We’re starting an antibiotic stewardship program at our facility and I was told that as the head nurse, I should be using our “antibiogram.” I am not familiar with this — can you help? The antibiogram ...
PORTLAND, Ore. - Use of "antibiograms" in skilled nursing facilities could improve antibiotic effectiveness and help address problems with antibiotic resistance that are becoming a national crisis, ...
The importance of prompt empiric therapy is clear: it leads to better survival among patients with both community- and hospital-acquired infections. Tools such as antibiograms are used to help guide ...
HealthDay News — Antibiograms, which are designed to help clinicians select appropriate antimicrobials to treat bacterial pathogens, should be specifically tailored for outpatients in primary care ...
The Obama Administration convened a White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship June 2, bringing together key constituents involved in antibiotic stewardship, including several hospitals and health ...
Pediatric-specific antibiograms, with updated information on emerging resistant patterns and percentage susceptibilities may be of use in hospitals, according to study results published online.
Findings from a Canadian study showed that increased consumption of antibiotics in hospitals was associated with increased — not decreased — antibiotic susceptibility for several important hospital ...
A survey of 189 residents at two large children’s hospitals details antibiotic prescribing habits of medical residents. The survey results are published in Hospital Pediatrics. The survey was divided ...
The control of hospital-acquired infections is a major priority for health-care organizations in developed countries, and evidence shows that an institutional approach is needed to reduce the ...
Antibiotic resistance occurs when an antibiotic becomes increasingly less effective at fighting the bacterial infection it once was able to defend against. This happens naturally as part of a bacteria ...
Residents often decide which antibiotics to start a patient on so they could become the first line of defense against antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance continues to grow around the world, ...
Diversity is an omnipresent element in clinical practice: in the genome, in the environment, in patients' lifestyles and habits. Precision medicine addresses the variability of the individual to ...