An antimicrobial stewardship program led to a 50 percent risk reduction for C. difficile infections; a 13.3 percent decrease in antimicrobial cost per patient-day; a 15.2 percent decrease in the hospital’s antimicrobial budget and 25.4 percent decrease in daily doses of the eight antimicrobials, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on antimicrobial stewardship.
