Antibiotic Stewardship in Hospitals During Public Health Emergencies
Publication Date: September 14, 2022
Key Points
Key Points
- This consensus statement advises hospitals and healthcare personnel (HCP) in ways to improve antimicrobial stewardship and antimicrobial use during infectious disease crises.
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) often presents with findings suggestive of bacterial co-infection, leading to inappropriate antibiotic use and infections with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). This advice may serve as an example for future infectious disease crises
Recommendations
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...should limit initiation of antibiotics — parti...
...stic Testing...
...P may perform inflammatory marker tests at...
...ld repeat laboratory testing only to the ex...
...CRP if clinically indicated to inform respi...
...should not use inflammatory marker...
...obtain bacterial cultures or respiratory multip...
...ng Respiratory Viral Pandemics and Epidemic...
...t the time of hospital admission, HCP should presc...
...are new clinical signs that are consistent with...
...consider co-infection with other viruse...
...and Radiographic Diagnostic Tests...
...initiating antibiotics, HCP should attempt to...
...imit respiratory multiplex PCR tests to...
...strict repeat microbiologic testing...
...orm a nasal methicillin-resistant Sta...