Antimicrobial stewardship: fighting antimicrobial resistance and protecting global public health

MAA Majumder, S Rahman, D Cohall… - Infection and drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health. It increases
morbidity and mortality, and is associated with high economic costs due to its health care …

Quantifying drivers of antibiotic resistance in humans: a systematic review

A Chatterjee, M Modarai, NR Naylor… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Mitigating the risks of antibiotic resistance requires a horizon scan linking the quality with the
quantity of data reported on drivers of antibiotic resistance in humans, arising from the …

Implementing an antibiotic stewardship program: guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

TF Barlam, SE Cosgrove, LM Abbo… - Clinical infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Evidence-based guidelines for implementation and measurement of antibiotic stewardship
interventions in inpatient populations including long-term care were prepared by a …

Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in an era of antibiotic resistance: common resistant bacteria and wider considerations for practice

BD Menz, E Charani, DL Gordon… - Infection and Drug …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The increasing incidence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) presents a global crisis to
healthcare, with longstanding antimicrobial agents becoming less effective at treating and …

Optimising antimicrobial use in humans–review of current evidence and an interdisciplinary consensus on key priorities for research

E Charani, M McKee, R Ahmad… - The Lancet Regional …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Addressing the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a focus of the 2021 G7
meeting. A major driver of AMR and poor clinical outcomes is suboptimal antimicrobial use …

The differences in antibiotic decision-making between acute surgical and acute medical teams: an ethnographic study of culture and team dynamics

E Charani, R Ahmad, TM Rawson… - Clinical Infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Cultural and social determinants influence antibiotic decision-making in
hospitals. We investigated and compared cultural determinants of antibiotic decision-making …

Investigating the cultural and contextual determinants of antimicrobial stewardship programmes across low-, middle-and high-income countries—A qualitative study

E Charani, I Smith, B Skodvin, A Perozziello, JC Lucet… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Most of the evidence on antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASP) to help
sustain the effectiveness of antimicrobials is generated in high income countries. We report …

[HTML][HTML] Balancing the risks to individual and society: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research on antibiotic prescribing behaviour in hospitals

EM Krockow, AM Colman, E Chattoe-Brown… - Journal of Hospital …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat, partly driven by inappropriate
antibiotic prescriptions for acute medical patients in hospitals. Aim To provide a systematic …

Nurse role and contribution to antimicrobial stewardship: an integrative review

F Gotterson, K Buising, E Manias - International journal of nursing studies, 2021 - Elsevier
Aim To examine existing published literature regarding nurses and antimicrobial
stewardship, and their potential role and contribution, to identify what is known, to evaluate …

Cultures of resistance? A Bourdieusian analysis of doctors' antibiotic prescribing

A Broom, J Broom, E Kirby - Social science & medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
The prospect of an 'antimicrobial perfect storm'in the coming decades through the
emergence and proliferation of multi-resistant organisms has become an urgent public …