Transcription of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs - KDHE
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Antimicrobial Stewardship Programsa Toolkit for Critical Access Hospitals in KansasTable of ContentsPageIntroduction3 Aim4 Definitions of Antimicrobial Stewardship4 Summary of Core Elements for Antibiotic Stewardship5 Core Element One: Leadership Commitment6 Examples of Formal Statements of Support6 Sample Mission Statements7 Core Element Two: Accountability9 Key Roles of the Support Team11 Core Element Three: Drug Expertise13 Core Element Four: Actions that Support Optimal Antibiotic Use15 Steps to Developing an ASP16 Strategies and Recommendations for ASPs18 Broad Interventions18 Pharmacy Driven Interventions20 Infection and syndrome specific interventions21 Additional Interventions23 Core Element Five: Tracking and Monitoring Antibiotic Use and Resistance26 Core Element Six: Reporting Information on Improving Antibiotic Use and Resistance28 Core Element Seven: Education30 Kansas Department of Health and Environment 3 IntroductionThe availability of effective antibiotics is one of the most important developments in modern medicine, leading to infectious diseases falling out of the top five leading causes of death in the United States.
4 Kansas Department of Health and Environment Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology “Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated program that …
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