Abstract
The role of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) in managing lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs), including pneumonia, is critical to optimising patient outcomes and combating antimicrobial resistance. ASPs focus on preventing unnecessary antibiotic use through robust microbial surveillance, ensuring prompt and accurate diagnosis, and guiding appropriate therapy selection and duration. These programs educate prescribers on evidence-based practices and promote adherence to updated guidelines. By reducing overprescription and tailoring treatments to specific pathogens, ASPs minimise resistance development and improve patient safety. This abstract highlights the importance of ASPs in ensuring effective, judicious antibiotic use in pneumonia management and broader LRTI care.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 10 Mar 2018 |
| Event | Antimicrobial Stewardship 2019 Conference - Duration: 3 Mar 2019 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Antimicrobial Stewardship 2019 Conference |
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| Period | 3/03/19 → … |
Keywords
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs)
- Pneumonia management
- Pneumonia, Viral
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology
- Pneumonia, Viral/psychology
- Antibiotic resistance
- antibiotic duration
- antibiotic classification
- Appropriate therapy
- Microbial surveillance
- SURVEILLANCE
- surveillance
- Prescriber education
- Treatment duration
- Judicious antibiotic use
- Antibiotic Use
- Patient safety
- Patient Safety
- patient safety; incident reporting
- Public health
- PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Respiratory tract infections (RTIs)
- RESPIRATORY-TRACT
- respiratory illness
- Viral infection