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Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship The Evolution of Programmatic Strategies and Barriers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Birgir Johannsson ,
Susan E. Beekmann ,
Arjun Srinivasan ,
Adam L. Hersh ,
Ramanan Laxminarayan ,
Philip M. Polgreen  and
on behalf of The Infectious Diseases Society of America Emerging Infections Network
Birgir Johannsson
Affiliation:
Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Susan E. Beekmann*
Affiliation:
Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Arjun Srinivasan
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Adam L. Hersh
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Affiliation:
Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, Washington, DC, andPrinceton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Philip M. Polgreen
Affiliation:
Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
*
Department of Internal Medicine, SW34J General Hospital, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 (susan-beekmann@uiowa.edu)
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Abstract

Objective.

To describe the prevalence and characteristics of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) in hospitals across the United States and to describe financial support provided for these programs.

Design.

Electronic and paper 14-question survey of infectious diseases physician members of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Emerging Infections Network (IDSA EIN).

Participants.

All 1,044 IDSA EIN members who care for adult patients were invited to participate.

Results.

Five hundred twenty-two (50%) members responded. Seventy-three percent of respondents reported that their institutions had or were planning an ASP, compared with 50% reporting the same thing in an EIN survey 10 years before. A shift was noted from formulary restriction alone to use of a set of tailored strategies designed to provide information and feedback to prescribers, particularly in community hospitals. Lack of funding and lack of personnel were reported as major barriers to implementing a program. Fifty-two percent of respondents with an ASP reported that infectious diseases physicians do not receive direct compensation for their participation in the ASP, compared with 18% 10 years ago.

Conclusions.

The percentage of institutions reporting ASPs has increased over the last decade, although small community hospitals were least likely to have these programs. In addition, ASP strategies have shifted dramatically. Lack of funding remains a key barrier for ASPs, and administrators need additional cost savings data in order to support ASPs. Interestingly, while guidelines and editorials regard compensated participation by an infectious diseases physician in these programs as critical, we found that more than half of the respondents reported no direct compensation for ASP activities.

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Original Article
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , April 2011 , pp. 367 - 374
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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5th Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infection; Atlanta, Georgia; March 2010.

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