Background Hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) aim to promote judicious
use of antimicrobials to combat antimicrobial resistance. For ASPs to be developed …

Guidelines regarding antimicrobial stewardship programs recommend an infectious
diseases-trained physician and an infectious diseases-trained pharmacist as core members …

Introduction In the time of increasing resistance and paucity of new drug development there
is a growing need for strategies to enhance rational use of antibiotics in German and …

Objectives To analyze and evaluate the safety and cost-effectiveness of a gradually-
implemented antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) in a tertiary care center. Methods …

Background and objective: Judicious use of antibiotics is essential considering the growth of
antimicrobial resistance and escalating costs in health care. This intervention study used …

Background As healthcare costs rise and reimbursements decrease, healthcare
organization leadership and clinical providers must collaborate to provide high-value …

Goals of work An information gap with respect to specific therapies was identified when
patients were transferred from the oncology and haematology unit (OHU) to the critical care …

Context Meta‐analyses have shown that feedback can be a powerful intervention to
increase learning and performance but there is significant variability in impact. New trials are …

Objective The objective of this study was to apply a Medication Appropriateness Index (MAI)
to identify issues of inappropriate prescribing amongst patients admitted from the …

Methods: By means of a policy implementation the following broad spectrum antibiotics were
restricted to usage in the ICU for 72 hours: Cefepime, Meropenem, Imipenem, Tazocin …