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Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital receives IDSA Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence Designation
SOMERSET— Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital has been awarded the Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence designation by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
The designation recognizes institutions that have created stewardship programs led by infectious diseases-trained physicians and pharmacists that advance science in antimicrobial resistance.
The institutions also have achieved standards aligned with evidence-based national guidelines, such as the IDSA- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America guidelines and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’ s Core Elements.
A total of 187 programs nationwide have received the designation since the program’ s launch in 2017.
“ Solving the next public health emergency starts with addressing the threat of antimicrobial resistance at every level,” said Steven K. Schmitt, MD, FIDSA, president of IDSA.“ These nine institutions are working to counter the growing problem of resistance, one of the greatest threats facing our future. By honoring them, we are building a community fighting antimicrobial resistance.”
A recently published CDC fact sheet analyzes the threat of AMR in the U. S. and the impact COVID-19 had on health care facilities.
CDC says the number of reported clinical cases of C. auris increased nearly five-fold from 2019 to 2022.
Additionally, CDC shows that six bacterial antimicrobial-resistant hospitalonset infections increased by a combined 20 % during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic period, peaking in 2021 and remaining above pre-pandemic levels in 2022.
“ Fighting antimicrobial resistance remains a priority for IDSA as we continue to support legislative efforts to strengthen the U. S. response to antimicrobial resistance by advocating for passage of the Pioneering
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