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The Role of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Team in the Use of Rapid Diagnostic Testing in Acute Care: An Official Position Statement of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2018

Brandon Hill ,
Navaneeth Narayanan ,
Elizabeth Palavecino ,
Katherine K. Perez ,
Sasha Premraj ,
Amber Streifel ,
Rebekah H. Wrenn  and
Kristen Zeitler
Brandon Hill
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Buies Creek, North Carolina Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
Navaneeth Narayanan
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Piscataway, New Jersey
Elizabeth Palavecino
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Katherine K. Perez
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
Sasha Premraj
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, Florida
Amber Streifel
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, St Mary’s Medical Center, Grand Junction, Colorado
Rebekah H. Wrenn
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
Kristen Zeitler*
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa Florida.
*
Address correspondence to Kristen Zeitler, PharmD, Department of Pharmacy, Tampa General Hospital, 1 Tampa General Circle, Tampa, FL 33606 (zeitler.kristen@gmail.com).
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Abstract

Rapid diagnostic technologies can assist Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) in achieving the goals of reducing unnecessary antimicrobial exposure and optimizing patient care. The Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists supports all members of the ASP team as essential components of optimal use of these technologies for management of antibiotic prescribing and cost-reduction strategies.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:473–475

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , April 2018 , pp. 473 - 475
Copyright
© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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