Model antibiotic use to improve outcomes

Revolutionising Bacteriology to Improve Treatment Outcomes and Antibiotic Stewardship

LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS GENERALLY TAKES TWO DAYS: one to grow the bacteria and another to identify them and to test their susceptibility. Meanwhile the patient is treated empirically, based on likely pathogens and local resistance rates. Many patients are over-treated to prevent under-treatment of a few, compromising antibiotic stewardship. Molecular diagnostics have po...

Use of computerized decision support systems to improve antibiotic prescribing.

This decade will see the emergence of the electronic medical record, electronic prescribing and computerized decision support in the hospital setting. Current opinion from key infectious diseases bodies supports the use of computerized decision support systems as potentially useful tools in antibiotic stewardship programs. However, although antibiotic decision support systems appear beneficial ...

Antimicrobial Stewardship Challenges: Could Generic Antibiotic Use Policies Improve Economic Outcomes in Acute Care Hospitals?

The Use of Equity Funding to Improve Outcomes

Use assessment-for- learning principles to improve student outcomes