Mervat Ismail El-Borhamy
Misr International University, Egypt
Title: Antimicrobial stewardship: Implementation of local antibiotic policy in health care facilities
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Biography: Mervat Ismail El-Borhamy
Abstract
Antimicrobial stewardship is a multidisciplinary development of evidence-based practice guidelines incorporating local microbiology data and resistance patterns to improve antimicrobial utilization. The objective of the speech is to emphasize on the following crucial points: abuse of antibiotics and development of multidrug resistant bacteria (MDR) versus rational use of antibiotics, statistical data on MDR and how do we get started to implement local antibiotic policy, restricted antibiotic policy, recommendations to improve antimicrobial stewardship and recommendations to minimize the development of MDR.
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