Society guideline links: Antimicrobial stewardship

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance (2016)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Using antibiotics wisely

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on antimicrobial stewardship in daily practice – Managing an important resource (2014, reaffirmed 2020)

United States

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Core elements of antibiotic stewardship

●Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): Antimicrobial stewardship

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Antimicrobial stewardship (2024)

●SHEA: Statement on antibiotic stewardship in hospitals during public health emergencies (2022)

●American College of Physicians (ACP): Appropriate use of short-course antibiotics in common infections – Best practice advice (2021)

●Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guideline for the management of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (2018)