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Sustainability of an antimicrobial stewardship program in a community hospital ICU at 3 months post implementation

Authors: K Walker, J Sauve, J Powis, V Leung, S Gill

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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Our goal was to develop an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) and integrate it within a medical/surgical ICU clinical practice. During a 3-month pilot ASP, one pharmacist (Ph) provided clinical service and one antimicrobial (AM) stewardship pharmacist (ASPh) participated in the ICU ASP. Two ASP Phs worked routinely as designated ICU Phms. Post ASP implementation, the ICU Ph added AM stewardship to their role. …

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Title: Sustainability of an antimicrobial stewardship program in a community hospital ICU at 3 months post implementation
Authors: K Walker
J Sauve
J Powis
V Leung
S Gill
Publication date: 01-02-2011
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9636

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