Leading Practices in Antimicrobial Stewardship: Conference Summary.

ABSTRACT: The Joint Commission's hospital antimicrobial stewardship (AS) standards became effective in January 2017. Surveyors' experience to date suggests that almost all hospitals have established AS leadership commitment and organized structures. Thus, The Joint Commission sought to examine advances in AS interventions and measures that hospitals could implement to strengthen their existing AS programs.

Methods

The Joint Commission and Pew Charitable Trusts sponsored a meeting to bring together experts and key stakeholder organizations from around the country to identify leading practices for AS interventions and measurement. Presenters were asked to summarize the AS activities they thought were most important for the success of their own AS program and leading practices that all hospitals

SUBMITTER: Baker DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9552040 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature