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Practice Guideline
. 2016 May 15;62(10):e51-77.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw118. Epub 2016 Apr 13.

Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Tamar F Barlam  1 , Sara E Cosgrove  2 , Lilian M Abbo  3 , Conan MacDougall  4 , Audrey N Schuetz  5 , Edward J Septimus  6 , Arjun Srinivasan  7 , Timothy H Dellit  8 , Yngve T Falck-Ytter  9 , Neil O Fishman  10 , Cindy W Hamilton  11 , Timothy C Jenkins  12 , Pamela A Lipsett  13 , Preeti N Malani  14 , Larissa S May  15 , Gregory J Moran  16 , Melinda M Neuhauser  17 , Jason G Newland  18 , Christopher A Ohl  19 , Matthew H Samore  20 , Susan K Seo  21 , Kavita K Trivedi  22
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Practice Guideline

Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Tamar F Barlam et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Evidence-based guidelines for implementation and measurement of antibiotic stewardship interventions in inpatient populations including long-term care were prepared by a multidisciplinary expert panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. The panel included clinicians and investigators representing internal medicine, emergency medicine, microbiology, critical care, surgery, epidemiology, pharmacy, and adult and pediatric infectious diseases specialties. These recommendations address the best approaches for antibiotic stewardship programs to influence the optimal use of antibiotics.

Keywords: antibiotic stewardship; antibiotic stewardship programs; antibiotics; implementation.

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