Assessment of core capacities for antimicrobial stewardship practices in indian hospitals: Report from a multicentric initiative of global health security agenda

• Published in: Indian journal of medical microbiology Vol. 37; no. 3; p. 309
• Main Authors: Purva, Mathur, Randeep, Guleria, Rajesh, Malhotra, Mahesh, C Misra, Sunil, Gupta, Subodh, Kumar, Sushma, Sagar, Naveet, Wig, Pramod, Garg, Arti, Kapil, Surbhi, Khurana, Omika, Katoch, Sonal, Katyal, Manoj, Sahu, Arunaloke, Chakrabarti, Pallab, Ray, Manisha, Biswal, Neelam, Taneja, Priscilla, Rupali, Subaramani, K, Ebor, Jacob, Veeraraghavan, Balaji, Camilla, Rodrigues, Vijayalakshmi, Nag, Vibhor, Tak, Kuldeep, Singh, Pradeep, K Bhatia, Neeraj, Gupta, Daisy, Khera, Vimala, Venkatesh, Chiranjay, Mukhopadhyay, Vandana, K E, Muralidhar, Varma, Vijayshri, Deotale, Ruchita, Attal, Kanne, Padmaja, Sukanya, Sudhaharan, Chand, Wattal, Neeraj, Goel, Sanjay, Bhattacharya, Sourav, Sen, Karuna, Tadepalli, Saurabh, Saigal, Behera, Bijayini, Sanjeev, Singh, Thirunarayan, M A, Reema, Nath, Lahri, Saikia, Raja, Ray, Hirak, J Raj, Sujata, Baveja, Desma, D'Souza, Mammen, Chandy, Sudipta, Mukherjee, Manas, K Roy, Gaurav, Goel, Swagata, Tripathy, Satyajeet, Misra, Anupam, Dey, Tushar, S Mishra, Bashir, A Fomda, Gulnaz, Bashir, Shaista, Nazir, Sulochana, Devi, Khuraijam, R Devi, Langpoklakpam, C Singh, Padma, Das, Anudita, Bhargava, Ujjwala, Gaikwad, Neeta, Khandelwal, Geeta, Vaghela, Tanvi, Sukharamwala, Shristi, Jain, Prachi, Verma, Mamta, Lamba, Prithwis, Bhattacharyya, Anil, C Phukan, Clarissa, Lyngdoh, Rajni, Gaind, Rushika, Saksena, Lata, Kapoor, Vinod, Ohri, Kamini, Walia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2019
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antimicrobial Stewardship; Hospitals; Humans; India; India; assessment; Antimicrobials; stewardship; Global Health Security Agenda; India

Antimicrobial-resistant HAI (Healthcare associated infection) are a global challenge due to their impact on patient outcome. Implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programmes (AMSP) is needed at institutional and national levels. Assessment of core capacities for AMSP is an important starting p...