Antimicrobial Prescribing before and after the Implementation of a Carbapenem-Focused Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in a Greek Tertiary Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Nikolaos Spernovasilis Evangelos I KritsotakisAnna MathioudakiAlexandra VouidaskiIoulia MarkakiDespoina PsaroudakiPetros IoannouDiamantis P Kofteridis

Published in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)

Our study demonstrated a positive impact of an ASP implementation during the first stages of the COVID-19 pandemic on reducing the use of last-line antimicrobials and improving overall quality of antimicrobial prescribing.

Keyphrases

primary care
quality improvement
staphylococcus aureus
healthcare
adverse drug
klebsiella pneumoniae
emergency department
escherichia coli