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Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices Reported by California Hospitals Following New Legislative Requirements: Analysis of National Healthcare Safety Network Annual Survey Data, 2014-2015

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2017

Kyle Rizzo*
Affiliation:
Healthcare-Associated Infections Program, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California
Melissa Kealey
Affiliation:
Healthcare-Associated Infections Program, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California
Erin Epson
Affiliation:
Healthcare-Associated Infections Program, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California
*
Address correspondence to Kyle Rizzo, MPH, Healthcare-Associated Infections Program, California Department of Public Health, 850 Marina Bay Parkway, Building E, 1st Floor, Richmond, California 94804 ([email protected]).

Abstract

We analyzed California hospitals’ National Healthcare Safety Network Annual Surveys to describe antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) implementation progress following new state ASP legislation. The proportion of hospitals with all 7 Core Elements of Hospital ASP rose from 59.3% in 2014 to 69.2% in 2015 (P<.001).

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1503–1505

Type
Concise Communications
Copyright
© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. Preliminary data from this analysis were presented in a poster at IDWeek 2017 in San Diego, California, on October 5, 2017.

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