Search results for "Antibiotic Stewardship"
Antibiotic stewardship programs reduce incidence of C. difficile, multidrug-resistant infections, review finds
The systematic review also found that antibiotic stewardship programs were significantly more effective when implemented along with infection control measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/28/3.htm
28 Jun 2017
Automating antimicrobial stewardship
EHR integration of a patient scoring tool improved care quality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/success-story-automating-antimicrobial-stewardship.htm
15 Aug 2017
Heart failure stays and readmissions
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/in-the-news.htm
15 Aug 2017
Training key for point-of-care ultrasound
This issue also features stories on refugee care, high-altitude hospital medicine, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Aug 2017
August ACP Hospitalist now online and in the mail
The latest issue of ACP Hospitalist focuses on putting point-of-care ultrasound into practice and has articles on medical care for refugees, high-altitude hospital medicine, and pulmonary embolism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/16/5.htm
16 Aug 2017
Recurrent C. diff, decision tree for sepsis, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/in-the-news.htm
15 Oct 2017
Vancomycin plus piperacillin-tazobactam associated with higher AKI risk
Vancomycin plus piperacillin-tazobactam was compared to vancomycin monotherapy, vancomycin plus cefepime or carbapenem, and piperacillin-tazobactam monotherapy in the systematic review and meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/08/1.htm
8 Nov 2017
Speed of sepsis care, early feeding for mild pancreatitis, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2017
Solutions to hospital violence
This issue also features the latest news on sickle cell disease, conference coverage on infectious diseases, and a Q&A about Hurricane Maria recovery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Dec 2017
Is your antimicrobial stewardship program ready for a survey?
Experts at IDWeek offered some lessons learned during the first year of The Joint Commission's antimicrobial stewardship standard for acute care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/conference-coverage-antimicrobial-stewardship-survey.htm
15 Dec 2017