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. 2022 Jul;5(7):707-715.
doi: 10.1002/jac5.1622. Epub 2022 Apr 17.

Global resilience and new strategies needed for antimicrobial stewardship during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Debra A Goff  1 , Timothy P Gauthier  2 , Bradley J Langford  3 , Pavel Prusakov  4 , Michael Ubaka Chukwuemka  5 , Benedict C Nwomeh  6 , Khalid A Yunis  7 , Therese Saad  8 , Dena van den Bergh  9 , Maria Virginia Villegas  10 , Nela Martinez  11 , Andrew Morris  12 , Diane Ashiru-Oredope  13   14 , Philip Howard  15 , Pablo J Sanchez  16
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Global resilience and new strategies needed for antimicrobial stewardship during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Debra A Goff et al. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 2022 Jul.

Abstract

Resilience is having the ability to respond to adversity proactively and resourcefully. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic's profound impact on antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) requires clinicians to call on their own resilience to manage the demands of the pandemic and the disruption of ASP activities. This article provides examples of ASP resilience from pharmacists and physicians from seven countries with different resources and approaches to ASP-The United States, The United Kingdom, Canada, Nigeria, Lebanon, South Africa, and Colombia. The lessons learned pertain to providing ASP clinical services in the context of a global pandemic, developing new ASP paradigms in the face of COVID-19, leveraging technology to extend the reach of ASP, and conducting international collaborative ASP research remotely. This article serves as an example of how resilience and global collaboration is sustaining our ASPs by sharing new "how to" do antimicrobial stewardship practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID‐19 pandemic; SARS‐CoV‐2; antimicrobial stewardship; pharmacists; physicians.

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Conflict of interest statement

Debra A. Goff; Timothy P. Gauthier; Bradley J. Langford; Pavel Prusakov; Ubaka Chukwuemka M; Benedict C. Nwomeh; Khalid A. Yunis; Therese Saad; Maria Virginia Villegas; Diane Ashiru‐Oredope and Pablo J. Sanchez: see conflict of interest disclosure form submitted with manuscript. Andrew Morris, Philip Howard, Dena van den Bergh, and Nela Martinez have no relevant conflicts of interest.

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New paradigms in antimicrobial stewardship during COVID‐19. ASP antimicrobial stewardship programs
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