Antibiotic use drives antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The Antimicrobial Review Kit (ARK)
study is a complex intervention based on national antibiotic stewardship guidance. We …

Background To ensure patients continue to get early access to antibiotics at admission,
while also safely reducing antibiotic use in hospitals, one needs to target the continued need …

Background Hospital antimicrobial stewardship strategies, such as 'Start Smart, Then Focus'
in the UK, balance the need for prompt, effective antibiotic treatment with the need to limit …

Background Antimicrobial stewardship initiatives in secondary care depend on clinicians
undertaking antibiotic prescription reviews but decisions to limit antibiotic treatment at review …

Background Strategies to reduce antibiotic overuse in hospitals depend on prescribers
taking decisions to stop unnecessary antibiotic use. There is scarce evidence for how to …

Introduction Antibiotic use drives antibiotic resistance. The UK antimicrobial resistance
(AMR) strategy aims to reduce antibiotic use. We aimed to quantify excess antibiotic use in a …

Inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing contributes to increasing antimicrobial resistance. An
antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) program in the form of quality improvement activities that …

Background Current methods of antimicrobial usage surveillance have limited efficacy in
changing practice due to delayed reporting to clinicians and the inability to stratify by …

Background Minimising antimicrobial overuse is needed to limit antimicrobial resistance.
There is little evidence on how often microbiological testing informs antimicrobial de …

Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) requires effective teamwork between healthcare
professionals, with patients receiving consistent messages from all healthcare professionals …