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Antibiotic stewardship is the effort:
Improving antibiotic prescribing and use is critical to effectively treat infections, protect patients from harms caused by unnecessary antibiotic use, and combat antibiotic resistance. CDC’s Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship offers providers and facilities a set of key principles to guide efforts to improve antibiotic use and, therefore, advance patient safety and improve outcomes. These frameworks complement existing guidelines and standards from key healthcare partner organizations, including the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, American Society of Health System Pharmacists, Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, and The Joint Commission.
2025 Antibiotic Stewardship Summit Recordings Available SOON!The Association for Dental Safety, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hosted the third annual National Antibiotic Stewardship Summit on February 2, 2025, in Atlanta, GA. The summit presented new national data and shared emerging legal developments, research and toolkits. Participants learned how to design policy for their practice/institution and left with new resources to advance successful stewardship in dentistry. On-Demand recordings offering CE credit will be available SOON to download. Below are a series of antibiotic stewardship resources for dental prescribers, dental team members, patients receiving dental care, and policymakers. |