Building an antimicrobial stewardship program: A narrative of six years under the Donabedian perspective.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasing and represents one of the world's major challenges. AMR increase morbimortality, length of hospital stay and costs. Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASP) are one of the key strategies to promote the rational use of antimicrobials since AMR is mostly driven by antimicrobial consumption. Objective: To describe the ASP implementation in a teaching hospital from the perspective of Donabedian quality assessment and the Brazilian regulatory requirements. Method: This was a descriptive study with secondary data collection, including document review of the ASP. The study setting was a general public 392-bed hospital. The ASP activities were performed by the hospital infection control committee (HICC), hospital pharm

SUBMITTER: Fonseca Medeiros A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10070795 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature