/ en Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:10:37 -0500 Fri, 19 Apr 24 13:43:03 -0500 /news/headline/2024-04-19-hospital-studies-identify-better-way-prescribe-best-antibiotic-patient <p>In clinical trials involving 220,000 patients at 59 HCA Healthcare hospitals, algorithm-driven computerized alerts helped clinicians better identify the appropriate antibiotic for 28% of patients with pneumonia and 17% of patients with urinary tract infections, according to <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240419656742/en/Two-Clinical-Trials-Identify-a-Better-Way-to-Target-Appropriate-Antibiotics-for-Patients-Hospitalized-With-Pneumonia-or-Urinary-Tract-Infection" target="_blank">studies</a> funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published April 19 in JAMA. To reduce antibiotic resistance, physicians treating patients with a low risk for antibiotic-resistant bacteria were prompted to give standard-spectrum antibiotics.</p><p>“Pneumonia and urinary tract infections are two of the most common infections requiring hospitalization and a major reason for overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics,” said Sujan Reddy, M.D., medical officer in CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. “The INSPIRE trials have found a highly effective way to help physicians follow treatment recommendations to optimize antibiotic selection for each patient. These trials show the value of harnessing electronic health data to improve best practice.”</p> Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:43:03 -0500 Antibiotic Stewardship /sponsored-executive-dialogues/2023-03-13-/hospital-onset-bacteremia <div> </div>header.jumbotron {display:none} <div> /* center_body */ .center_body { /*margin-top:50px;*/ /* margin-bottom: 50px;*/ } .center_body h3 {} .center_body p { font-size: 16px } p.center_Intro { color: #002855; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 30px; margin: 10px 0 25px 0; font-weight: 700; font-size: 2em; } @media (max-width:768px) { p.center_Intro { line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 23px; font-size: 1.45em; } } .center_body .center_Lead { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 21px; } /* center_body // */ /* Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar */ .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 25px auto; } .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: absolute; bottom: 40px; color: #003087; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .8); width: 100%; padding: 20px 40px; font-size: 3em; box-shadow: 0 3px 8px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .6); } @media (max-width:991px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 2.5em; } } @media (max-width:767px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { font-size: 2em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; padding: 10px 20px; } } @media (max-width:530px) { .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar h1 { position: relative; background-color: #63666A22; } } /* Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar // */ <header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/BD_HospitalBacteremia_banner_1170x250.png" alt="Banner Image" width="1170" height="250"><div><h1>Hospital Onset Bacteremia</h1></div></header>/* CntMenuSub */ .CntMenuSub{ margin:20px 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #afb1b1; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .7em; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar{ border-bottom: 1px solid lightblue; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar a:after{ content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #555; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuBar a:last-child:after{ content: ""; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubHome, .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent{ text-transform: uppercase; color: #555; opacity: .9; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent{ } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubChild{ } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubCurrent{ opacity: .7; } .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubHome:hover, .CntMenuSub .CntMenuSubParent:hover{ text-transform: uppercase; color: #d50032; } /* CntMenuSub // */ <div class="container CntMenuSub"><div class="col-md-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10 row CntMenuBar"><a class="CntMenuSubHome" href="/education-events/aha-virtual-executive-dialogues">Executive Dialogues</a> <span class="CntMenuSubChild" id="CntMenuSubChild">Hospital Onset Bacteremia</span></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div><div class="row spacer"><div class="col-sm-3"><div><a href="/system/files/media/file/2023/04/BD_HospitalBacteremia_ebook_040523.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-04/BD_HospitalBacteremia_cover_910x1220_040523.jpg" alt="Executive Dialogue | Hospital Onset Bacteremia: Hospital leaders’ attitudes on HOB sources, prevention and treatment" width="100%" height="100%"></a></div></div><div class="col-sm-9 center_body">.sponsortype { color: #9d2235; font-size: 1.5em; margin: 0px; font-weight: 700; } <p class="sponsortype">Executive Dialogue</p><h2>Hospital leaders’ attitudes on HOB sources, prevention and treatment</h2><p>Clinical studies have determined that hospital onset bacteremia (HOB) and false-positive blood cultures can have significant impacts on outcomes, length of stay and cost of care. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) is developing a quality measure reflecting HOB rates. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included the HOB measure on its 2021 Measures Under Consideration list, which means the agency could propose the measure in future CMS hospital quality-reporting and value programs. With these developments, hospital leaders have a timely opportunity to give renewed consideration to how HOB is prevented, detected, treated and reported.<br><br>In October 2022, the ���������� Association (AHA) and Becton Dickinson (BD) held the “AHA Virtual Think Tank: Systematic approaches to health care-associated infection prevention,” an event for hospital and health system leaders in infectious disease, laboratory, nursing and other roles. The discussions identified additional information needs, which informed a survey to develop baseline data and additional insights about how various roles within hospitals view sources of HOB, its identification, how effectively HOB can be prevented and considerations for quality metrics. Results and commentary are presented in this report, which hospital leaders can use to assess their organizations, inform improvement efforts and prepare for potential reporting requirements.</p><div class="row">@media (min-width:768px){ .EDsponsorFloat{ float:right; } } @media (max-width:767px){ .EDLinkFloat{ position:relative; left:27%; } .EDsponsorFloat { text-align:center } } <div class="col-sm-6"><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary EDLinkFloat" href="/system/files/media/file/2023/04/BD_HospitalBacteremia_ebook_040523.pdf" title="Executive Dialogue |Hospital Onset Bacteremia: Hospital leaders’ attitudes on HOB sources, prevention and treatment " data-view-context="top-level-view">Download the Report</a></div><div class="col-sm-6"><div class="EDsponsorFloat"><strong>Sponsored by: </strong><a href="https://www.bd.com/en-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/BD_HOB_transparentlogo_834x313.png" alt="BD Logo" width="100%" height="100%"></a></div></div></div></div></div>.sp_CTA5_holder { margin-top:0px; border-bottom: solid 1px #555; padding-bottom: 50px; } .sp_CTA5_holder_last { border-bottom: solid 0px #555; } .sp_CTA5_holder >div{ overflow: auto; } .sp_CTA5_holder ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 0px; /*width: calc(100% - 15%);*/ /*margin: 50px auto 0;*/ margin:auto 50px; } .sp_CTA5_holder ul li{ margin-bottom:7px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:16px; } .sp_CTA5_holder ul li::before { content: " "; font-size: 1em; margin-right: 10px; display: inline-block; height: 12px; background-color: #9d2235; width: 12px; position: relative; top: 0px; -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg); -moz-transform: rotate(45deg); -o-transform: rotate(45deg); } .sp_CTA5_holder ul li{ padding-left:23px; text-indent:-23px; } .body ol>li, .body ul>li{ font-size:16px: } .sp_CTA5_holder h2 { color: #002855; /*! line-height: 2em; */ font-size: 2.15em; margin: 0 0 15px 0; /*! font-size: 30px; */ } .sp_CTA5_holder h3 { /*color: #002855;*/ line-height: 1em; /*font-size: 1.5em;*/ margin-bottom: 25px; margin-top:5px; font-size: 28px; } .sp_CTA5_section{ margin-top: 25px } .sp_CTA5_ImgShadow { /*background-color:green;*/ /* just a visual */ text-align: center } .sp_CTA5_ImgShadow { padding-bottom:75px; /* must match the padding on the img*/ margin: 0px; } .sp_CTA5_ImgShadow img{ width: calc(100% - 35px - 15px); -webkit-box-shadow: 50px -75px 0px 0px rgba(185, 217, 235, 1); -moz-box-shadow: 50px -75px 0px 0px rgba(185, 217, 235, 1); box-shadow: 50px -75px 0px 0px rgba(185, 217, 235, 1); position: relative; top: 75px; max-width: 490px; } @media (max-width:990px){ .sp_CTA5_ImgShadow img{ max-width: 350px;} } @media (max-width:990px){ .sp_CTA5_ImgShadow { padding-bottom:75px; /* must match the padding on the img*/ margin: 0px; margin-right: 40px } } <div class="row spacer sp_CTA5_holder sp_CTA5_holder_last"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Major findings from the workshop and survey include:</h3><div class="sp_CTA5_section"><ul><li>1. When surveyed, 45% of respondents already were tracking HOB and another 20% planned to do so as soon as possible. The rest were waiting for specific developments (e.g., from CMS, CDC, the National Healthcare Safety Network [NHSN] or measure endorsement by the federal consensus-based entity).