Comprehensive Review of Candidozyma (Candida) auris Management: Insights From the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists
Candidozyma (Candida) auris has emerged over the past two decades as a formidable global health threat due to its multidrug resistance, persistence in healthcare environments, and rap
Using Encounter-Level Data for Risk-Adjustment of Antimicrobial Use Comparisons: Feasibility and Variable Selection
External comparisons of hospital antimicrobial use (AU), risk-adjusted using encounter characteristics, may better inform antimicrobial stewardship program strategy.
Targeted antimicrobial use admission provides an actionable denominator for evaluating inpatient length of therapy
Excess antibiotic days may be attributed to inappropriate empiric therapy or excessive treatment durations. Accessible data and analysis methods are needed to both develop an optima
Five steps to high quality antimicrobial stewardship research
The escalating threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) necessitates impactful, reproducible, and scalable antimicrobial stewardship strategies.
Development of Inpatient Stewardship Metrics: Is It Time for Public Reporting?
Given the complexity and nuance needed to make antimicrobial prescribing decisions, metrics aiming to assess these decisions can be complex in method, require resource investment for measurement, a
Antibiotic Myths for the Infectious Diseases Clinician
Antimicrobials are commonly prescribed and often misunderstood.
DASON is now an AR SDS Vendor
DASON is pleased to announce that we have passed both Antimicrobial Use (AU) and
Using clinical decision support to improve urine testing and antibiotic utilization
Urine cultures collected from catheterized patients have a high likelihood of false-positive results due to colonization.
My winding journey to a career in hospital epidemiology: Serendipity, detours and opportunities
The term “hospital epidemiology” was not in my lexicon when I began my career in infectious diseases (ID) in 1977.
Evaluation of an Opt-Out Protocol for Antibiotic De-escalation in Patients with Suspected Sepsis: a multicenter randomized controlled trial
Sepsis guidelines recommend daily review to de-escalate or stop antibiotics in appropriate patients.