Antibiotic stewardship

• Published in: Anasthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : AINS Vol. 49; no. 9; p. 520
• Main Authors: Kerwat, Klaus, Wulf, Hinnerk
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: Germany 01-09-2014
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Bacterial Infections - drug therapy; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Germany; Humans; Hygiene - standards; Inappropriate Prescribing - prevention & control; Infectious Disease Medicine - standards; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Germany
• ISSN: 1439-1074
• DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1390054

Resistance against antibiotics is continuously increasing throughout the world and has become a very serious problem. For just this reason "Antibiotic Stewardship Programs" have been developed. These programs are intended to lead to a sustained improvement in the situation and to assure a rational practice for the prescription of anti-infective agents in medical facilities. The aim is to prescribe the correct antibiotic therapy to the right patient at the most appropriate point in time. An AWMF S3 guideline on this topic published by the German Society for Infectiology (S3-Leitlinie StrategienzurSicherungrationalerAntibiotika-AnwendungimKrankenhaus.AWMF-Registernummer 092/001 - S3 Guideline on Strategies for the Rational Use of Antibiotics in Hospitals. AWMF - Registry Number 092/001) has been available since the end of 2013. An essential aspect therein is the expert interdisciplinary cooperation of a team comprising a clinically experienced infectiologist, a hospital pharmacist and a consultant for microbiology.