The CDC has developed a risk-adjusted benchmarking measure for antibiotic use in acute care hospitals called the Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio (SAAR). The SAAR compares the actual ...

Roughly 60 percent of U.S. antibiotic use in humans is received in outpatient settings, according to the CDC, making that care setting critically important in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

The percentage of patients who were discharged with an antibiotic prescription was at its highest level during the first year of the study period, with 24% in 2013, and dropped to 20% in 2016, the ...

The CDC has released a new resource, Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes, which adapts its hospital guidance for the nursing home environment. The guide includes practical ways ...

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement and CDC have launched a pilot program designed to avoid overuse and misuse of antibiotics in hospitals. Overuse and misuse contribute both to antibiotic ...

The CDC offers a free checklist for hospitals to ensure optimal antibiotic prescribing as well as limit overuse and misuse of antibiotics. The checklist includes elements that have been shown to be ...

Researchers have found a superbug resistant to all antibiotic treatments, including “last resort” drugs, according to a report from The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Findings like this have accelerated ...

Sepsis is a factor among roughly 1 in 3 hospital deaths, yet, as of last year, more than a quarter of hospitals didn’t have a formal sepsis committee in place and nearly half said they did not provide ...

The latest issue of the CDC’s monthly Vital Signs report is taking serious aim at correcting practices relating to antibiotic resistance, including recommendations for antibiotic prescription, ...