Antimicrobial resistance poses a global challenge. Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) serve as a key strategy in combating this issue, providing numerous additional benefits. Despite evidence showcasing the impact of diverse ASP strategies, there remains a scarcity of reports detailing innovative and effective practices in resource-limited settings, where implementation faces greater constraints. This special issue aims to compile ASP strategies from across the globe, with a focus on resource-limited settings, with the potential for adaptation and replication in diverse contexts.
The implementation of ASPs presents challenges, including time constraints and limited availability of personnel, particularly in resource-limited settings. Strategies for optimizing their implementation, measurement, and impact are described in the literature, encompassing methods such as Audit and Feedback, restrictive measures, technological approaches, time-outs, and education, among others. The objective is to describe the impact of these successfully implemented strategies in resource-limited settings worldwide.
This Research Topic welcomes submissions relating, but not limited to, the following themes:
1. Optimization strategies for antimicrobial utilization within hospital and outpatient settings, within the framework of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.
a. Implementation of education and training programs on the appropriate use of antimicrobials and their impact;
b. Impact of audit and feedback strategies on antimicrobial management;
c. Utilization of innovative technologies to improve surveillance and use of antimicrobials in resource-limited settings;
d. Successful strategies for utilizing algorithms and practical guidelines within the framework of an ASP to optimize antimicrobial use;
e. Experiences with integrating the pharmacy group into ASPs;
f. A description of strategies that have effectively influenced antibiotic consumption (DOT);
g. Description of strategies demonstrated within an ASP framework to have resulted in cost optimization.
2. Experiences with ASP utilization in special populations, including neonates, cancer patients, patients in critical care units, among others.
3. Examples or experiences of how ASP strategies align with and support National Action Plans (NAPs) on Antimicrobial Resistance.
Keywords:
Antimicrobial stewardship, Innovation, Resource limited settings, Quality improvement
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Antimicrobial resistance poses a global challenge. Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) serve as a key strategy in combating this issue, providing numerous additional benefits. Despite evidence showcasing the impact of diverse ASP strategies, there remains a scarcity of reports detailing innovative and effective practices in resource-limited settings, where implementation faces greater constraints. This special issue aims to compile ASP strategies from across the globe, with a focus on resource-limited settings, with the potential for adaptation and replication in diverse contexts.
The implementation of ASPs presents challenges, including time constraints and limited availability of personnel, particularly in resource-limited settings. Strategies for optimizing their implementation, measurement, and impact are described in the literature, encompassing methods such as Audit and Feedback, restrictive measures, technological approaches, time-outs, and education, among others. The objective is to describe the impact of these successfully implemented strategies in resource-limited settings worldwide.
This Research Topic welcomes submissions relating, but not limited to, the following themes:
1. Optimization strategies for antimicrobial utilization within hospital and outpatient settings, within the framework of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.
a. Implementation of education and training programs on the appropriate use of antimicrobials and their impact;
b. Impact of audit and feedback strategies on antimicrobial management;
c. Utilization of innovative technologies to improve surveillance and use of antimicrobials in resource-limited settings;
d. Successful strategies for utilizing algorithms and practical guidelines within the framework of an ASP to optimize antimicrobial use;
e. Experiences with integrating the pharmacy group into ASPs;
f. A description of strategies that have effectively influenced antibiotic consumption (DOT);
g. Description of strategies demonstrated within an ASP framework to have resulted in cost optimization.
2. Experiences with ASP utilization in special populations, including neonates, cancer patients, patients in critical care units, among others.
3. Examples or experiences of how ASP strategies align with and support National Action Plans (NAPs) on Antimicrobial Resistance.
Keywords:
Antimicrobial stewardship, Innovation, Resource limited settings, Quality improvement
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.