Antibiotic stewardship in the retail clinic setting: Implementation in 1100 clinics nationwide.

Autor: Polinski JM; CVS Health, United States. Electronic address: jennifer.polinski@cvscaremark.com., Harmon SL; CVS Health, United States., Henderson KJ; CVS Health, United States., Barker T; CVS Health, United States., Sussman A; CVS Health, United States., Gagliano NJ; CVS Health, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) [Healthc (Amst)] 2017 Sep; Vol. 5 (3), pp. 89-91. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jul 05.
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2017.06.007
Abstrakt: In light of increasing antibiotic resistance and a slowed antibiotic development pipeline, stewardship is more urgent than ever. To date, most stewardship guidelines and best practice recommendations for implementation focus on local or regional health care organizations. CVS MinuteClinic has implemented a consistent, evidence-based stewardship approach in its >1100 clinics in 33 states. The approach is associated with higher quality antibiotic use than that in primary care practices and emergency departments. Given MinuteClinic's scale, sharing this approach and lessons learned may assist other organizations in implementing large-scale stewardship programs that foster judicious use of antibiotics for the public's health.
(Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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