Optimizing antimicrobial stewardship during operational upheaval: lessons in resiliency from the COVID-19 pandemic
Using a systems engineering informed qualitative approach, participants identified many modifiable challenges to AMS resiliency. Given the unfortunate reality that infectious disease pandemics and periods of operational stress are likely to occur in the future, we recommend that healthcare system leadership utilize the preexisting and real-time response strategies identified in this manuscript as a roadmap to ASP preparedness and a more proactive future response.
Authors
- Rebecca J. Schwei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6208-5703)
- Nicole E. Werner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-9491)
- Michael S. Pulia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5809-4060)
- Ashleen Kaur
- Lucas Schulz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6587-5439)
- Meggie Griffin
- Aurora Pop-Vicas
- Sarah Scalzo
- Helena Ikenberry
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2026.10415
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00