- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Pharmacy and Medical Practices
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2020-2025
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
2025
The Centers
2021
Leidos (United States)
2021
In 2022, uptake of all seven Core Elements Antibiotic Stewardship were reported by 83% US long-term care facilities. Though 98% facilities access to an electronic health record, less than one-third utilized it for tracking antibiotic use, suggesting opportunities leverage data automated reporting.
Abstract Objective: To assess the national uptake of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) core elements antibiotic stewardship in nursing homes from 2016 to 2018 effect infection prevention control (IPC) hours on implementation elements. Design: Retrospective, repeated cross-sectional analysis. Setting: US homes. Methods: We used National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-Term Care Facility Component annual surveys home characteristics percent log-binomial regression models...
Abstract Background Since 2016, nursing homes (NHs) enrolled in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s NHSN Long-term Care Facility (LTCF) Component have reported on their implementation of core elements antibiotic stewardship. In 42% NHs implementing all seven elements. Recent regulations require stewardship programs NHs. The objectives this analysis were to track national progress evaluate how time dedicated infection prevention control (IPC) is associated with Methods We used...