Abstract

• Inpatient antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) within acute care hospitals have been shown to improve patient outcomes, shorten length of stay, reduce antimicrobial resistance, and are cost effective • ASPs initiated in the ICU have shown to decrease antimicrobial utilization, length of stay, and cost and are prime targets for ASP intervention due to the high rate of antimicrobial use Primary objective • To assess the impact of a pharmacist-led inpatient antimicrobial stewardship program in a community teaching hospital ICU one year following program implementation.

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