Complimentary MDRO Toolkit: What Every Health Care Executive Should Know: The Cost of Antibiotic Resistance

Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) prevention and control is one of the most complex management issues that health care executives face. The clinical and financial burden to patients and health care providers is staggering. According to Barbara Soule, RN, MPA, CIC, Joint Commission Resources (JCR) Practice Leader, Infection Prevention and Control Services, “Patients who are infected with MDROs often have an increased risk of prolonged illness and mortality. The cost of care for these patients can be more than double as compared to those without MDRO infection.”   

JCR, supported in part by funding from Ortho McNeil, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is privileged to announce the release of What Every Health Care Executive Should Know: The Cost of Antibiotic Resistance , an innovative, evidence-based, and practical collection of senior leadership resources, including:

► Comprehensive background information, including an in-depth analysis and summary of current clinical and financial evidence
    and research,
► Clinical and financial assessment, monitoring, and analysis tools that can immediately be adopted and used in practice by
    health care organizations,
► Educational presentations to engage leaders, physicians, and staff in understanding the criticality of MDRO prevention
    and control in their own organizations, and 
► Best practices, successful case studies, and interventions for sustainable improvement in MDRO prevention and control, 
    such as the implementation of effective antibiotic stewardship and transmission control programs.

What Every Health Care Executive Should Know: The Cost of Antibiotic Resistance was created by leading clinical experts, including Soule and Stephen Weber, MD, MS, assistant professor, Infectious Diseases and Medical Director Infection Control and Clinical Quality University of Chicago Medical Center and JCR Infection Prevention consultant, with contributions from other recognized medical authorities and best practice hospitals.

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