Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide

The Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide provides toolkits to help nursing homes optimize their use of antibiotics.

Toolkits on four topic areas are available.

Two toolkits help nursing homes start and maintain antimicrobial stewardship programs.

Areas of Interest

Three toolkits provide guidance on the decision to treat a potential infection.

Three toolkits describe how to work with a lab and use an antibiogram.

This toolkit helps residents and family members participate in residents' care.

How to use this guide and why antimicrobial stewardship is important for nursing homes.

The toolkits cover a variety of interventions that nursing homes can use to improve antibiotic use.