A systematic review of the hospitals’ antimicrobial stewardship programs implemented to improve antibiotics’ utilization, cost and resistance patterns

• Main Authors: Shirazi, Ovais Ullah, Ab Rahman, Norny Syafinaz, Zin, Che Suraya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kulliyyah of Pharmacy 2022
• Subjects: RA643 Communicable Diseases and Public Health; RC111 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/96838/1/96838_A%20systematic%20review%20of%20the%20hospitals%E2%80%99.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/96838/; https://journals.iium.edu.my/ktn/index.php/jp/article/view/76/56
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Introduction: The high reliance of the physicians and surgeons on the antibiotics since their discovery has led to an irrational antibiotic utilization which not only has raised the incidence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) but also increased the cost of treatment with antibiotics as high use of a...