Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship program on the use of carbapenems in a tertiary women's and children's hospital, Singapore.

Objectives: Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) promote the judicious use of antimicrobials by limiting inappropriate use. This article evaluates the impact of a prospective-audit-and-feedback ASP implementation on the appropriate utilization of carbapenems in a tertiary pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology hospital in Singapore (KKH) after the establishment of an ASP in July 2011.

Methods: This was a prospective, single-center, pre-post intervention study designed to analyze the appropriate prescribing of carbapenems pre-ASP (October 2009 to June 2011) and post-ASP (July 2011 to December 2013).