Handshake antimicrobial stewardship for adult surgical patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evaluate the effects of handshake stewardship on adult general surgical units.

Design

Retrospective quasi-experimental pre- and post-intervention study.

Setting

A total of 1,278 bed academic medical center with a level 1 trauma center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Patients

Adults admitted to general surgery units.

Intervention

Once weekly handshake antimicrobial stewardship rounds were initiated in January 2022 on adult general surgery units. The handshake stewardship team consisted of an infectious diseases (ID) physician and pharmacist who reviewed charts of patients receiving systemic antimicrobials without a formal ID consult. Antimicrobial recommendations were delivered in person to general surgery teams including trauma, geriatric trauma, and e

SUBMITTER: Kosharek A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11822574 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature