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Current infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship program practices: A survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Network (SRN)

Part of: SHEA Research Network Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2019

Kathleen Chiotos Open the ORCID record for Kathleen Chiotos [Opens in a new window] ,
Clare Rock ,
Marin L. Schweizer ,
Valerie M. Deloney ,
Daniel J. Morgan ,
Aaron M. Milstone ,
David K. Henderson ,
Anthony D. Harris  and
Jennifer H. Han
Kathleen Chiotos*
Affiliation:
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Clare Rock
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Marin L. Schweizer
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Center for Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation, Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa
Valerie M. Deloney
Affiliation:
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Arlington, Virginia
Daniel J. Morgan
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Aaron M. Milstone
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
David K. Henderson
Affiliation:
Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Anthony D. Harris
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Jennifer H. Han
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*
Author for correspondence: Kathleen Chiotos, Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

We used a survey to characterize contemporary infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship program practices across 64 healthcare facilities, and we compared these findings to those of a similar 2013 survey. Notable findings include decreased frequency of active surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, frequent active surveillance for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, and increased support for antibiotic stewardship programs.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 9 , September 2019 , pp. 1046 - 1049
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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