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Dedicated time for antimicrobial stewardship—How much and why? Lessons learned from South Korea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2020

Payal K. Patel
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Veterans’ Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Arjun Srinivasan*
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Author for correspondence: Arjun Srinivasan, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA30329-4027, USA. E-mail: asrinivasan@cdc.gov

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance is a global and pressing problem that requires large-scale, federal coordination of efforts and tailored local interventions and surveillance. Given the urgency of the threat, many countries now have national policies to reduce inappropriate antimicrobial use. However, few countries have followed this with resources at the institutional level to support the implementation of practices to achieve this goal. In the United States, accreditation bodies such as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and The Joint Commission have added antimicrobial stewardship standards to encourage uptake of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs).

Type
Commentary
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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