Antibiotic Stewardship without an Antibiotic Stewardship Program?

Antibiotic Stewardship without an Antibiotic Stewardship Program?

To promote heightened vigilance concerning antibiotic agents in Canadian hospitals, Accreditation Canada has implemented antibiotic stewardship as a required organizational practice.1 Antibiotic stewardship is the process of ensuring that only necessary and appropriate antibiotic agents are used and that their use is appropriate for each individual patient. It involves optimizing all steps of a...

Antibiotic Stewardship: An Important Pharmacy Role?

Antibiotic Stewardship in Nursing Facilities.

Misuse and overuse of antibiotic therapy is a frequent cause of resident harm in nursing facilities. As a result, newly released policy and regulatory initiatives will require antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) in nursing facilities. Although implementing ASPs can be challenging, improving the quality of antibiotic prescribing is achievable in this setting. The authors review the determinan...

Vaccines and Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship.

Antibiotics pose a great public health irony. Their existence and use have made possible the treatment of previously untreatable infections. But simultaneously, rampant antibiotic overuse has promoted the development of antibiotic resistance and new untreatable, highly resistant infections. To address this growing threat, The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria esta...

Antibiotic stewardship: prescribing social norms

With a burgeoning world population, expansions in medical intervention, and intensifi ed agriculture, the need for antibiotic stewardship is increasingly clear. Declining effi cacy of antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery or chemotherapy, and emergence of pan-resistant pathogens, warn of a post-antibiotic era. In the evolutionary arms race of antimicrobial resistance, rejuvenating the neglected...