The percentage of patients who were discharged with an antibiotic prescription was at its highest level during the first year of the study period, with 24% in 2013, and dropped to 20% in 2016, the ...

Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora has implemented a unique antimicrobial stewardship program, known as “handshake stewardship.” The program resulted in a 10.9 percent drop in antibiotic use among ...

While more than half of all hospitalized patients will receive an antibiotic during their stay, research shows 30 to 50 percent of antibiotics prescribed in hospitals are unnecessary or incorrect, ...