AntimicrobialStewardship - HAN
***Featured Programs:*** https://www.chicagohan.org/antimicrobialstewardship/outpatienttoolkit and https://safetyprogram4antibioticstewardship.org/
Visit this new sub-site to learn more about current Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Efforts from two campaigns: Chicago Department of Public Health (local) and AHRQ (national)
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Introduction to General Practice Principles of Antimicrobial Stewardship
Improving antibiotic use is a medication-safety and patient safety issue. Research indicates that 30-50% of antibiotics prescribed in hospitals is either not indicated or not appropriate. Overprescribing and misprescribing is contributing to the growing challenges posed by Clostridiodies difficile infections and antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Studies have demonstrated that improved prescribing practices in hospitals can not only help reduce rates of C. difficile infections and antibiotic resistance, but can also improve patient outcomes, all while reducing healthcare costs. Interventions to improve antibitoic use can be implemented in any healthcare setting - from the smallest to the largest. This site contains resources to build and sustain antimicrobial stewardship programs in a variety of healthcare settings, including long-term care, acute care, and outpatient clinics.
Antimicrobial Stewardship in Nursing Homes
Defining the Need for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Nursing Homes
Antibiotics are among the most frequently prescribed medications in nursing homes, with up to 70% of residents in a nursing home receiving one or more courses of systemic antibiotics when followed over a year. Similar to the findings in hospitals, studies have shown that 40–75% of antibiotics prescribed in nursing homes may be unnecessary or inappropriate. Harms from antibiotic overuse are significant for the frail and older adults receiving care in nursing homes. These harms include risk of serious diarrheal infections from C. difficile, increased adverse drug events and drug interactions, and colonization and/or infection with antibiotic-resistant organisms.
Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) can help you address the CMS antimicrobial stewardship requireemnt: the GAIN Collaborative
CDPH is inviting Chicago nursing homes to participate in a site-visit for establishing and/or enhancing the facility's Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP). The goal is 100% facility participation in the GAIN collaborative, Generating Antimicrobial Stewardship Initiatives in Chicago Nursing Homes. A comprehensive ASP that complies with the 7 CDC Core Elements of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Nursing Homes is already required for nursing homes as a participation in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and surveyors are likely to visit in 2019 (if they haven't already). To get facilities "surveyor ready", CDPH is offering a free consultation by an Infectious Disease Pharmacist that has experience establishing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at a large, academic medical center in Chicago. The free consultation is completely confidential, involves no pentalties (CDPH is not part of the regulatory surveying process), and is completely quality improvement focused. Other similar initiatives have noted several improved outcomes, including: (1) reduction in overall antibiotic prescribing by 10-28%, (2) reduced hospitalizations between 8-11%, (3) reduced C. difficile infections between 11-21%, and (4) reduced multi-drug resistant infections, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), by 8%.
Where is your facility with Antimicrobial Stewardship activities? Take the CDPH survey.
The identified point-person for an antimicrobial stewardship program (administrator, director of nursing, assistant director of nursing, and/or infection prevention nurse) will be receiving the "Antimicrobial Stewardship for Chicago Nursing Homes" survey from CDPH in February 2019. Any key stakeholders in antimicrobial stewardship activities at the facility are encouraged to review the intake survey.
Earn an online MEDAL of Antimicrobial Stewardship Excellence for others to see!
Participation in the on-site visit and demonstrating compliance with the 7 CDC Core Elements will result in achieving a Bronze level in a new CDPH Center of Excellence designation for Chicago Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs. Within 3-6 months of the site-visit, completion of the recommended action plan discussed in follow-up to the initial site-visit will move your facility to Silver level Center of Excellence. Demonstrating improved antimicrobial use and/or improved clinical outcomes after participation in the GAIN collaborative will result in your facility earning a Gold level Center of Excellence designation.
More information on this exciting new antimicrobial stewardship initiative can back found here.
