The National Quality Forum, the CDC and Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America led a team of experts to create a guide for hospitals of all sizes on how to implement an antibiotic ...

Roughly 60 percent of U.S. antibiotic use in humans is received in outpatient settings, according to the CDC, making that care setting critically important in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

More hospitals are operating antibiotic stewardship programs that meet all CDC standards, according to a new report from the agency. The CDC report summarizes new data and improvement efforts the ...

The CDC has released a new resource, Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes, which adapts its hospital guidance for the nursing home environment. The guide includes practical ways ...

The percentage of patients who were discharged with an antibiotic prescription was at its highest level during the first year of the study period, with 24% in 2013, and dropped to 20% in 2016, the ...

Addressing physician mishandling of antibiotic testing and prescription is a key focus of new clinical guidelines for antibiotic stewardship issued by the CDC in partnership with the AmericanCollege ...

CDC outlines core elements for hospital diagnostic excellence to improve diagnosis accuracy, patient safety, and reduce unnecessary testing in hospitals.

A recent study conducted by researchers from Intermountain Medical Center and the University of Utah School of Medicine, both in Salt Lake City, found the rates of antibiotic use in community ...

In the United States, infections from NDM-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales have surged by 460% between 2019 ...