194Antimicrobial Stewardship Evaluation of Meropenem Use at a Large Academic Medical Center

Top 1% of Inpatients Administered Antimicrobial Agents Comprising 50% of Expenditures: A Descriptive Study and Opportunities for Stewardship Intervention.

OBJECTIVE To characterize the top 1% of inpatients who contributed to the 6-month antimicrobial budget in a tertiary, academic medical center and identify cost-effective intervention opportunities targeting high-cost antimicrobial utilization. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. PATIENTS Top 1% of the antimicrobial budget from July 1 through December 31, 2014. METHODS Patients were identified th...

Antimicrobial stewardship at a large tertiary care academic medical center: cost analysis before, during, and after a 7-year program.

BACKGROUND An antimicrobial stewardship program was fully implemented at the University of Maryland Medical Center in July 2001 (beginning of fiscal year [FY] 2002). Essential to the program was an antimicrobial monitoring team (AMT) consisting of an infectious diseases-trained clinical pharmacist and a part-time infectious diseases physician that provided real-time monitoring of antimicrobial ...

220Ongoing Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at A Large Academic Medical Center, 7 years of experience

220. Ongoing Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at A Large Academic Medical Center, 7 years of experience Susan Kline, MD, MPH; Kimberly Boeser, PharmD, BCPS AQ-ID; Teresa Rakoczy, RN, BSN; Amanda Guspiel, MPH; Anita Guelcher, RN, BSN; Christine Hendrickson, RN, BSN; Pamela Phelps, PharmD; Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota Medical School and University of MN Medi...

Influence of T2 Candida Testing for Rapid Diagnosis of Candida Infections on Antifungal Stewardship Efforts at a Large Academic Medical Center: A Retrospective, Single-center Study

Remote Antimicrobial Stewardship in Community Hospitals

Antimicrobial stewardship has become standard practice at university medical centers, but the practice is more difficult to implement in remote community hospitals that lack infectious diseases trained practitioners. Starting in 2011, six community hospitals within the Vidant Health system began an antimicrobial stewardship program utilizing pharmacists who reviewed charts remotely from Vidant ...