Content overview

For each of the fields of ASP, the handbook offers practical tools to reach a basic level of ASP. It addresses prescribers and other relevant staff in their daily clinical work in the acute care setting. It is based on a concept that CHUV developed in accordance with WHO guidelines.

Content of the handbook

  1. Strategic support, local team, and dedicated resources
  2. Antimicrobial consumption monitoring and reporting
  3. Local antimicrobial resistance statistics and C. difficile monitoring
  4. Antimicrobial treatment guidelines
  5. Education & training and raising awareness
  6. Antimicrobial precribing
  7. Prescribing audits with feedback to prescribers
  8. IT support and digitalization
  9. Reporting system