The Economic Impact of Starting, Stopping, and Restarting an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: A 14-Year Experience

• Main Authors: John A. Bosso (Author), Isaac F. Mitropoulos (Author), Robert Bergsbaken (Author), Noe Mateo (Author), Craig Harvey (Author), Christopher J. Sullivan (Author), Garry L. Parlier (Author), James Bryan Warren (Author), Mary A. Ullman (Author), John C. Rotschafer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Regions Hospital started a multidisciplinary antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) in 1998. The program effectively shut down from 2002-2004 as key personnel departed and was then restarted but without the dedicated pharmacist and infectious diseases physician. Purchasing data (in dollars or dollars/...