Abstract:
:Although antimicrobial stewardship has been shown to improve microbiologic susceptibility patterns, decrease drug toxicities, and lower overall drug costs in the inpatient setting, there are few studies assessing programs in the long-term care (LTC) setting. Implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in LTC settings can be challenging as the LTC setting houses a unique population of frail and older adults with several preexisting conditions and multiple risk factors for colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms. Antimicrobial stewardship has an important role in decreasing inappropriate antibiotic use, encouraging targeted treatment of specific disease states, and limiting the untoward effects and costs of antimicrobials in this vulnerable population.
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Infect Dis Clin North Amjournal_title
Infectious disease clinics of North Americaauthors
Rhee SM,Stone NDdoi
10.1016/j.idc.2014.01.001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-06-01 00:00:00pages
237-46issue
2eissn
0891-5520issn
1557-9824pii
S0891-5520(14)00005-1journal_volume
28pub_type
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