Antibiotic Stewardship in Long-Term Care Facilities
The Pew Trusts Antibiotic Resistance project offers important and timely background information and analysis on the challenges of treating infections in nursing homes. Well sourced, with links to relevant studies.
“Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019” (2019 AR Threats Report) is a publication of the Antibiotic Resistance Coordination and Strategy Unit within the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The full 2019 AR Threats Report, including methods and appendices, is available online.
Acute Care Hospital Toolkit
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released this resource to support implementation of the “Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making” and improve antibiotic prescribing.
Flu Trackers
A volunteer, civilian crowdsourcing effort monitoring infectious disease outbreaks worldwide.
HealthMap
Internet-based reporting system run out of Boston Children’s Hospital, Computational Epidemiology Lab
ProMEDmail
Internet-based reporting system that collects and disseminates information from multiple sources about emerging infectious diseases around the world.