Open AccessGuidelines for the hospital role of the clinical nurse in antimicrobial stewardship: A scoping review
Author(s) -
J Rout,
Sabiha Y. Essack,
Petra Brysiewicz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
southern african journal of critical care/the southern african journal of critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2078-676X
pISSN - 1562-8264
DOI - 10.7196/sajcc.2021.v37i2.481
Subject(s) - antimicrobial stewardship , medicine , stewardship (theology) , medical prescription , inclusion (mineral) , nursing , health care , antimicrobial , government (linguistics) , family medicine , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , political science , psychology , microbiology and biotechnology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , politics , law , biology
Antimicrobial stewardship aims to optimise the use of antimicrobial medicines to preserve the efficacy of these medicines and to contain antimicrobial resistance where possible. Nurses constitute the largest group of healthcare workers; however, the role played by nurses within current antimicrobial stewardship strategies is largely unacknowledged despite nurses being at point-of-care at the hospital bedside.