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Title

Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Small Community Hospitals Through an Assessment and Feedback Model

Authors

Philip Chung, Nebraska MedicineFollow
Kate Tyner, Nebraska MedicineFollow
Scott Bergman, Nebraska MedicineFollow
Terry Micheels, Nebraska MedicineFollow
Mark Rupp, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
Michelle Schwedhelm, Nebraska MedicineFollow
Maureen Tierney, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Muhammad Salman Ashraf, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow
Trevor Van Schooneveld, University of Nebraska Medical CenterFollow

Conference

SHEA Spring Conference 2019

Files

Abstract or Description

Small community hospitals often lack expertise and resources for antimicrobial stewardship program implementation. Using an assessment-and-feedback model, Nebraska ASAP performed onsite assessment of antimicrobial stewardship efforts in 5 small community hospitals and provided facility specific feedback on implementation/augmentation of antimicrobial stewardship program. As a result of this model, participating small community hospitals were able to increase the number of antimicrobial stewardship core elements implemented while reducing antibiotic use and incidence of CDI.

Publication Date

Spring 4-25-2019

Keywords

antimicrobial stewardship, small community hospitals, critical access hospitals, performance improvement, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Disciplines

Infectious Disease | Public Health

Recommended Citation

Chung, Philip; Tyner, Kate; Bergman, Scott; Micheels, Terry; Rupp, Mark; Schwedhelm, Michelle; Tierney, Maureen; Ashraf, Muhammad Salman; and Van Schooneveld, Trevor, "Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Small Community Hospitals Through an Assessment and Feedback Model" (2019). Posters and Presentations: Nebraska ASAP. 2.
https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/asap_pres/2