Box 3.

Antimicrobial Stewardship Aligns with the 10 Essential Services of Public Health

Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and antimicrobial utilization trends monitor and detect at the national, state, regional, and community levels.

Surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility across nations, states, regions, and communities.

The provision of information through education empowers patients, healthcare providers, and other agencies on appropriate antimicrobial use.

Collaborate with the community’s organization, such as non-governmental and governmental organizations geared towards patient safety regionally and nationally, hospitals, long-term care facilities, and healthcare systems in promoting antimicrobial stewardship strategies across regions, particularly with shared patient populations.

Identify and share best practices and policies in AMS widely.

Provide advocacy initiatives for promoting legislation to improve patient safety, reduce exposure, and develop resistant infections.

Establish linkages amongst healthcare entities to enhance AMS across regions.

Ensure effective ASP is established within healthcare facilities.

Monitor and evaluate ASP towards improvement in healthcare facilities.

The creation of innovative research solutions to obstacles in AMS implementation.

Note: Data from these studies.^74,81,82