Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Implementing an antimicrobial stewardship program in a NICU is feasible and improves antibiotic prescription ...

An antimicrobial stewardship program at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore was shown to be cost-efficient and effective over a seven-year study period, according to a study published ...

Rapid diagnostic tests that can help distinguish whether a patient has a viral or bacterial infection have long been viewed ...

Each year, antimicrobial resistant infections cause more than 2 million illnesses and 23,000 deaths in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most deaths related ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Building on the success of the existing “Get Smart” program, the CDC is launching a new antimicrobial ...

The judicious use of antibiotics is an important strategy to preserving efficacy in the treatment of infectious diseases. Infectious disease practitioners are poised to provide patient-specific ...

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) reduced inpatient antibiotic use by 12 percent and decreased use of broad-spectrum antibiotics through a multi-year, system-wide antimicrobial stewardship ...

Twenty-two New Jersey hospitals were recognized by the Department of Health earlier this month for developing top performing antimicrobial stewardship programs. The New Jersey Antimicrobial ...

Antimicrobial stewardship is a term used to describe the practice of improving the meaningful and appropriate use of antimicrobials. At Baylor College of Medicine, the pediatric antimicrobial ...

Preauthorization is a form of prospective antibiotic restriction and may be employed in several fashions. Commonly, antibiotic use is restricted to a certain set of criteria that may be based on ...