The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled out the second installment of its four-part online training course tied to antibiotic stewardship on Monday. Two more segments are set to follow ...

Long-term care providers constantly being cited for lapses in antibiotic stewardship should adopt antibiotic-use protocols to improve adherence to federal infection control guidelines, according to a ...

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.

The CDC awarded a $1.8 million contract to Intermountain and the University of Utah to improve antibiotic stewardship at urgent care centers. With funding from a federal contract, Salt Lake City–based ...

A CDC study published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday found that primary care providers are prescribing antibiotics for sinus infections longer than recommended by clinical practice guidelines. A ...

The misuse of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic points to a need for provider systems to shore up their antimicrobial stewardship programs, according to experts at the Centers for Disease ...

The agency first released the guide in 2014 to help hospitals implement effective antibiotic stewardship programs. The updated resource now includes additional information on hospital leadership ...

As part of US Antibiotic Awareness Week and World Antibiotic Awareness Week, the CDC has updated its educational effort to promote safe antibiotic prescribing and use through Be Antibiotics Aware: ...

Training and support related to antibiotic prescribing is lower among nurses and pharmacists than physicians, according to a study published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control.