Implementation Resources
Pharmacy Expertise
Action
- Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America pdf icon[PDF – 27 pages]external icon
- Urine Culture Stewardship in Hospitalized Patients
- NEW Antimicrobial Stewardship Transition of Care (Henry Ford Health System)external icon
- Toolkit to Enhance Nursing and Antibiotic Stewardship Partnership (The Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Antimicrobial Stewardship)external icon
- Redefining the Antibiotic Stewardship Team: Recommendations from the American Nurses Association/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Workgroup on the Role of Registered Nurses in Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Practices pdf icon[PDF – 14 pages]
- AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Useexternal icon
Tracking and Reporting
- National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Antimicrobial Use and Resistance (AUR) Module
- NHSN AU Option Case Examples
- Strategies to assess antibiotic use to drive improvements in hospitals pdf icon[PDF – 11 pages]
- NEW Key Activities and Roles for Microbiology Laboratory Staff in Antibiotic Stewardship Programs pdf icon[PDF – 5 pages]
- Assessment of Appropriateness of Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) word icon[DOC – 18 KB] February 2014
- Assessment of Appropriateness of Antibiotics for Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) word icon[DOC – 16 KB] February 2014
- Assessment of Appropriateness of Antibiotic Use for Resistant Gram-Positive Infections word icon[DOC – 15 KB] February 2014
- Assessment of Appropriateness of Inpatient Antibiotics word icon[DOC – 16 KB] February 2014
- Developing Stewardship Measures (Duke University)external icon
Education
- CDC Training on Antibiotic Stewardshipexternal icon
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)external icon
- Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases (MAD-ID)external icon
- Pediatric Society of Infectious Diseases (PIDS)external icon
- Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)external icon
- The Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) external icon
More Resources
- Antibiotic Stewardship Implementation: Suggested Strategies from High Performing CAHsexternal icon
- National Quality Partners Playbook™: Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Careexternal icon
- Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists Podcastsexternal icon
- American Hospital Association, “Antibiotic Stewardship for Acute Care Hospitals” Advancing Health Podcastexternal icon
- Infectious Diseases Society of America, “Promoting Antimicrobial Stewardship in Human Medicine” Antimicrobial Stewardship Podcastexternal icon
Page last reviewed: October 16, 2020