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Take a bite out of HAP

Brushing teeth reduces hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) risk, and changes are needed to make this simple practice happen more regularly in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/free/take-a-bite-out-of-hap.htm
6 Mar 2024

July 2016

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/

Hospitals that steward antibiotics well share common factors

Hospitals where pharmacists reported feeling that they are respected by their hospitalist colleagues and considered valuable team members were less likely to overuse antibiotics, a small survey study of antibiotic stewardship programs found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/20/hospitals-that-steward-antibiotics-well-share-common-factors.htm
20 Dec 2023

Automatic antibiotic stewardship

One health system added a best practice alert to the electronic health record and notified clinicians when specific criteria suggesting a viral illness were met.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/success-story-automatic-antibiotic-stewardship.htm
15 Jan 2020

Balanced crystalloids vs. saline, antibiotic stewardship, and more

Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2018

Malnutrition, diuretics, and more

Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2021

Studies examine impact of hospital policies on C. difficile infection rates

While one study found that participation in an antibiotic stewardship program from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality led to reductions in hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection rates, a simulation study found that visitor contact precautions may not be as helpful.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/03/4.htm
3 Mar 2021