The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists has announced the nine hospitals selected for its Antimicrobial Stewardship Mentored Impact program.
Interested hospitals applied to participate in the program. The process included assembling a team of healthcare professionals and a proposed antimicrobial stewardship project plan.
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The program aims to develop and equip the hospitals with tools for successful antimicrobial stewardship programs. Hospitals will work with mentors, teams of physician and pharmacist, who will provide inter-professional guidance and assistance throughout the program.
The following are the nine hospitals selected for the program.
• Froedtert Hospital (Milwaukee)
• Mary Washington Hospital (Fredericksburg, Va.)
• Mercy Medical Center-Sioux City (Iowa)
• Shelby Baptist Medical Center (Alabaster, Ala.)
• St. Francis Hospital (Federal Way, Wash.)
• St. Mary Medical Center (Langhorne, Pa.)
• St. Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles)
• Straub Clinic and Hospital (Honolulu)
• TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital (Houston)
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