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2020
Publication or report

The 2020 Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard describes the key components of care for patients who have an infection or who or at risk of an infection. It contains eight quality statements and ten indicators.

Purpose

Purpose

To optimise patients’ antimicrobial therapy through clinical assessment and review of the appropriateness of the antimicrobial and of investigation results.

Purpose

Purpose

To inform patients about their clinical condition so that they can participate in decision-making about their treatment options in collaboration with their clinician. This may or may not include antimicrobials.

Purpose

To support appropriate antimicrobial selection with relevant microbiology testing when clinically indicated.

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