A Deeper Dive Into Antibiotic Stewardship Needs: A Multihospital Survey
Author(s) -
Valerie M. Vaughn,
Lindsay A Petty,
Scott A. Flanders,
Anurag N. Malani,
Twisha S Patel,
Steven J. Bernstein,
Lama M Hsaiky,
Rama Thyagarajan,
Danielle Osterholzer,
Elizabeth McLaughlin,
Jennifer Horowitz,
Tejal Gandhi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofaa007
Subject(s) - antibiotic stewardship , stewardship (theology) , medicine , antimicrobial stewardship , psychological intervention , family medicine , antibiotics , nursing , antibiotic resistance , political science , politics , law , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
In a 2016 survey of 46 Michigan hospitals, we identified four key needs for antibiotic stewardship: clinically-relevant antibiotic data, monitoring compliance, syndrome-specific interventions, and discharge stewardship. A stewardship initiative now addresses these needs within the Michigan Hospital Medicine Safety Consortium.
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