Antibiotic stewardship

ANTIBIOTIC stewardship programmes have been shown in a large meta-analysis to significantly reduce the incidence of infections and colonisation with antibioticresistant bacteria and clostridium difficile infections in hospital inpatients.

The antimicrobial stewardship team includes a pharmacist both trained in antimicrobial stewardship and allocated time and resources for these activities.

Authors concluded the results “provide stakeholders and policy makers with evidence for implementation of antibiotic stewardship interventions to reduce the burden of infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria.”

See the study in thelancet.com.