Antimicrobial stewardship program in a trauma centre of a tertiary care hospital in North India: Effects and implementation challenges.
This study aimed at evaluating the implementation challenges of an ASP intervention and its effect on antimicrobial prescriptions
Abstract
Hospital-based Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) aim to optimize the usage of antimicrobials by employing a set of coordinated interventions. This study aimed at evaluating the implementation challenges of an ASP intervention in a tertiary trauma care centre in India and its effect on antimicrobial prescriptions.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
Citation
Verma M, Shafiq N, Tripathy JP, Nagaraja SB, Kathirvel S, Chouhan DK, Arora P, Singh T, Jain K, Gautam V, Dhillon MS. Antimicrobial stewardship program in a trauma centre of a tertiary care hospital in North India: Effects and implementation challenges. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 2019.