Nicole Acquisto, PharmD
Antimicrobial stewardship efforts focused on the emergency department (ED) have the potential to decrease antibiotic resistance and improve antibiotic and antifungal use and outcomes, according to Nicole Acquisto, PharmD, an emergency medicine clinical pharmacy specialist at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), in New York.
The ED is a target-rich but challenging environment for antimicrobial stewardship. “Antibiotics are the