Gilchrist, M, Wade, P, Ashiru-Oredope, D et al. (4 more authors) (2015) Antimicrobial Stewardship from Policy to Practice: Experiences from UK Antimicrobial Pharmacists. Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 4 (S1). pp. 51-64. ISSN 2193-8229
Abstract
Antimicrobial stewardship in the UK has evolved dramatically in the last 15 years. Factors driving this include initial central funding for specialist pharmacists and mandatory reductions in healthcare-associated infections (particularly Clostridium difficile infection). More recently, the introduction of national stewardship guidelines, and an increased focus on stewardship as part of the UK five-year antimicrobial resistance strategy, have accelerated and embedded developments. Antimicrobial pharmacists have been instrumental in effecting changes at an organizational and national level. This article describes the evolution of the antimicrobial pharmacist role, its impact, the progress toward the actions listed in the five-year resistance strategy, and novel emerging areas in stewardship in the UK.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2015. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
Keywords: | Antibiotic; Antimicrobial stewardship; Healthcare-associated infections; Pharmacy; Resistance |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Mar 2018 16:38 |
Last Modified: | 21 Mar 2018 16:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s40121-015-0080-z |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128064 |
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