Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Florida’s Acute Care Facilities

Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Florida’s Acute Care Facilities

We surveyed acute care facilities in Florida to assess components of and barriers to sustained antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs). Most respondents with and without ASPs are doing some stewardship-related activities to improve antimicrobial use. Collaborative efforts between facilities and he...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2013-06, Vol.34 (6), p.634-637
Hauptverfasser: Abbo, Lilian, Lo, Kaming, Sinkowitz-Cochran, Ronda, Burke, Anne Carol, Hopkins, Richard S., Srinivasan, Arjun, Hooton, Thomas M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anti-Infective Agents - economics
Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use
Antimicrobials
Application service providers
Biological and medical sciences
Concise Communication
Epidemiology
Florida
Health care industry
Health surveys
Hospital Costs
Hospitals - standards
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing - prevention & control
Infection control
Infections
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Nursing
Organizational Policy
Pharmacists
Physicians
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Quality Improvement - organization & administration
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:We surveyed acute care facilities in Florida to assess components of and barriers to sustained antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs). Most respondents with and without ASPs are doing some stewardship-related activities to improve antimicrobial use. Collaborative efforts between facilities and health departments are important to providing better resources for ASPs.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1086/670632