Therapeutic Thursdays: Updates to the CDC Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs

The CDC recently released critical updates to the Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs.  First released in 2014, CDC’s Core Elements for Hospital Stewardship Programs offer providers and facilities a set of key principles to guide efforts to improve antibiotic use and, therefore, advance patient safety and improve outcomes. Hosted by Anna Legreid Dopp, Director of Clinical Guidelines and Quality Improvement, we are joined by two experts from the CDC to provide an overview of these timely updates.