Antimicrobial Stewardship for the Infection Control Practitioner

Authors

Jerod L. Nagel, Michigan Medicine
S. Kaye, Wayne State University
Kerry L. LaPlante, University of Rhode Island
Jason M. Pogue, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

9-1-2016

Abstract

Antibiotic misuse is a serious patient safety concern and a national public health priority. Years of indiscriminant antibiotic use has promoted selection for antibiotic resistant bacteria and Clostridium difficile This crisis has led to clinicians being faced with managing untreatable infections, often in the most vulnerable patient populations. This review summarizes the goals of antimicrobial stewardship programs, the essential members needed to initiate a program, various antimicrobial stewardship strategies, the role of the infection control practitioner in stewardship, barriers to its implementation and maintenance, approaches to measure the impact of a program, and the steps needed to initiate a program.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volume

30

Issue

3

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Nagel, Jerod L., S. Kaye, Kerry L. LaPlante, and Jason M. Pogue. "Antimicrobial Stewardship for the Infection Control Practitioner." Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 30, 3 (2016): 771-784. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2016.04.012.