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Despite Limited Resources, Hospitals Make
Antibiotic Stewardship Program Headway:
7 Survey Findings
By Max Green
A
lthough they report budgetary resources
and frontline physician involvement to be
lacking, 70 percent of respondents to an
Advisory Board Company survey say they've added
an antibiotic stewardship program in the last five
years.
e survey queried 418 hospitals and health
systems in fall of 2015. For purposes of the survey,
ASPs are defined as coordinated programs through
which hospitals work to reduce inappropriate
antibiotic use. e CDC recommends hospitals
implement ASPs to combat the growing problem of
antibiotic resistance.
"Hospitals seem to be doing the best they can
with the resources they have," Sarah O'Hara, senior
consultant for research and insights at e Advisory
Board Company, said in a statement. "While there
are many interventions that hospitals can use to
curb improper antibiotic use, there is no one-size-
fits-all model. And the uptick in stewardship shows
that hospitals are starting to recognize the need to
combat bacterial resistance and deploying efforts
that fit their different resources levels, cultures and
clinical needs."
Here are seven additional findings from the
survey.
