The National Quality Forum, the CDC and Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America led a team of experts to create a guide for hospitals of all sizes on how to implement an antibiotic ...

Roughly 60 percent of U.S. antibiotic use in humans is received in outpatient settings, according to the CDC, making that care setting critically important in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

The CDC has released a new resource, Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes, which adapts its hospital guidance for the nursing home environment. The guide includes practical ways ...

A new CDC report shows that infections caused by multi-drug-resistant bacteria known colloquially as “nightmare bacteria” surged in the United States from 2019 to 2023. Carbapenem-resistant ...

The latest issue of the CDC’s monthly Vital Signs report is taking serious aim at correcting practices relating to antibiotic resistance, including recommendations for antibiotic prescription, ...

Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, an annual event to raise awareness about antibiotic resistance and appropriate antibiotic prescription and use, runs Nov. 14-20 this year. In honor of this annual ...

The percentage of patients who were discharged with an antibiotic prescription was at its highest level during the first year of the study period, with 24% in 2013, and dropped to 20% in 2016, the ...

Researchers have found a superbug resistant to all antibiotic treatments, including “last resort” drugs, according to a report from The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Findings like this have accelerated ...

A review and meta-analysis highlights sharply rising resistance to colistin in clinical specimens of Acinetobacter baumannii ...

A recent study conducted by researchers from Intermountain Medical Center and the University of Utah School of Medicine, both in Salt Lake City, found the rates of antibiotic use in community ...

Share on Pinterest The CDC issued a warning over a multi-drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” that’s been surging in the United States. Getty Images A new CDC report found a sharp increase in ...