</li><li>2. Most HOB cases are considered preventable or partially preventable, especially those from central-line catheters and urinary sources, which are viewed as major contributors to HOBs.</li><li>3. Several resources are considered impactful for mitigating HOB given the perception that currently reportable health care-associated infections (HAIs) are thought to be significant sources of HOB. Therefore, current HAI bundles may help inform any new HOB bundle. Respondents identified best practices they would like included in an HOB bundle; these include visibility to HOB sources and respective prevention measures, timely pathogen identification if HOB occurs, and improvement in definitive therapy for HOB cases.</li><li>4. Streamlined microbiology lab workflows and communication with antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) also may help facilitate faster identification and therapy for HOB events.</li><li>5. Respondents are optimistic that an HOB quality metric will improve patient safety and care, but expressed concerns about how metrics should be structured, achieving reporting consistency and the potential resources needed for reporting.</li><li>6. Nearly three out of four respondents (73%) believe future reporting metrics should consider patient demographics that may have predisposing clinical risk factors for HOB. However, respondents were split as to whether some populations should be excluded from HOB reporting, with 30% favoring some exclusions, 49% saying there should not be exclusions and 21% unsure.</li><li>7. 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initiatives to build a sustainable and coordinated behavioral health services continuum.</div> </div></div> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"><a href="/aha-knowledge-exchange-archive">View All: AHA Knowledge Exchange</a></div> </section> </div> </div></div> Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:12:12 -0500 Antibiotic Stewardship /education-events/achieving-1-standard-blood-culture-contamination-rate <p><strong>Achieving a 1% Standard for Blood Culture Contamination Rate</strong><br /> <em>Driving Best Practices and Practice Change Statewide</em></p> <p><strong>Tuesday, November 15, 2022</strong><br /> <em>12 - 1 p.m. Eastern; 11 am - 12 p.m. Central; 9 - 10 a.m. Pacific</em></p> <div class="webreplay"> .webreplay{ border: solid 2px #777; padding: 15px 5px; margin: 0 0 10px 15px; } @media (min-width:360px){ .webreplay{ min-width: 290px; float: right; } } <h2><small>On-demand Webinar</small></h2> MktoForms2.loadForm("//sponsors.aha.org", "710-ZLL-651", 2752); </div> <p>Reducing blood culture contamination rates plays a significant role in driving antibiotic stewardship efforts and improving quality outcomes for hospital and health care systems. With the release of the recent CDC guidelines, Blood Culture Contamination: An Overview for Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Programs Working with the Clinical Laboratory, more and more health care providers are seeking practice changes, including technology solutions, that will help them achieve the new Clinical and Laboratory Institute (CLSI) goal of 1% blood culture contamination rate with best practices.</p> <p>In this webinar, learn more about these current and future measures to reduce contamination rates and improve the accuracy of blood culture results, and the practice change initiative of the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) to benchmark blood culture contamination rates and drive evidence-based best practices to reduce these rates statewide.</p> <h3><small>Attendees Will Learn About:</small></h3> <ul> <li>The current state of antimicrobial stewardship efforts and the need for practice change.</li> <li>Current and future measures to improve the accuracy of sepsis diagnosis by reducing blood culture contamination rates.</li> <li>A state-wide quality improvement measure to achieve the CLSI goal of 1% blood culture contamination rate with best practices and supported by the new CDC guideline to reduce blood culture contamination.</li> </ul> <h3><small>Speakers:</small></h3> <p>Deb Campbell, RN-BC, MSN, CPHQ, IP, T-CHEST, CCRN<br /> <em>Vice President Quality and Health Professions</em><br /> <strong>Kentucky Hospital Association</strong><br /> Louisville, Ky.</p> <p>Tammy Johnson, RN, BS, CPM<br /> <em>AVP, Clinical Strategy & Customer Relations</em><br /> <strong>Magnolia Medical Technologies</strong><br /> San Diego</p> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:58:12 -0500 Antibiotic Stewardship /news/headline/2022-07-12-cdc-reports-increase-drug-resistant-infections-during-pandemic <p>After declining in recent years, antimicrobial-resistant infections starting during hospitalization grew 15% from 2019 to 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s0712-Antimicrobial-Resistance.html">reported</a> today, based on limited data for 2020. </p> <p>“During the pandemic, hospitals experienced personal protective equipment supply challenges, staffing shortages, and longer patient stays,” the agency notes. “Hospitals also treated sicker patients who required more frequent and longer use of medical devices like catheters and ventilators. The impact of the pandemic likely resulted in an increase of healthcare-associated, antimicrobial-resistant infections.”