By Ethan Covey
Hospitals operated by the Department of Defense have a 4.5% lower rate of adherence to CDC guidelines for antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) than other national hospitals, according to data presented at IDWeek 2023, held in Boston (poster 1254).
“In 2014, President Obama released the executive order Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, also known as CARB,” said LeeAnne C. Lynch, MPH, a doctoral candidate working in the Infectious Disease Clinical Research