Longitudinal survey of antibiotic stewardship practices in Wisconsin nursing homes, before and after a policy change.
Alissa E BalkeVictoria L GriffinDiane DohmBrenda J RytherLinda L McKinleyRaymond P PodzorskiAnna M MarciniakChristopher J CrnichLindsay N TaylorPublished in: Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE (2022)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid mandated that nursing homes implement antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) by November 2017. We conducted surveys of Wisconsin nursing-home stewardship practices before and after this mandate. Our comparison of these surveys shows an overall increase in ASP implementation efforts, but it also highlights areas for further improvement.