Introduction: In the United States, most antibiotics are prescribed in ambulatory settings.
Human factors engineering, which explores interactions between people and the place …

Antibiotic prescribing in England varies considerably between Clinical Commissioning
Groups (CCGs) and general practices. We aimed to assess social and contextual factors …

Background Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes include actions to improve
antibiotic use. Objectives This study aimed to identify factors of AMS interventions …

Purpose Behavioral economics recognizes that contextual, psychological, social, and
emotional factors powerfully influence decision-making. Behavioral economics has the …

Background Trials show that antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) strategies, including
communication skills training, point-of-care C-reactive protein testing (POC-CRPT) and …

OBJECTIVES Antibiotic overuse is a significant problem in nursing homes (NHs). Strategies
to improve antibiotic prescribing practices in NHs are a critical need. In this study, we …

Background Antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) have not been fully developed for the
emergency department (ED), in part the result of the barriers characteristic of this setting …

Purpose The purpose of this manuscript is to describe our experience developing an
antimicrobial stewardship (AS) module as a clinical decision support tool in the Epic …

Background Reducing unnecessary antibiotic exposure is a key strategy in reducing the
development and selection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Hospital antimicrobial …

To systematically improve the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing, antimicrobial
stewardship programs have been developed. There is a paucity of literature examining how …