Determining barriers to submitting antimicrobial-resistant isolates among hospitals in Texas Public Health Region 8.
Bailie MoorheadNiva ShresthaAlvin Boyd Newman-CaroSydney L VangeliVictoria N LussierMark I GrijalvaMargaret E GiroDanielle Natividad JacksonTianna M MackZackary L HerrleMarcheta HillGretchen RodriguezRachael SingerCynthia WilliamsAdaugo NwangumaEnyinnaya N MerengwaRachel PittmanRebecca L SanchezPublished in: Journal of infection prevention (2024)
Regardless of the respondent's role, time in that role, or type of hospital in which they worked, the most common barrier to isolate submission was lack of awareness of the AR Lab Network. In the future, we will address the identified barriers by implementing educational outreach programs about AMR and the AR Lab Network for hospitals and other healthcare facilities within PHR8.