Infection control and antimicrobial stewardship in nursing homes go hand in hand. And yet, the two are often treated as ...

Pharmacy led projects meaningful clinical outcomes include improved infection control and chronic disease management across U.S. health systems.

Antimicrobial stewardship is a term used to describe the practice of improving the meaningful and appropriate use of antimicrobials. At Baylor College of Medicine, the pediatric antimicrobial ...

An antimicrobial stewardship program at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore was shown to be cost-efficient and effective over a seven-year study period, according to a study published ...

Trace amounts of antiseptic chemicals in hospital rooms may be driving tolerance and resistance in bacteria, a study finds.

The threat of antimicrobial resistance — the ability of organisms to defeat the very drugs designed to kill them — is well known in modern medicine. It is the reason infections are becoming harder to ...

In 2021, the FDA provided a guidance document and timeline for the removal of medically important antimicrobial products from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inspired by a Sunday homily about the “good steward,” McGowan and Gerding thought of antimicrobial stewardship ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . [Editor’s note: Click here to read our recent feature on ID care in rural America.] In 2019, CMS announced a ...

Australia's animal sectors now have a comprehensive framework to help strengthen the industry's response to antimicrobial ...