Antimicrobial stewardship should clearly be part of an aged care home nurse's role, and accreditation standards provide powerful motivation for behavior change. (ii) Antimicrobial stewardship activities near the end of life in aged care homes must address family confidence in resident wellbeing. ...
Despite strong evidence about the cost-effectiveness of stewardship interventions, the vast majority of AMR-related resources are currently allocated to the development of new antibiotics. This may not be the best strategy, because if we develop new agents and do small interventions in all the other...
The UK Government Specialist Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (ARHAI) was established in 2007. It has re... Roger Finch* - 《J Antimicrob Chemother》 被引量: 16发表: 2012年 Point-of-Prescription Interventions to Improve Antimicrobial Stewardship Antim...
Hence, improving awareness, early diagnosis, person-centered care, IPC measures, integrated surveillance, efficient antimicrobial stewardship, improved sanitation and monitoring interventions are crucial to tackle preventable maternal sepsis caused by bacteria....
Antimicrobial Stewardship Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among Health Care Professionals at Small Community Hospitals Background: Very little is known about antimicrobial stewardship knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among health care practitioners in small, commun... Buckel,Whitney,R.,... ...
Implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program on the medical-surgical service of a 100-bed community hospital Background Antimicrobial stewardship has been promoted as a key strategy for coping with the problems of antimicrobial resistance and Clostridium difficile... DF Storey,PG Pate,Nguyen, ...
Antimicrobial Stewardship in Rhode Island Long-Term Care Facilities: Current Standings and Future Opportunities Results suggest infection preventionists are largely responsible for ensuring appropriate antibiotic use in long-term care facilities and there is a need for increased interdisciplinary access to ind...
However, to optimise future benefits, programmes must be effective in all healthcare settings, including outpatients, aged care, peripheral/rural hospitals, the community and, importantly, animal husbandry. Stewardship practices should not be limited to antimicrobials used for treatment, but should ...
(RTIs) are higher in children presenting to emergency departments than in those presenting with comparable disease severity to primary care.ObjectivesThe focus of this study was to evaluate the impact of two sequential antimicrobial stewardship interventions on antibiotic prescribing for children aged <...
support to policy measures that combat AMR and have the potential to save lives, by adopting strategies that decrease risk of infections through new vaccines, improved quality of health care in hospitals and health centres, improved access to antibiotics and promotion of antibiotic stewardship. The...