Direct Measurement of Performance: A New Era in Antimicrobial Stewardship

Direct Measurement of Performance: A New Era in Antimicrobial Stewardship

For decades, the performance of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) has been measured by incidence rates of hospital-onset <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> and other infections due to multidrug-resistant bacteria. However, these represent indirect and nonspecific ASP metrics. They a...

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Main Authors: Majdi N. Al-Hasan, Hana Rac Winders, P. Brandon Bookstaver, Julie Ann Justo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
Antibiotics
resistance
broad-spectrum agents
hospital epidemiology
antibiotic utilization
infection control
infection prevention
<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>
<i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i>
extended-spectrum beta-lactamases
carbapenem-resistant <i>Enterobacteriaceae</i>
methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/8/3/127

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