Checklist for Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.
• Description:
  The following checklist is a companion to Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs. This checklist should be used to systematically assess key elements and actions to ensure optimal antibiotic prescribing and limit overuse and misuse of antibiotics in hospitals. CDC recommends that all hospitals implement an Antibiotic Stewardship Program. ; Facilities using this checklist should involve one or more knowledgeable staff to determine if the following principles and actions to improve antibiotic use are in place. The elements in this checklist have been shown in previous studies to be helpful in improving antibiotic use though not all of the elements might be feasible in all hospitals. ; CS245750-A
• Subjects:
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Cross Infection
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Health Facilities
  • Infection Control
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  4 numbered pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25303/cdc_25303_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 424.29 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c3ac087f9dc416e7d5086b188de09e8610b7bde7efb63475dbd881ac79d94b2be591a48aa873732a3e92473989f149e28fa5ee335ba5570d75c9188ab731438d