A Public Health Approach to Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-term Care Facilities: A Multifaceted Program in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts AS Reporting Program demonstrates that sustained, data-driven public health-academic collaboration can advance antimicrobial stewardship in LTC. By combining benchmarking, feedback, education, and recognition, public health agencies can support stewardship engagement and promote sustainable improvement in antibiotic use across resource-limited settings.
Authors
- Majd Alsoubani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1239-3510)
- Benjamin Koethe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8019-181X)
- Christina Brandeburg
- Maureen Campion (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5167-0766)
- Jessica Leaf
- Eileen McHale
- Kirthana Beaulac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9411-2967)
- Shira Doron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9139-0857)
- Amanda Slider
- Leslie Fowle
- Barbara Bolstorff
- Gabriela Andujar Vazquez
- Catherine Reilly
- Melissa Cumming
- Kap Sum Foong
Institutions
- Tufts University (US)
- Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center (US)
- Tufts Medical Center (US)
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health (US)
- Emerson Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciag092
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00