Antibiotic Stewardship Resources and Training

Antibiotic Awareness Week

Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB):

• PACCARB Reports

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC):

• U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week
• The AMR Challenge
• CDC's Antibiotic Stewardship Training Series
  
• Antibiotic Stewardship
  • Antibiotic-Use Report: Antibiotic Use in the United States, 2017-Progress and Opportunities
    
  • CDC Core Elements of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program:
    • For Hospitals
    • For Nursing Homes/Long-Term Care Facilities
    • For Small and Critical Access Hospitals
    • For Resource-Limited Settings
  • Mitigate antimicrobial stewardship toolkit
• Antibiotic / Antimicrobial Resistance
  • About Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Protecting Yourself and Your Family
  • Protecting Patients and Stopping Outbreaks
  • Biggest Threats
  • Protecting the Food Supply
  • Media & Resources
  • U.S. Activities to Combat AR
  • International Activities to Combat AR
• Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network (ARLN):
  • The Texas ARLN
    • The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Laboratory is designated as the regional laboratory for the Mountain Region (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas).
• Patient Safety Atlas–Data Sets:
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • Antibiotic Stewardship
  • Outpatient Antibiotic Use
• The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP):
  ResistanceMap is a web-based collection of data visualization tools that allows interactive exploration of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and antibiotic use trends in countries across the globe.
  1.   Antibiotic Resistance
  2.   Antibiotic Use
  3.   Drug Resistance Index
  4.   Animal Use
  
•   The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS):
  • NARMS Now: Human Data
  • NARMS: Animal & Veterinary
  • NARMS Now: Integrated Data
• Sepsis Resources:
  • Get Ahead of Sepsis
  • Clinical Resources

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA):

• FDA - Combating Antibiotic Resistance
• Antimicrobial Resistance Information from FDA
• Cutting-Edge Technology Sheds Light on Antibiotic Resistance
  

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ):

• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• The AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use: A National Program for Antibiotic Stewardship
• Drug resistance
• Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide

The National Quality Forum:

• The National Quality Partners Playbook: Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care
• The National Quality Partners Playbook: Antibiotic Stewardship in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

The Quality Innovation Network National Coordinating Center:

• Nursing Home Training Sessions
• A Field Guide to Antibiotic Stewardship in Outpatient Settings

PEW Charitable Trusts:

• A Path to Better Antibiotic Stewardship in Inpatient Settings
• Trends in U.S. Antibiotic Use

The Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP):

• SIDP Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate Programs
• Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate for Acute Care
• SIDP/ASCP Long-Term Care Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate Program
  

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Other State & Institutional Resources:

• Penn CDC Prevention Epicenters Program - Antimicrobial Stewardship Initiative
• Colorado Hospital Association (CHO) - Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) - State Legislative Tracking
• Public Health Ontario (PHO) - Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
• ASTHO - State Health Agency Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Webpages
• CHI Franciscan Health - Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
• Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention
• Center for Antimicrobial Utilization, Stewardship, and Epidemiology (CAUSE)
• The Ohio State University - Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
• Stanford University School of Medicine - Antimicrobial Stewardship Program