A Baker's Dozen of Top Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention Publications for Hospitalized Patients in 2021

Ashley H Marx; David Cluck; Sarah B Green; Daniel T Anderson; Kayla R Stover; Daniel B Chastain; Elizabeth W Covington; Bruce M Jones; Evan Lantz; Ethan Rausch; Patrick J Y Tu; Jamie L Wagner; Cyle White; Christopher M Bland; P Brandon Bookstaver

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofac600

A Baker's Dozen of Top Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention Publications for Hospitalized Patients in 2021

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Nov 4;9(12):ofac600. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac600. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy, UNC Medical Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
² Department of Pharmacy Practice, East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA.
³ Department of Pharmacy, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Department of Pharmacy, Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
⁵ Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
⁶ Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Albany, Georgia, USA.
⁷ Department of Pharmacy Practice, Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
⁸ Department of Pharmacy, St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc., Savannah, Georgia, USA.
⁹ Department of Pharmacy, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Pharmacy, Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
¹¹ Department of Pharmacy, Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
¹² University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, Savannah, Georgia, USA.
¹³ Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

Abstract

Keeping abreast of the antimicrobial stewardship-related articles published each year is challenging. The Southeastern Research Group Endeavor (SERGE-45) identified antimicrobial stewardship-related, peer-reviewed literature that detailed an "actionable" intervention among hospitalized populations during 2021. The top 13 publications were selected using a modified Delphi technique. These manuscripts were reviewed to highlight "actionable" interventions used by antimicrobial stewardship programs in hospitalized populations to capture potentially effective strategies for local implementation.

Keywords: antibiotics; infection metrics; resistance; stewardship.

Publication types

Review