</p> <p>More than 90% of U.S. hospitals in 2020 had an antibiotic stewardship program aligned with CDC’s Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship, CDC said. The AHA released an <a href="/system/files/media/file/2019/05/ASP-Toolkit-v4.pdf">antibiotic stewardship toolkit</a> in 2014 to help hospitals and health systems enhance their antimicrobial stewardship programs based on the CDC core elements, and in 2017 partnered with CDC <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/core-elements/small-critical.html">on guidance</a> to help small and critical access hospitals implement programs to improve antibiotic prescribing and use and reduce the threat of antibiotic-resistant infections. For more AHA resources to promote appropriate use of medical resources, <a href="/physician-alliance-care-well/appropriate-use/aha-physician-alliance">click here.</a><br />  </p> Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:07:12 -0500 Antibiotic Stewardship /center/strive Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:40:57 -0500 Antibiotic Stewardship /news/headline/2019-11-18-cdc-updates-core-elements-antibiotic-stewardship-hospitals <p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today updated its <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/core-elements/hospital.html">Core Elements for Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs</a> to reflect experience and evidence since releasing the elements of successful stewardship programs in 2014. Among other changes, the updates provide additional examples of leadership commitment to antibiotic stewardship programs; highlight priority interventions and process measures; and emphasize the key role that pharmacists and nurses play in improving antibiotic use in hospitals, including nursing’s role in improving urine culturing practices. AHA and its American Organization for Nursing Leadership have been long-time partners in CDC’s antibiotic stewardship effort. About 85% of acute care hospitals reported having all seven of the core elements in place in 2018, up from 41% in 2014. Under a <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-09-30/pdf/2019-20736.pdf">final rule</a> released in September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will require all acute care and critical access hospitals participating in Medicare to have antibiotic stewardship programs by March 30, 2020.</p> Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:13:26 -0600 Antibiotic Stewardship /news/headline/2019-11-13-cdc-releases-updated-report-antibiotic-resistance-threats <p>Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi cause more than 2.8 million infections and 35,000 deaths in the United States each year, according to a <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/biggest-threats.html">report</a> released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since CDC’s first report on antibiotic resistance threats in 2013, prevention efforts have reduced deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections by 18% overall and by nearly 30% in hospitals, the agency said. However, certain antibiotic-resistant infections are on the rise in the community, such as drug-resistant gonorrhea and Erythromycin-resistant streptococcus.<br />  <br /> “The 2013 report propelled the nation toward critical action and investments against antibiotic resistance,” said CDC Director Robert Redfield, M.D. “Today’s report demonstrates notable progress, yet the threat is still real. Each of us has an important role in combating it.”<br />  <br /> The AHA released an antibiotic stewardship <a href="/system/files/media/file/2019/05/ASP-Toolkit-v4.pdf">toolkit</a> in 2014 to help hospitals and health systems enhance their antimicrobial stewardship programs based on the CDC core elements, and in 2017 partnered with CDC on <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/core-elements/small-critical.