A decade of antimicrobial stewardship at the University of Florida - Challenges, strategies and outcomes

摘要

FiguresBackground: Antimicrobial Management Teams (AMT) play an integral role in modifying antimicrobial utilization (AU). In 2004, AMT at Shands UF developed restricted antimicrobial policy (RAP) with institutional criteria for carbapenems (CAR), piperacillin/tazobactam (P/T), daptomycin (DAP), echinocandins (EC), cefepime (CEF) and fluoroquinolones (FQ). In 2008, AMT was disassembled due to pharmacist attrition but RAP remained under Infectious Diseases (ID). AMT was re-initiated in 2010 and later further expanded.