Antimicrobial stewardship challenges and innovative initiatives in the acute hospital setting during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ellen Martin¹, Marie Philbin¹, Gerry Hughes^{2

3}, Colm Bergin^{2

3}, Alida Fe Talento^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control Division of HPSC, 25-27 Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
³ School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
⁶ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

Comment

Ellen Martin et al. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 1;76(1):272-275.

doi: 10.1093/jac/dkaa400.

Ellen Martin¹, Marie Philbin¹, Gerry Hughes^{2

3}, Colm Bergin^{2

3}, Alida Fe Talento^{4

5

6}

¹ Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control Division of HPSC, 25-27 Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
³ School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
⁶ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

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COVID-19 and the potential long-term impact on antimicrobial resistance.
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