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Antimicrobial stewardship resources

Resources: AS regulatory and accreditation requirements

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Condition of Participation: Infection Prevention and Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Programs Interpretative Guidance
The Joint Commission Antimicrobial Stewardship Standards

Resources: Guidance and tools for AS

Implementing a Successful Antibiotic Stewardship Program: 5 Thoughts From Infection Control Expert Dr. Ed Septimus
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits
World Health Organization AWaRe Antibiotic Book

Best practices & initiatives

These hospitals maintain public sites for their AS programs including protocols, toolkits, educational materials and more. Members of the IDSA AS Centers of Excellence Program identified these sites as containing examples of best practices and initiatives in AS that may be useful for others in establishing and improving their ASP.

 

Adult ASP

Johns Hopkins Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Stanford Medicine
UCLA Health
University of Minnesota
University of Nebraska Medical Center ASP

Pediatric ASP

University of California San Francisco
Vanderbilt University Medical Center