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Sustained reductions in unnecessary antimicrobial administration and hospital Clostridioides difficile rates via stewardship in a nonacademic setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2021

Neil Gaffin Open the ORCID record for Neil Gaffin [Opens in a new window]  and
Brad Spellberg
Neil Gaffin*
Affiliation:
The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, New Jersey Ridgewood Infectious Disease Associates, Ridgewood, New Jersey
Brad Spellberg
Affiliation:
Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
*
Author for correspondence: Neil Gaffin, E-mail: ngaffin@gmail.com
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Abstract

A large community hospital sought to reduce its burden of hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). We implemented an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP), resulting in marked reductions in unnecessary antimicrobial use, CDI rates, antimicrobial acquisition costs, with preservation of gram-negative susceptibilities. ASP programs are effective in a community setting.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , March 2023 , pp. 491 - 493
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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