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Antibiotic stewardship – the ultimate return on investment : Get Smart about Antibiotics Week, November 18-24, 2013
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11/6/13
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Series: Get Smart about Antibiotics Week
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Description:Health care facility administrators and payers can focus on stopping unnecessary antibiotic use. Reducing use can prevent antibiotic-resistant and Clostridium difficile infections, as well as decrease costs and improve patient outcomes.
Did you know?
1.Antibiotic resistance is one of the world’s most pressing public health threats.
2.Antibiotics are the most important tool we have to combat life‐threatening bacterial diseases, but antibiotics can have side effects.
3.Antibiotic overuse increases the development of drug-resistant germs.
4.Patients, healthcare providers, hospital administrators, and policy makers must work together to employ effective strategies for improving antibiotic use – ultimately improving medical care and saving lives.
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