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In-depth assessment of critical access hospital stewardship program adherence to the CDC Core Elements in Iowa and Nebraska

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2023

Jonathan H. Ryder*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
Jenna Preusker
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Care, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, NE, USA
Andrew B. Watkins
Affiliation:
St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jackson, MS, USA
Jeremy Tigh
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Care, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
Danny Schroeder
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Care, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
Muhammad Salman Ashraf
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, NE, USA
Trevor C. Van Schooneveld
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
*
Corresponding author: Jonathan Ryder; Email: jonathan.ryder@unmc.edu

Abstract

In 21 antimicrobial stewardship programs in critical-access hospitals in Nebraska and Iowa that self-reported nonadherence to a CDC Core Element or Elements, in-depth program assessment and feedback revealed that accountability and education most needed improvement. Recommendations included providing physician and pharmacist training, tracking interventions, and providing education. Program barriers included lack of time and/or personnel and antimicrobial stewardship and/or infectious diseases expertise.

Type
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Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. A poster was presented at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) 2023 Spring Conference on April 12, 2023, in Seattle, Washington.

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