Excellence in Antibiotic Stewardship: A mixed methods study comparing High, Medium, and Low Performing Hospitals.
Valerie M VaughnSarah L KreinAdam L HershWhitney R BuckelAndrea T WhiteJennifer K HorowitzPayal K PatelTejal N GandhiLindsay A PettyEmily S SpivakSteven J BernsteinAnurag M MalaniLeonard B JohnsonRobert A NeetzScott A FlandersPatrick GalyeanElisabeth KimballKennedi BloomquistTobias ZickmundSusan L ZickmundJulia E SzymczakPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
This mixed-method study demonstrates the importance of organizational context for high performance in stewardship and suggests improving antimicrobial stewardship requires attention to knowledge, interactions, and relationships between clinical teams and infrastructure that supports stewardship and team interactions.