OBJECTIVE To describe the use of antimicrobial stewardship policies and to investigate factors associated with implementation in a national sample of acute care hospitals. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS Infection Control Directors from acute care hospitals participating in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). METHODS An online survey was conducted in the Fall of 201...

Background. Haemodialysis (HD) catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) are a major complication of long-term catheter use in HD. This study identified the epidemiology of HD CRBSIs and to aid in the choice of empiric antibiotics therapy given to patients with HD CRBSIs. Methods. Patients with HD CRBSIs were identified. Their blood cultures were performed according to standard sterile t...

151. Is Nursing Home Specific Antibiogram Necessary for All Nursing Homes? Kaushal Shah, MD; Paul Cook, MD; Tae Lee, MD; Muhammad Salman Ashraf, MD; John Christie, MD, PhD; Xiangming Fang, PhD; Infectious Disease, East Carolina University/ Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC; Infectious Diseases, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Infectious Di...

Methods We collected swabs from wounds in 16 ICU patients and 58 of burn ward patients during a two month period Jan.-March 2011. Clinical samples were inoculated on Blood agar and MacConkey agar. The isolates were identified with Gram stain, oxydase test and Enterosystem 18R for the gram negatives and Staphy slide test for the staphylococci. The antibiogram was performed by the disc-diffusion ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the incidence of neonatal septicemia, identify the bacterial isolates and study their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in neonates visiting out-patient door (OPD) and admitted to the pediatric ward and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the College of Medical Sciences, Teaching Hospital, Chitwan, Nepal. METHODS Blood culture of all neonates who were suspected f...