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 ...

Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora has implemented a unique antimicrobial stewardship program, known as “handshake stewardship.” The program resulted in a 10.9 percent drop in antibiotic use among ...

While more than half of all hospitalized patients will receive an antibiotic during their stay, research shows 30 to 50 percent of antibiotics prescribed in hospitals are unnecessary or incorrect, ...

This month, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) released recommendations for implementing an antibiotic stewardship program ...

Environmental field site specialist Diana Doyle looks for lithium-ion batteries from a pile of alkaline batteries that were dropped off at the North Seattle Hazardous Waste site on Monday, Sept. 19, ...

In January 2019, UAB Health System leadership supported the establishment of the first formalized Opioid Stewardship Program at UAB Medicine to support and advocate for patient-centered, effective, ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The Conservation Stewardship Program is one of the federal government’s most popular tools for making “working land” in agriculture more environmentally friendly. Todd C. Hagel, ...