Implementation of antimicrobial stewardship interventions recommended by national toolkits in primary and secondary healthcare sectors in England: TARGET and Start Smart Then Focus
Author(s) -
Diane AshiruOredope,
Emma Budd,
Alex Bhattacharya,
Nadeem Ud Din,
Cliodna McNulty,
Christianne Micallef,
David Ladenheim,
Elizabeth Beech,
Sudaxshina Murdan,
Susan Hopkins
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkv492
Subject(s) - antimicrobial stewardship , psychological intervention , secondary care , stewardship (theology) , focus (optics) , health care , primary care , medicine , primary health care , nursing , political science , family medicine , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , law , physics , optics , politics
To assess and compare the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions recommended within the national AMS toolkits, TARGET and Start Smart Then Focus, in English primary and secondary healthcare settings in 2014, to determine the prevalence of cross-sector engagement to drive AMS interventions and to propose next steps to improve implementation of AMS.
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