Antimicrobial Stewardship

Preferred Label : Antimicrobial Stewardship;

MeSH definition : Programs and guidelines for selecting optimal ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS regimens in an effort to maintain antibiotic efficacy, reduce CROSS INFECTION related to ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE while managing satisfactory clinical and economic outcomes.;

MeSH synonym : Stewardship, Antimicrobial;

DeCS synonym : Antibiotic Stewardship;

MeSH hyponym : Stewardship, Antibiotic;

Details

Origin ID

D000073602;

UMLS CUI

C4505099;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- Antibiotic Stewardship [MeSH concept]
- Antimicrobial Stewardship [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- anti-infective agents [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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