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Policy Statement on Antimicrobial Stewardship

In a new position paper, IDSA, SHEA, and PIDS urge health care systems and policymakers to step up efforts to protect patients by preserving the effectiveness of available antibiotics through antimicrobial stewardship. (2012)

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

In June 2010, the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) published new MIC and disk diffusion interpretive criteria (i.e., breakpoints) for the Enterobacteriaceae for five cephalosporins.

IDSA Practice Guidelines on MRSA

These guidelines on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) discuss the management of a variety of clinical syndromes associated with MRSA disease, including skin and soft tissue infections, bacteremia and endocarditis, pneumonia, bone and joint infections, and central nervous system infections. (2011)

IDSA/SHEA Practice Guidelines on Antimicrobial Stewardship

This document presents guidelines for developing institutional programs to enhance antimicrobial stewardship, an activity that includes appropriate selection, dosing, route, and duration of antimicrobial therapy. (2007)

IDSA/SHEA Practice Guidelines on Clostridium difficile

This guideline from IDSA and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) is designed to improve the diagnosis and management of Clostridium difficile infection in adult patients. (2010)

Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals

This compendium of practice recommendations was sponsored and authored by IDSA and SHEA. Partners were the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, the Joint Commission, and the American Hospital Association. (2008)

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