Special Topics Issue: Benchmarking Antimicrobial Use & Antimicrobials in the Environment

Special Topics Issue:
Benchmarking Antimicrobial Use
& Antimicrobials in the Environment
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The Goal of this FAAST Review is to:

  1. Introduce benchmarking and its role in antimicrobial monitoring and stewardship 
  2. Discuss the role of the environment in antimicrobial resistance

What You’ll Learn/Topics Covered:

  • What benchmarking is, including examples from antimicrobial stewardship programs internationally
  • Metrics used during benchmarking and the application of defined daily dose and defined course dose
  • Routes of contamination and exposure to antimicrobial resistant bacteria in the environment
  • Strategies for prevention of environmental contamination with antimicrobials & antimicrobial resistant bacteria

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