A mail-based audit and feedback (A&F) program to improve antibiotic prescribing among primary care physicians was associated ...

Among the busy halls of emergency departments nationwide, a silent battle against antimicrobial resistance is unfolding. A recent analysis of more than 152 million ED visits nationwide found 27.6% ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inspired by a Sunday homily about the “good steward,” McGowan and Gerding thought of antimicrobial stewardship ...

A survey of Children’s Hospital Association hospitals finds only 38 percent of member hospitals have an antimicrobial stewardship program in place, according to a study published in Infection Control ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . [Editor’s note: Click here to read our recent feature on ID care in rural America.] In 2019, CMS announced a ...

The threat of antimicrobial resistance — the ability of organisms to defeat the very drugs designed to kill them — is well known in modern medicine. It is the reason infections are becoming harder to ...

USAID-funded TRANSFORM project has united 26 organizations in antimicrobial use stewardship in an effort to combat antimicrobial resistance MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Antimicrobial use in animals ...

Clinicians should treat ventilator‑associated pneumonia (VAP) until the infection is controlled and the patient is clearly ...

Antimicrobial stewardship programs continue to demonstrate value in today's healthcare systems and are necessary now more than ever. Rates of antibiotic resistance are increasing with few new ...

Imagine a future where common infections once easily cured by antibiotics become life-threatening again. This is the growing reality posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR), now recognized as one of ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) arises when microorganisms, particularly bacteria, evolve mechanisms against antimicrobial agents to survive. These mechanisms may arise through either spontaneous ...

State earn the status of antibiotic-smart hospitals and five panchayats becocme antibiotic-literate panchayats ...