An Infectious Diseases Physician-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at a Small Community Hospital Associated With Improved Susceptibility Patterns and Cost-Savings After the First Year.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Day, Shandra R.; Smith, Dennis; Harris, Karen; Cox, Heather L.; Mathers, Amy J.
- Source
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Spring2015, Vol. 2 Issue 2, p1-4. 4p.
- Subject
- *ANTI-infective agents
*HOSPITALS
*PSEUDOMONAS aeruginosa
- Language
- ISSN
- 2328-8957
The article looks at a physician-led antimicrobial stewardship program (ASO) at a small community hospital, with a particular focus on the program's effects on cost savings and susceptibility patterns for Pseudomonas aeruginosa.