The Importance of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

Roula Baroudi; Marquetta Flaugher; Eddie Grace; Danny Zakria

The Importance of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

Fed Pract. 2015 Sep;32(9):20-24.

Authors

Roula Baroudi¹, Marquetta Flaugher¹, Eddie Grace¹, Danny Zakria¹

Affiliation

¹ is an infectious disease attending physician and is a nurse practitioner, both in the Medicine Service at C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center in Bay Pines, Florida. is an associate professor of pharmacy at the Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy in Clinton, South Carolina. is a research assistant in the Department of Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville. Dr. Baroudi is also an associate professor of medicine at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

PMID: 30766084
PMCID: PMC6364820

Abstract

Developing a program to properly use antimicrobials is essential for inpatient facilities to decrease the incidence of resistance, reduce the development of multidrug-resistant organisms, and improve patient care.