Antimicrobial stewardship programs in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

To evaluate the state-of-the-art of antimicrobial stewardship programs in Emilia-Romagna we sent a questionnaire to university hospitals (UH) and Local Health Authorities hospitals (LHAH) of Emilia-Romagna.

A multiple-choice questionnaire was sent to all public UH/LHAH of the region. The survey was constituted by 18 different questions, in 7 sections. An 8 parameters antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) score was calculated (score 0-14).

International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC 2011) Geneva, Switzerland. 29 June-2 July 2011

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BMC Proceedings, 5 (Suppl 6): P143, 2011