Implementing an antimicrobial stewardship program in out-patient dialysis units

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...

Reflections from an antimicrobial stewardship program.

TO THE EDITOR—I sat at a Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) meeting and listened to an oncologist argue for formulary approval of an expensive new drug for advanced prostate cancer. As an infectious diseases specialist, I would never prescribe the medicine as the complexities of its use are beyond the scope of my expertise. As I considered this, I thought about the use of antimicrobials and the fa...

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...

ImplementIng AntImIcrobIAl StewArdShIp progrAmS In heAlth SyStemS

Implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program in a rural hospital.

PURPOSE The implementation of a pharmacy-directed antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) program involving the use of telemedicine technology is described. SUMMARY Pursuant to a gap analysis of AMS services at a rural hospital where physician specialists in infectious diseases (ID) or pharmacists with advanced ID training were not available, a multidisciplinary team was formed to implement a steward...