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Infectious Disease Prevention and Investigation Antibiotic Stewardship

Florida Health

Disease Control

Antibiotic stewardship has several proven benefits that include protecting patients from unintended consequences, improving treatment of infections, and helping combat antibiotic resistance. These data reflect programs in acute care hospital settings.

CDC’s Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship offer providers and facilities a set of key principles to guide efforts to improve antibiotic use and, therefore, advance patient safety and improve outcomes. CDC recognizes that there is no “one size fits all” approach to optimize antibiotic use for all settings.



Core Elements for Antibiotic Stewardship in Nursing Homes

  • Leadership Commitment
  • Pharmacy Expertise
  • Action
  • Tracking
  • Reporting
  • Education
  • Identify physician, nursing, and pharmacy leads responsible for promoting and overseeing antibiotic stewardship activities in your facility.

Percent of Florida’s acute care hospitals meeting accountability core element

Accountability 99.1% - 0.9%

Data is based on 2021 National Healthcare Safety Network, Patient Safety Component Annual Hospital Survey (survey completed each year).  219 of 221 eligible facilities demonstrate the accountability core element. Facility survey response based on facility’s ability to demonstrate accountability, by appointing an antibiotic stewardship program leader.

  • Strong engagement of pharmacists, either as a leader or co-leader of your antibiotic stewardship program.

Percent of Florida’s acute care hospitals meeting pharmacy expertise core element:

Pharmacy Expertise 100%

Data is based on 2021 National Healthcare Safety Network, Patient Safety Component Annual Hospital Survey (survey completed each year).  221 of 221 eligible facilities demonstrate the pharmacy expertise core element. Facility survey response based on facility’s ability to appoint a pharmacy leader or provide pharmacy expertise to antibiotic stewardship program.

  • Implementation of antibiotic stewardship interventions that improve patient outcomes.

Percent of Florida’s acute care hospitals meeting action core element:

 Action 99.5% -- 0.5%

Data is based on 2021 National Healthcare Safety Network, Patient Safety Component Annual Hospital Survey (survey completed each year).  220 of 221 eligible facilities demonstrate the action core element. Facility survey response based on facility’s ability to implement antibiotic stewardship interventions that improve antibiotic use and patient outcomes.

  • Measurement of antibiotic stewardship interventions, including both processes and outcomes.

Percent of Florida’s acute care hospitals meeting tracking core element:

 Tracking 99.5% -- 0.5%

Data is based on 2021 National Healthcare Safety Network, Patient Safety Component Annual Hospital Survey (survey completed each year).  220 of 221 eligible facilities demonstrate the tracking core element. Facility survey response based on facility’s ability to monitor and track their antibiotic stewardship program.

 

Count, by month, of Florida acute care hospitals reporting antibiotic usage data in the National Health Safety Network (NHSN):

 Tracking count by month Jan 2022 94 to Aug 2022 70

Count, by month, of Florida acute care hospitals reporting antibiotic resistance data in the National Health Safety Network (NHSN):

 Tracking count by month. Jan 2022 65 to Aug 2022 53

 

 

  • Provide regular feedback on antibiotic use and resistance to prescribing clinicians, nursing staff and other team members.

Percent of Florida's acute care hospitals meeting tracking core element:

 Reporting 100%

Data is based on 2021 National Healthcare Safety Network, Patient Safety Component Annual Hospital Survey (survey completed each year).  221 of 221 eligible facilities demonstrate the tracking core element. Facility survey response based on facility’s ability to monitor and track their antibiotic stewardship

  • Provide resources to clinicians, nursing staff, residents and families about antibiotic resistance and opportunities for improving antibiotic use.

Percent of Florida’s acute care hospitals meeting education core element:

 Education 100%

 

Data is based on 2021 National Healthcare Safety Network, Patient Safety Component Annual Hospital Survey (survey completed each year).  221 of 221 eligible facilities demonstrate the tracking core element. Facility survey response based on facility’s ability to monitor and track their antibiotic stewardship program.

 

 

Antibiotic Stewardship Resources