Abstract Background Emergency departments (EDs) are the entrance gates for patients
presenting with infectious diseases into the hospital, yet most antimicrobial stewardship …

Background Overuse of antibiotics has contributed to antimicrobial resistance; a growing
public health threat. In long-term care facilities, levels of inappropriate prescribing are as …

Background Antibiotics are some of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the Emergency
Department (ED) and yet data describing the overall appropriateness of antibiotic …

Abstract Scope This European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
guideline provides evidence-based recommendations to support a selection of appropriate …

Background This systematic review evaluates the effect of audit and feedback (A&F)
interventions targeting antibiotic prescribing in primary care and examines factors that may …

Background Reducing antibiotic use in patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) has
been inpatient focused. However, testing and treatment is often started in the emergency …

Over the last decades, we have witnessed a constant increase in infections caused by multi-
drug-resistant strains in emergency departments. Despite the demonstrated effectiveness of …

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria infect 2 million Americans annually, resulting in up to 100,000
deaths and excess healthcare costs exceeding $20 billion. 1, 2 Antibiotic use is a major …

Purpose This narrative review aims to describe barriers of outpatient parenteral
antimicrobial therapy at home (OPAT), potentially compromising general standards of …

Background Pharmacists are key members of antimicrobial stewardship (AS) teams. It is
unknown if and how US colleges and schools of pharmacy incorporate AS into their Doctor …