Antibiotic Stewardship, Antibiotic Resistant Infections, Steiros Infection Control Consultants, Infection Prevention

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Antibiotic Stewardship

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Purpose

		Antibiotic stewardship is designed to optimize antimicrobial therapy administered to hospitalized
		patients, to ensure cost-effective therapy and improve patients' outcome while containing bacterial resistance.

		Current data on the development of effective programs, including guidelines for their implementation,
		have demonstrated some efficacy and controversies are reviewed.

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Recent Findings

		Guidelines have been recently issued for the
		development and implementation of active antibiotic stewardship programs in hospitals.

		A multidisciplinary team including at least an
		infectious disease physician and a clinical pharmacist is required. Multiple strategies are available, including prospective audit with feedback to the provider, education and antimicrobial restriction.

		Interventions have shown a positive effect on
		optimization of antimicrobial use, reduced costs and bacterial resistance, with studies showing improvement in patient outcomes.

Summary

		Combined with the Steiros Algorithm®, antibiotic stewardship can help contain antimicrobial resistance. Studies demonstrating
		improvement of patients' outcomes are needed to increase acceptance by a broader audience of physicians. A proactive strategy of prospective auditing with direct counsels and feedback to the prescriber, ensuring systematic reassessment of ongoing therapy appears most useful.

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