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Montana Antimicrobial Stewardship Resources
The Montana Antimicrobial Stewardship (ABS) Collaborative is a group effort to create a statewide Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) implementation plan. Our goal is to collaborate, assist and offer resources, expertise and tools through multiple programs for use by Montana inpatient and outpatient facilities. Montana ABS Collaborative members include:
- Mountain-Pacific: Regional Healthcare Improvement Collaborative (RHIC), Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) and Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) programs
- Montana Hospital Association: Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN), FLEX and STRIVE programs
- Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
- University of Montana: Skaggs School of Pharmacy
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New Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP) Resources:
Here are new resources to help you with your ASP implementation:
- Updated for 2021 – Antibiotic Usage – Days of Therapy Tracking Spreadsheet. This ABS tracking tool is shared by the Montana Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative and developed by the Montana Rural Hospital Flexibility Program. It can be used to track antibiotic usage.
- Jumpstart Stewardship – Implementation Guide for ASP in Ambulatory settings
- HRET HIIN Antimicrobial Stewardship Change Package
- Antibiotic Stewardship Resources for Long Term Care
Antibiotic Stewardship Implementation Guides:
- Jump Start Stewardship Toolkit – Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship in a Small, Rural Hospital
- Jumpstart Stewardship Toolkit – Implementation Guide for ASP in Ambulatory settings
- CDC’s Implementation Guide of Antibiotic Stewardship Core Elements at Small and Critical Access Hospitals
- American Hospital Association’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit
- National Quality Partners Playbook: Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care
- Joint Commission Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Toolkit
Montana ABS Collaborative Resources:
- Montana Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative Blog
- Jumpstart Workbook – Excel Document
- Antibiotic Stewardship Program Policy – St. Peter’s Hospital
- Antibiotic Stewardship Program Policy – St. Luke Community Healthcare
- How St. Peter’s Hospital Uses CDC Core Elements in Their Antibiotic Stewardship Program
- Montana ABS Collaborative webinar materials
- Montana ABS Collaborative Antibiotic Days of Therapy tracking tool updated 2019
Other Antibiotic Stewardship Resources:
- Mountain-Pacific – QIO Outpatient ABS Tools and Resources
- Mountain-Pacific – QIO Nursing Home ABS Tools and Resources
- CDC Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship
- CDC Community Pharmacy Antibiotic Stewardship Webpage
- CDC Nursing Home Antibiotic Stewardship webpage
- HRET HIIN Antibiotic Stewardship Resources
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
- Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists (SIDP)
- A new article from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Nurses Association: The Role of Registered Nurses in Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Practices
- National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Surveillance for Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance Options
- Duke Antimicrobial Stewardship Outreach Network
- ID Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
- Certificate Training Programs
- Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases (MAD-ID) Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate Training Program
- Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate Training Program
- Examples of various antimicrobial policy and procedure documents
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