JAMDA
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Podcast
March 3, 2024
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Quality
JAMDA
January 5, 2016
Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Call to Action
Antimicrobial resistance is a global public health crisis and a national security threat to the United States, as stated in an executive order signed by the president in September 2014. This crisis is a result of indiscriminant antimicrobial use, which promotes selection for resistant organisms, increases ...
JAMDA
June 19, 2018
Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care Facilities: Approaches to Creating an Antibiogram when Few Bacterial Isolates Are Cultured Annually
Antibiograms are important clinical tools to report and track antibiotic susceptibility and help guide empiric antimicrobial therapy. Antibiograms support compliance with antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and are in line with recommendations fr...
JAMDA
May 24, 2016
Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care: Metrics and Risk Adjustment
An antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) has been recommended for long-term care facilities because of the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance in this setting to improve prescribing and decrease adverse events. Recommendations have been made for the components of such a program, but there is litt...
Caring for the Ages
December 24, 2019
Antimicrobial Stewardship With a Collaborative Team
JAMDA
February 25, 2016
Antipsychotic and Other Psychotropic Medications in Special Care Dementia Units: Outcomes Using a Mini Behavior Rating Scale and Objective Medication Use Guideline
JAMDA
June 22, 2018
Antipsychotic Deprescription for Older Adults in Long-term Care: The HALT Study
Despite limited efficacy and significant safety concerns, antipsychotic medications are frequently used to treat behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in long-term residential care. This study evaluates the sustained reduction of antipsychotic use for BPSD through a deprescribing interve...
JAMDA
September 25, 2023
Antipsychotic Drug Reduction through the Implementation of a Neurologically Oriented, Interdisciplinary Psycho-Diagnostic and Antipsychotic Stewardship Program
Antipsychotic utilization in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) is a major focus of regulatory compliance and a key theme in resident care. This created opportunities for innovations in clinical care of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). In a shared initiative with one of our SNF oper...
JAMDA
February 27, 2016