Additional Antimicrobial Stewardship Resources for Nursing Homes
CDC Core Elements of Antimicrobial Stewardship for Nursing Homes
CDC Core Elements of Antimicrobial Stewardship for Nursing Homes - main pdf
CDC Core Elements of Antimicrobial Stewardship for Nursing Homes – Checklist
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Telligen: Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-term Care Resources
Massachusetts Coalition: Improving Evaluation and Treatment of UTI in the Elderly
Alberta Health Services (AHS) and British Columbia Center for Disease Control (BC CDC)
Antimicrobial Stewardship Resources for Outpatient Clinics
CDC Core Elements for Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Website
CDC Core Elements for Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship - main pdf
CDC Print Materials for Doctor’s Offices
Telligen (QIN-QIO) Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Sample Policy
Telligen (QIN-QIO) Antimicrobial Stewardship Outpatient Playbook
Illinois Department of Public Health Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit for Dentists
Antimicrobial Stewardship Resources for Hospitals
CDC Core Elements for Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship
CDC Core Elements for Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship - main pdf
CDC Core Elements for Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship - Checklist
CDC Antimicrobial Stewardship Implementation Resources
National Quality Partners Playbook: Antimicrobial Stewardship in Acute Care
The Joint Commission New Standard for Antimicrobial Stewardship
The Joint Commission: Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit
American Hospital Association – Antimicrobial Stewardship Tookit
The PEW Charitable Trusts: 2018 Report on Trends in US Antibiotic Use
The PEW Charitable Trusts: Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance
World Health Organization (WHO) Resources on Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship
Antimicrobial Stewardship Resources for Patients
CDC Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Print Materials
CDC Patient Education Video: Antibiotics Aren’t Always the Answer
CDC Patient Education Commercial: "The Right Tool" Public Service Announcement
AHRQ Patient Education - Be Smart about Antibiotic Use
Educational References – Antimicrobial Stewardship Training for Healthcare Professionals
CDC Antimicrobial Stewardship Continued Education for Healthcare Professionals
Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacist (SIDP) Stewardship Certificate Education
Treatment Guidelines - Infectious Disease & Antimicrobial Stewardship
CDC Outpatient Adult Treatment Recommendations
CDC Outpatient Pediatric Treatment Recommendations
Rochester Nursing Home Collaborative: Guidelines for Urinary Tract Infections
Rochester Nursing Home Collaborative: Guidelines for Respiratory Tract Infections
Rochester Nursing Home Collaborative: Guidelines for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Key Antimicrobial Stewardship Articles
JAMDA: Template for an Antibiotic Stewardship Policy for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings
NEJM: The STOP-IT Study – Trial for Short-Course Antimicrobial Therapy for Intraabdominal Infections
JAMA Intern Med: The New Antibiotic Mantra—“Shorter Is Better”
JAMA: Comparison of 8 vs 15 days of antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults
CID: Best Care for Patients Achieved through Multidisciplinary Stewardship
CID: Review of Rapid Diagnostic Tests Used by Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs
Clinical Therapeutics: National Survey of Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices 2013
CID: The Impact of Repored Penicillin Allergy on Surgical Site Infection Risk
Amy Hanson, PharmD, BCPS AQ-ID
Project Administrator, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Infectious Disease Pharmacist, Chicago Department of Public Health
West Side Center for Disease Control
2160 West Ogden Ave
Chicago, IL 60612
Office: 312-746-0304
Email: Amy.Hanson@cityofchicago.org
For questions related to Healthcare Associated Infection/Antibiotic Resistance, please, contact the Chicago Department of Public Health at: CDPHHAIAR@cityofchicago.org
312-746-4683 (Fax)
*NEW* Chicago Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Campaign 2019:
Two New Websites Below with Clinical and Dental Educational Binder Content & More
https://www.chicagohan.org/antimicrobialstewardship/outpatienttoolkit
https://www.chicagohan.org/antimicrobialstewardship/dentaltoolkit
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Chicago Department of Public Health & Illinois Department of Public Health:
Chicago Department of Public Health Healthcare Associated Infections
Illinois Department of Public Health - Antimicrobial Stewardship Website
Other Antimicrobial Stewardship Related Links:
Infectious Disease Society of America Practice Guidelines
CDC Core Elements of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Nursing Homes Website
CDC Core Elements of Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs Website
CDC Core Elements of Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Website