Microbiological Improvement by Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Infection Control in Japan

Masafumi Seki and Yuji Watanab

Abstract

Antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) has recently been implemented in clinical settings in Japan. The microbiological effects of an ASP and the related team (AST)/Infection Control Team (ICT) in our tertiary hospital were shown in significant improvement of antibiotic susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.