187. Significant Decline in Carbapenem Use with Multifaceted Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) Interventions

Does An Antimicrobial Stewardship Program for Carbapenem Use Reduce Costs? An Observation in Tehran, Iran.

Introduction: Inappropriate administration of antimicrobials has led to increased antibiotic resistance as well as burden of infectious diseases. Antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) help prevent resistance through improved utilization of antimicrobial agents while potentially decrease costs of treatment. Method: We reviewed 186 infectious disease (ID) consultations from two internal disea...

Use of computer decision support in an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP).

OBJECTIVE Document information needs, gaps within the current electronic applications and reports, and workflow interruptions requiring manual information searches that decreased the ability of our antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) at Intermountain Healthcare (IH) to prospectively audit and provide feedback to clinicians to improve antimicrobial use. METHODS A framework was used to prov...

Successful Establishment of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)

157Effect of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) on Perioperative Antibiotic Use in Cardiovascular Surgery in Japanese Tertiary Hospital

157. Effect of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) on Perioperative Antibiotic Use in Cardiovascular Surgery in Japanese Tertiary Hospital Hideaki Kato, MD; Hiroko Sosa; Yoshifumi Sugiyama; Haruyo Kawahara; Masaaki Mori, MD, PhD; Takayuki Kariya, MD; Masahide Ohtsuka, MD, PhD; Keiji Uchida, MD, PhD; Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo, MD, PhD; Takeshi Kaneko, MD, PhD; Infection Control Department, Yokoha...

206Implementing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

206. Implementing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS; Snezana Naumovsky, PharmD; Tanya Elgourt, PharmD; Robert Winters, MD; Ellie Goldstein, MD, FIDSA, FSHEA; John Lee, PharmD; Infection Prevention and Control, Providence Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, CA; Pharmacy, Providence Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, CA; Providence Saint John’s Health Cent...