Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Led OPAT Program on Clinical Complications and Frequency of Hospital Readmissions

Does An Antimicrobial Stewardship Program for Carbapenem Use Reduce Costs? An Observation in Tehran, Iran.

Introduction: Inappropriate administration of antimicrobials has led to increased antibiotic resistance as well as burden of infectious diseases. Antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) help prevent resistance through improved utilization of antimicrobial agents while potentially decrease costs of treatment. Method: We reviewed 186 infectious disease (ID) consultations from two internal disea...

Development and implementation of a pharmacist-managed outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy program.

PURPOSE The development and implementation of a pharmacist-managed outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program in a county teaching hospital are described. SUMMARY A pharmacist-managed OPAT program was developed and implemented at a county teaching hospital to provide consistent evaluation, approval, and monitoring of patients requiring OPAT for the treatment of infection. The ...

611Early Impact of a Pharmacist-led Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Conducted without Clinical Decision-support Software at a Community Teaching Hospital

An Audit-Based, Infectious Disease Specialist-Guided Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Profoundly Reduced Antibiotic Use Without Negatively Affecting Patient Outcomes

Background.  Antimicrobial stewardship programs are increasingly implemented in hospital care. They aim to simultaneously optimize outcomes for individual patients with infections and reduce financial and health-associated costs of overuse of antibiotics. Few studies have examined the effects of antimicrobial stewardship programs in settings with low proportions of antimicrobial resistance, suc...

Successful Establishment of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)