A Deeper Dive Into Antibiotic Stewardship Needs: A Multihospital Survey

Authors :: Anurag N. Malani
Jennifer Horowitz
Steven J. Bernstein
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Scott A. Flanders
Lama Hsaiky
Tejal N Gandhi
Valerie M. Vaughn
Danielle Osterholzer
Lindsay A Petty
Rama Thyagarajan
Twisha S Patel
Source :: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020.
Abstract: In a 2016 survey of 46 Michigan hospitals, we identified four key needs for antibiotic stewardship: clinically-relevant antibiotic data, monitoring compliance, syndrome-specific interventions, and discharge stewardship. A stewardship initiative now addresses these needs within the Michigan Hospital Medicine Safety Consortium.