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Medication Management (MM) (Nursing Care Center / Nursing Care Center)

Antimicrobial Stewardship – Data Collection, Analysis, and Reporting - Standard MM.09.01.01 EP 7

Modify | January 13, 2017

What type of antimicrobial stewardship data should organizations collect, analyze, and report?

The Joint Commission is not requiring any specific antimicrobial stewardship data in Standard MM.09.01.01. The organization must determine the antimicrobial stewardship data it will collect, analyze, and report. The CDC’s Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs at https://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/healthcare/pdfs/core-elements.pdf and The Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes at https://www.cdc.gov/longtermcare/prevention/antibiotic-stewardship.html provide examples of measures that can be used to collect antimicrobial stewardship data and should be considered by organizations.

Additionally, the National Quality Partners Playbook on Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care provides examples of basic, intermediate, and advanced measures. (http://www.qualityforum.org/Publications/2016/05/National_Quality_Partners_Playbook__Antibiotic_Stewardship_in_Acute_Care.aspx)

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