Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship to Reduce Treatment Resistance: A CDC Guideline Topline
In this at-a-glance Guideline Topline, we summarize the CDC's 2023 guidance on outpatient antimicrobial stewardship for busy primary care clinicians.
The core elements of outpatient antibiotic stewardship presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2023 add to their guidance from 2014 for hospitals and 2015 for hospital and nursing home settings.
The CDC describes antibiotic stewardship as the effort to measure and improve how antibiotics are prescribed by clinicians and used by patients.
"Improving antibiotic prescribing involves implementing effective strategies to modify prescribing practices to align them with evidence-based recommendations for diagnosis and management."
The following Guideline Topline slides highlight at-a-glance the 4 core elements that the CDC ascribes to outpatient antibiotic stewardship: commitment, action for policy and practice, tracking and reporting, and education and expertise.
Aims of antibiotic stewardship
CDC: Core elements of outpatient antibiotic stewardship
High-priority conditions for improving antibiotic prescribing
More high-priority conditions for improving antibiotic prescribing
Clostridioides difficile infection: Particular Condition of Concern in antibiotic resistance
Barriers to appropriate outpatient antibiotic prescribing
Audiences for CDC Guidelines on Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship
More audiences for CDC guidelines outpatient antibiotic stewardship
Health systems are targeted audience for CDC guidelines on antibiotic stewardship
CDC core element 1 for outpatient antibiotic stewardship: Commitment
CDC core element 2 for outpatient antibiotic stewardship: Policy and practice
CDC core element 3 for outpatient antibiotic stewardship: Tracking and reporting
CDC core element 4 for outpatient antibiotic stewardship: Education and experience
