HASTINGS — A Mary Lanning Healthcare program to monitor and improve the use of antibiotics in the hospital recently received recognition from a national academic publication.
The American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy published its article featuring the MLH antimicrobial Stewardship program in its April issue. Justin Lane, MLH’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, was interviewed about the program. Lane works with Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Daniel Brailita, the MLH hospitalist staff and infection preventionists.
The April 15 article highlights the success of the MLH antimicrobial stewardship program, which has helped to reduce the number of hospital-acquired infections for its patients. The program also has reduced the hospital’s usage of certain antibiotics.
Many hospitals the size of MLH do not have a program dedicated to antimicrobial stewardship. But Lane, who conducts the daily operations of the program, works by rounding with other healthcare providers and recommending interventions. Clinicians accepted 94 percent of the program’s recommendations from November 2017 through March 2019.
The American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of drug therapy and pharmacy practice specific to hospitals.