Antibiotic Stewardship in Disaster Situations: Lessons Learned in Lebanon

A post-prescription review and feedback program was implemented as an antimicrobial stewardship intervention in Lebanon as the country grappled with complete economic collapse, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a large blast in Beirut. We describe the implications of antimicrobial use in disaster preparedn...

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Autores principales: Shallal, Anita, Lahoud, Chloe, Zervos, Marcus, Matar, Madonna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9137475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35625204
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11050560
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author Shallal, Anita
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description A post-prescription review and feedback program was implemented as an antimicrobial stewardship intervention in Lebanon as the country grappled with complete economic collapse, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a large blast in Beirut. We describe the implications of antimicrobial use in disaster preparedness and crisis situations, the sequelae related to increasing antimicrobial resistance, and our lessons learned in Lebanon. We explore opportunities and potential solutions for future disaster preparedness.
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spelling pubmed-91374752022-05-28 Antibiotic Stewardship in Disaster Situations: Lessons Learned in Lebanon Shallal, Anita Lahoud, Chloe Zervos, Marcus Matar, Madonna Antibiotics (Basel) Perspective A post-prescription review and feedback program was implemented as an antimicrobial stewardship intervention in Lebanon as the country grappled with complete economic collapse, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a large blast in Beirut. We describe the implications of antimicrobial use in disaster preparedness and crisis situations, the sequelae related to increasing antimicrobial resistance, and our lessons learned in Lebanon. We explore opportunities and potential solutions for future disaster preparedness. MDPI 2022-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9137475/ /pubmed/35625204 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11050560 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Antibiotic Stewardship in Disaster Situations: Lessons Learned in Lebanon
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