Hospital programs for surveilling multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria should be more streamlined to be effective, proportional and fair, CARe researchers argue.
Hospital screening of patients for antibiotic resistant bacteria is a backbone of good antibiotic stewardship. In a new original research article, published in the established healthcare ethical journal Monah Bioethics Review, an interdisciplinary group of CARe researchers argue for reform of existing hospital screening programs to detect colonization of multi-drug resistant gram-negative (MDRGN) bacteria in patients.