Some hospitals face challenges when implementing an antimicrobial stewardship program, and a new study has identified some of the key strategies to overcome them. Moving away from a top-down structure ...

Environmental field site specialist Diana Doyle looks for lithium-ion batteries from a pile of alkaline batteries that were dropped off at the North Seattle Hazardous Waste site on Monday, Sept. 19, ...

Antibiotic stewardship programs at VA facilities: 6 things to know Antibiotic stewardship program implementation varies significantly across Veterans Affairs facilities in the U.S., but a new study in ...

As public officials continue to express concerns about the inappropriate use of antibiotics and the growth of drug-resistant superbugs, a new study finds that hospital stewardship programs can reduce ...

While more than half of all hospitalized patients will receive an antibiotic during their stay, research shows 30 to 50 percent of antibiotics prescribed in hospitals are unnecessary or incorrect, ...

Documentation of fiscal and clinical outcomes is required for sustainability of most antimicrobial stewardship programs. While studies have confirmed the positive effects of antimicrobial stewardship ...

When Basic Combat Training leadership and cadre met this week at the Center for Initial Military Training BCT Program of Instruction Workshop, Fort Jackson's commander emphasized the need to help ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found that the responsibility for antimicrobial stewardship programs at Veterans Affairs hospitals ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio Antibiotic overuse contributes to the ...

Researchers have conducted a landmark survey to identify and stratify antimicrobial stewardship programs into four different groups -- a first step toward studying the effectiveness of these models to ...

The percentage of patients who were discharged with an antibiotic prescription was at its highest level during the first year of the study period, with 24% in 2013, and dropped to 20% in 2016, the ...

Antimicrobial stewardship programs can encourage the suitable use of antimicrobials in dentistry, which in turn can prevent antimicrobial resistance, according to research published in the Journal of ...