… Core elements of hospital antibiotic stewardship programs from the Centers for Disease …
Because the metric relies on dose of antibiotic in grams, an underestimation of use could be …

… convey critical principles of antibiotic stewardship—the right … In this review, we present the
basics of AU metrics within the … of antibiotic decision-making important to antibiotic stewards. …

… antibiotic stewardship, designating a leader of the program, requiring indications on prescribed
antibiotics, establishing a 48-hour antibiotic … to standardize stewardship metric reporting …

… and contrast antibiotic use and other prescribing metrics to help antimicrobial stewards better
understand, interpret and implement antimicrobial use and other prescribing metrics in the …

… Antimicrobial stewardship is a new field that struggles to find … metrics to study the impact of
antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs). ASP metrics primarily measure antimicrobial use, …

… Changing the way that antibiotics are used is paramount to improving patient safety and …
of antibiotic resistance, and national efforts are under way to strengthen antibiotic stewardship …

… We obtained consensus on 4 metrics to evaluate pediatric antimicrobial stewardship
activities in Canada. Adoption of these metrics by pediatric ASPs will facilitate measurement of …

… There were no ongoing antibiotic stewardship interventions at any of the practices
throughout the study period. Likewise, no clinical decision support tools for treatment of respiratory …

… which optimizing antibiotic use has … antibiotic stewardship programmes in a range of
healthcare settings, which consist of a set of coordinated strategies to improve the use of antibiotic …

… In this study, overall compliance with all stewardship metrics did not influence clinical
success. The individual measures of obtaining indicated cultures, appropriateness of empiric …