Our Commitment to Antibiotic Stewardship
Antibiotics save lives, but are frequently prescribed unnecessarily. Harms from antibiotic overuse can be significant, especially for young children and frail older adults. Potential harms include drug reactions, drug interactions, and antibiotic-resistant infections, Clostridioides difficile infections, as well as obesity, and many other long-term effects that are being studied. While we prescribe antibiotics daily, we must do so only when it benefits the patient.
As part of our continuing commitment to provide the best quality care to our community, we are dedicated to improving antibiotic use through antibiotic stewardship. Antibiotic stewardship refers to a set of commitments and activities designed to “optimize the treatment of infections while reducing the adverse events associated with antibiotic use.”
We are committed to improving antibiotic prescribing practices, in order to better serve our patients. We will provide staff and resources to support antibiotic stewardship implementation. We are confident that with the support of front-line staff, prescribing clinicians, and residents and families, we will continue to provide our community with the best quality care by improving antibiotic use, and protecting them from the unintended harms of inappropriate antibiotic use.
Sincerely,
NextGenUC Providers
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