American Society of Health-System Pharmacists: Nebraska Hospital Improves Care With Pharmacist-Driven Stewardship
January 11, 2020
January 11, 2020
BETHESDA, Maryland, Jan. 11 -- The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists issued the following news:
A pharmacist-driven antimicrobial stewardship program is helping Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings, Nebraska, dramatically cut Clostridioides difficile infections and improve the appropriate use of antimicrobials.
Before the stewardship program was implemented, the hospital's general C. difficile infection diagnosis rate was 3.21 cases per 1,000 patient days, wi . . .
A pharmacist-driven antimicrobial stewardship program is helping Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings, Nebraska, dramatically cut Clostridioides difficile infections and improve the appropriate use of antimicrobials.
Before the stewardship program was implemented, the hospital's general C. difficile infection diagnosis rate was 3.21 cases per 1,000 patient days, wi . . .