Community hospitals have unique antimicrobial stewardship challenges, but there are many practical strategies for expanding and implementing antimicrobial stewardship in this setting, said Mary Hutton, PharmD, BCIDP, an infectious diseases pharmacist with Utah Valley Hospital, part of Intermountain Health, in Provo.
In an international survey study of 660 hospitals in 67 countries, the biggest barriers to adoption or expansion of antimicrobial stewardship programs cited were lack of personnel or