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fantibiotic-use%2Fhealthcare%2Fimplementation%2Fcore-elements-small-critical.html">guidance</a> to help small and critical access hospitals implement programs to improve antibiotic prescribing and use and reduce the threat of antibiotic-resistant infections. For more AHA resources to promote appropriate use of medical resources, visit <a href="/physician-alliance-care-well/appropriate-use/aha-physician-alliance">www.aha.org</a>. </p> Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:02:24 -0600 Antibiotic Stewardship /news/headline/2019-09-24-hhs-celebrates-commitment-reduce-antibiotic-resistance <p>The Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last night <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/p0923-combat-antibiotic-resistance.html">celebrated</a> nearly 350 organizations, including the AHA, during the UN General Assembly in New York for their commitment to combat antimicrobial resistance as part of <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/intl-activities/amr-challenge.html">The AMR Challenge</a>. They asked partners to continue their commitments to reduce antibiotic resistance. “The success of the Challenge over the past year demonstrates what is possible, in the relatively short term, when we have real commitment to the fight against this pressing public health threat,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. AHA helped members reduce antimicrobial resistance through targeted assessments used in a CDC action collaborative to prevent infections. The AHA Physician Alliance also hosted a <a href="/physicians/high-value-care">collaborative</a> to drive appropriate antibiotic use and other high-value care initiatives. In addition, the association helps hospitals improve antibiotic use and share best practices through the <a href="http://www.hret-hiin.org">AHA-Health Research and Educational Trust Hospital Improvement Innovation Network</a>; <a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/preventing/index.html">Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Intensive Care Units</a>; the <a href="/center/performance-improvement/cdi-prevention-collaborative">C. Difficile Infection Prevention Collaborative</a>; and <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/training/strive.html">CDC/STRIVE Infection Control Training</a>. Jay Bhatt, D.O., AHA senior vice president and chief medical officer, represented AHA at the event.<br />  </p> Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:44:26 -0500 Antibiotic Stewardship /news/headline/2019-08-20-fda-approves-new-antibiotic-treat-community-acquired-pneumonia <p>The Food and Drug Administration yesterday <a href="https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-new-antibiotic-treat-community-acquired-bacterial-pneumonia">approved</a> a new antibiotic to treat adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia. The antibiotic, Xenleta, received priority review under an FDA Safety and Innovation Act designation for drug products intended to treat serious or life-threatening infections. About 1 million people are hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia annually in the United States. “For managing this serious disease, it is important for physicians and patients to have treatment options,” said Ed Cox, M.D., director of FDA’s Office of Antimicrobial Products. “This approval reinforces our ongoing commitment to address treatment of infectious diseases by facilitating the development of new antibiotics.”  <br />  </p> Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:35:46 -0500 Antibiotic Stewardship /news/headline/2019-08-20-cdc-reports-progress-improve-antibiotic-use-stewardship <p>The number of U.S. hospitals with an antibiotic stewardship program that meets all core elements recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention almost doubled between 2014 and 2017 to 3,816, according to a new <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/stewardship-report/index.html">report</a> by the CDC. The report highlights antibiotic stewardship improvements and resources since the agency’s last report in 2017. As of last year, for example, more than 7,600 outpatient facilities were working with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organizations to implement all core elements of outpatient antibiotic stewardship recommended by CDC. Highlighted resources include CDC’s <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/sepsis/pdfs/Sepsis-Surveillance-Toolkit-Aug-2018_508.pdf">2018 toolkit</a> to help hospitals track and improve antibiotic use in treating sepsis. </p> <p>The AHA released an <a href="/system/files/media/file/2019/05/ASP-Toolkit-v4.pdf">antibiotic stewardship toolkit</a> in 2014 to help hospitals and health systems enhance their antimicrobial stewardship programs based on the CDC core elements, and in 2017 partnered with CDC on <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/core-elements/small-critical.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fantibiotic-use%2Fhealthcare%2Fimplementation%2Fcore-elements-small-critical.html">guidance</a> to help small and critical access hospitals implement programs to improve antibiotic prescribing and use and reduce the threat of antibiotic-resistant infections. For more AHA resources to promote appropriate use of medical resources, visit <a href="/physician-alliance-care-well/appropriate-use/aha-physician-alliance">www.aha.org</a>. </p> Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:27:09 -0500 Antibiotic Stewardship