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To the Editor—The Japan Council for Quality Health Care assesses Japanese hospitals according to various criteria and makes the results available on the Internet. One of the most significant criteria is this: "Are specific antimicrobial agents (carbapenems, vancomycin, etc.) administered under a proper stewardship program, such as a permission and notification system?" Because of this item, man...

This article summarizes the current literature describing how antimicrobial stewardship interventions impact antimicrobial resistance. Discussion includes why we need stewardship, how to collaborate with team members, and the evidence of stewardship's impact on resistance.

BACKGROUND Inappropriate antimicrobial use can threaten patient safety and is the focus of collaborative physician and pharmacist antimicrobial stewardship teams. However, antimicrobial stewardship is not comprehensively taught in medical or pharmacy school curricula. Addressing this deficiency can teach an important concept as well as model interprofessional healthcare. METHODS We created an...