Implementing an antimicrobial stewardship program in a NICU is feasible and improves antibiotic prescription practices, according to findings from a recently published study. “It can be difficult to ...

The percentage of patients who were discharged with an antibiotic prescription was at its highest level during the first year of the study period, with 24% in 2013, and dropped to 20% in 2016, the ...

While more than half of all hospitalized patients will receive an antibiotic during their stay, research shows 30 to 50 percent of antibiotics prescribed in hospitals are unnecessary or incorrect, ...

Antibiotics are overprescribed or inappropriately prescribed between 30 and 50 percent of the time, according to a recent study, but the implementation of antibiotic stewardship programs in hospital ...

Antimicrobial drug stewardship has been shown to help reduce microbial resistance and the spread of infections from multi-drug resistant organisms. A new study has shown how one such program may have ...

Antibiotic stewardship is a key component of infection prevention, and may be quite challenging as antibiotic stewardship varies across the continuum of care, says Phenelle Segal, RN CIC, owner of ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services targets antibiotic resistance in the fourth phase of its Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections (HAIs). The agency is seeking public ...

Public health officials in Israel say a nationwide antimicrobial stewardship program has shown pronounced reduction of antibiotic use in the hospital setting during the first 4 years, but has had a ...

(HealthDay News) — An antibiotic stewardship program with pharmacist participation can promote improved antibiotic use and decrease costs in clean urological procedures, according to a study published ...

A pediatric long-term care facility in New York initiated an antibiotic-stewardship program to regulate the unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance remains a persistent challenge ...

WADENA — At its recent annual meeting, the Minnesota Hospital Association, Astera Health based in Wadena was an award recipient in the Quality and Safety Improvements category for its Antibiotic ...

The CDC has developed a risk-adjusted benchmarking measure for antibiotic use in acute care hospitals called the Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio (SAAR). The SAAR compares the actual ...