The Joint Commission recently released new standards for antibiotic stewardship for field review. They aim to get more hospitals and institutions thinking about antibiotic stewardship programs and how their prescribing habits affect antibiotic resistance. Although it seems there may be opposition by some clinicians (as there always is with any change), hopefully antibiotic stewardship standards will become more widely accepted and implemented in the near future. I’m almost surprised this didn’t happen sooner!
New Standards for Antibiotic Stewardship
