New antibiotic stewardship guidelines focus on practical advice for implementation

(Infectious Diseases Society of America) Preauthorization of broad-spectrum antibiotics and prospective review after two or three days of treatment should form the cornerstone of antibiotic stewardship programs to ensure the right drug is prescribed at the right time for the right diagnosis. These are among the numerous recommendations included in new guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and published in the journal ...