Current infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship program practices: A survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Network (SRN).

Chiotos K1, Rock C2, Schweizer ML3, Deloney VM4, Morgan DJ5, Milstone AM6, Henderson DK7, Harris AD5, Han JH8.

Author information

1: Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine,Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2: Department of Medicine,The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore, Maryland.
3: Department of Internal Medicine,University of Iowa,Iowa City, Iowa.
4: The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America,Arlington, Virginia.
5: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,University of Maryland School of Medicine,Baltimore, Maryland.
6: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics,The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore, Maryland.
7: Clinical Center,National Institutes of Health,Bethesda, Maryland.
8: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine,University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Abstract

We used a survey to characterize contemporary infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship program practices across 64 healthcare facilities, and we compared these findings to those of a similar 2013 survey. Notable findings include decreased frequency of active surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, frequent active surveillance for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, and increased support for antibiotic stewardship programs.