Antibiotic Stewardship in Hospitals During Public Health Emergencies

Publication Date: September 13, 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

...commendations...

...P should limit initiation of antibioti...


...agnostic Testi...

...may perform inflammatory marker tests at basel...

...t laboratory testing only to the extent that it pr...

...monitor CRP if clinically indicated to inform...

...should not use inflammatory markers as t...

...uld not obtain bacterial cultures or respir...


...iotics During Respiratory Viral Pandemics...

...t the time of hospital admission, HCP shoul...

...there are new clinical signs that are consis...

...co-infection with other viruses, such...


...ologic and Radiographic Diagnostic Tests...

...re initiating antibiotics, HCP should attempt to...

...it respiratory multiplex PCR tests to ICU pa...

...P should restrict repeat microbiologic...

...d perform a nasal methicillin-resistant Staphyloco...