New regulatory requirements for implementation of antimicrobial stewardship - barrier or opportunity?

A review by Rohde and colleagues describes that hospitalists are a good resource, and given their combined "focus on quality improvement and patient safety," they have the potential to fill essential roles in ASPs. The goal of this module, according to the CDC, is to provide "a mechan...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infectious Disease News 2016-10, Vol.29 (10), p.11
1. Verfasser: Boeser, Kimberly D
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Zusammenfassung:A review by Rohde and colleagues describes that hospitalists are a good resource, and given their combined "focus on quality improvement and patient safety," they have the potential to fill essential roles in ASPs. The goal of this module, according to the CDC, is to provide "a mechanism for facilities to report and analyze antimicrobial use and/or resistance as part of local or regional efforts to reduce antimicrobial-resistant infections through antimicrobial stewardship efforts or interruption of transmission of resistant pathogens at their facility."
ISSN:1056-9251