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Filling the Gaps in Dental, Neonatal, And Surgical Antibiotic Stewardship

Inpatient antibiotic stewardship is challenging as its scope continues to expand to include specialists.

MAY 17, 2024

Closing the Safety Gap in Outpatient ABX Stewardship

Outpatient AMS efforts at many medical centers took a back seat during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now is a good ...

AUGUST 8, 2023

Oncology Stewardship Mitigates Financial Toxicity for Patients

Strategies such as dose rounding, biosimilar adoption and site-of-care optimization can help combat the immense ...

DECEMBER 6, 2022

EHR Intervention Optimizes Ceftaroline Prescribing

A pharmacist-driven stewardship initiative based on data mining of EHRs significantly reduced prescribing of ...

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Diagnostic Accuracy and the Perils of Pan-Culture in Infectious Disease

Diagnostic accuracy is the “holy grail” of infectious disease and key to avoiding inappropriate ...

MAY 20, 2022

The Importance of Rapid Diagnostic Testing and Stewardship for Infectious Disease Management

Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have fundamentally transformed infectious disease management by providing rapid and ...

DECEMBER 13, 2021

As UTI Drug Resistance Increases, Treatment Choices Critical

With recent data indicating that roughly 60% of antibiotics prescribed for urinary tract infections in the ...

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Stewardship, C. difficile and Hand Hygiene

After an initial spike in antibiotic prescribing at Veterans Affairs’ medical centers during the COVID-19 ...

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Antibiotic Use Study Informs Hospital-Based Stewardship Program

A medication-use evaluation of two antibiotics in a Florida Veterans Affairs hospital found a significant reduction ...

JULY 8, 2021

IV Cephalosporin 3 Times a Week Effective in Hemodialysis Patients

Dosing IV cephalosporin three times per week effective in managing infection—and preventing ...

MAY 20, 2021

Targeting Stewardship Efforts in the Emergency Department

Antimicrobial stewardship efforts focused on the ER have the potential to decrease antibiotic resistance and ...

MAY 20, 2021

ABx Make the Top 5 in Choosing Wisely Campaign

The Critical Care Societies Collaborative has put added scrutiny on unnecessary use of antibiotics, making it one ...

APRIL 5, 2021

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