Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) were initially developed to reduce costs of antibiotic drugs used in hospitals. Over time, ASPs have evolved focusing more on reducing inappropriate antibiotic use and overuse of antibiotics attempting to improve patient care and reduce the development of ...
What is antibiotic stewardship and why is it of increasing importance in public health? What is the pathophysiology of MRSA? What bacterial infections does amoxicillin treat? What bacteria causes UTIs? How could a microbiological infection lead to tissues damage in a host organism?
In patients with septic shock, the administration of fluids during initial hemodynamic resuscitation remains a major therapeutic challenge. We are faced with many open questions regarding the type, dose and timing of intravenous fluid administration. There are only four major indications for intravenous ...
In addition, two reviews on application of FAIR principles, in Europe and Africa respectively, have been published recently, gathering large scale initiatives which are representing important steps to optimise data management and stewardship, and therefore, strive towards more FAIRness [7, 8]. These ...
Several actions could be of help in this process, including the following: (1) identify patients with high probability of bacterial infection; (2) collect samples for culture study before starting antibiotic treatment if invasive bacterial infection is suspected; (3) select the appropriate antibiotic...
The opioid stewardship model is born out of the antimicrobial stewardship model, and thus there are many shared characteristics. Both opioid stewardship and antimicrobial stewardship are based on the principle that there is an indication for a particular medication in the right patient at the right ...
Clinical guidelines are essential in ensuring responsible use in the local context and are one of the most important elements of antibiotic stewardship programmes. METHODS. A retrospective descriptive review of empirical carbapenem use was conducted by reviewing records of participants from an electronic ...
Antimicrobial stewardship is vital to prevent the deleterious effects of inappropriate antibiotic use: increasing antibiotic resistance, drug adverse effects, selection of pathogenic organisms, and unnecessary costs. This article reviews basic elements of antibiotic stewardship and applies them to three common...
New antibiotic development has not kept up with the development of bacterial resistance, particularly for Gram-negative pathogens, and the risk of untreatable infections is growing. The role of antibiotic stewardship, limiting unnecessary antimicrobial use, is therefore more important than ever....
Antibiotic and/or antifungal use In 2016, the International Consultation on Sexual Medicine recommended that patients being prepared for penile prosthesis surgery should be screened to exclude symptoms or signs of cellulitis around the genitalia and lower abdomen, which increases the risk of prosthetic ...