money, lab equipment and IT technology. Top executives are urged to meet with the stewardship team to understand what resources are necessary to meet antibiotic stewardship goals. Top leaders should be kept informed of progress.
In November 2019, CDCrevised the Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programsto provide an updated framework to assist hospitals with implementation of antibiotic stewardship programs (ASP). This revised document incorporate lessons learned and new data in the field of antibiotic stewardship s...
In March 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publication Vital Signs brought antibiotic misuse into the public spotlight as a call to action for antibiotic stewardship. To preserve antibiotics for the future, CDC recommended that all hospitals adopt an antibiotic stewardship ...
Based on the recommendations, appointed program leaders should support training and education in infectious diseases and/or antibiotic stewardship and ensure that staff members are given sufficient time to contribute to stewardship activities. In addition, ...
Today on CDC’s Safe Healthcare Blog Nimalie Stone, MD, medical epidemiologist in CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, discusses CDC’s new resource, the Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes, to support nursing home efforts to improve antibiotic use. The CD...