Engaging hospitalists in antimicrobial stewardship: Lessons from a multihospital collaborative.

ABSTRACT: Inappropriate antimicrobial use in hospitalized patients contributes to antimicrobial-resistant infections and complications. We sought to evaluate the impact, barriers, and facilitators of antimicrobial stewardship best practices in a diverse group of hospital medicine programs. This multihospital initiative included 1 community nonteaching hospital, 2 community teaching hospitals, and 2 academic medical centers participating in a collaborative with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. We conducted multimodal physician education on best practices for antimicrobial use including: (1) enhanced antimicrobial documentation, (2) improved quality and accessibility of local clinical guidelines, and (3) a 72-hour antimicrobial "timeout." Imp

SUBMITTER: Mack MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6671626 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature