneela Hussain, Mujahid Hussain, Behram, Shameem, Naseem Salahuddin, Shameem Behram, Hussain, Mujahid   +15 more
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Antimicrobial stewardship education in undergraduate UK pharmacy programmes: a competency-based approach. [PDF]

Antibiotic resistance poses a significant global health threat, making antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) crucial for the responsible use of antibiotics. Pharmacists play a key role in AMS teams, improving clinical, microbiological, and cost outcomes. Their
Hamilton, Ryan, Aldeyab, Mamoon, NAPEG (National Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacy Education Group), Damant, Gill, Martin, Sandra, Fleming, Naomi, Tonna, Antonella, Tipping, Sally, Ashiru-Oredope, Diane   +8 more
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Antimicrobial stewardship curriculum [PDF]

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2019
Graphical Abstract.
openaire   +2 more sources

The Need for Ongoing Antimicrobial Stewardship during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Actionable Recommendations

, 2020
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which has significant impact on global health care delivery, occurs amid the ongoing global health crisis of antimicrobial resistance.
Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy, Omotayo Olaoye, Victoria Rutter, Wei Ping Khor, Nikki D’Arcy, Eva M. Krockow, Diane Ashiru-Oredope   +6 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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