pharmacy committee, patient safety committee structure (e.g. pharmacy committee, committee or other relevant structure)? patient safety committee or other relevant structure). In all cases, this antimicrobial stewardship committee is explicitly in charge of setting and coordinating the antimicrobial stewardship programme/strategy in its mandate/terms of reference. Checklist item 2.3: Selected by 15 experts. Initial item selected by 9 experts: Is there a Is there a healthcare professional Rephrasing suggested: Is there a healthcare healthcare professional identified as a leader for identified as a leader for antimicrobial provider engaged in patient care identified as a antimicrobial stewardship activities at your stewardship activities at your facility clinical leader for antimicrobial stewardship hospital and responsible for implementing the and responsible for implementing the activities at your hospital and responsible for programme? programme? implementing and evaluating the programme? Checklist item 2.4: by 12 experts. - Selected Is there a document clearly defining With an accompanying comment: We refer here roles, procedures of collaboration and to the core operational team of healthcare responsibilities of the antimicrobial professionals (led by the clinical leader) who will stewardship team members? implement the antimicrobial stewardship strategy on the ground’. This is different from the ‘daily antimicrobial stewardship committee, which is a larger formal organizational structure, that includes antimicrobial stewardship team members and other relevant professionals and administrators. In resource-limited settings or small hospitals, although desirable, it is sometimes difficult to have an antimicrobial stewardship team; in that case, the antimicrobial stewardship clinical leader will implement the
pharmacy committee, patient safety committee or other relevant structure)? committee structure (e.g. pharmacy committee, patient safety committee or other relevant structure). In all cases, this antimicrobial stewardship committee is explicitly in charge of setting and coordinating the antimicrobial stewardship programme/strategy in its mandate/terms of reference. Checklist item 2.3: Is there a healthcare professional identified as a leader for antimicrobial stewardship activities at your facility and responsible for implementing the programme? Selected by 15 experts. Rephrasing suggested: Is there a healthcare provider engaged in patient care identified as a clinical leader for antimicrobial stewardship activities at your hospital and responsible for implementing and evaluating the programme? Initial item selected by 9 experts: Is there a healthcare professional identified as a leader for antimicrobial stewardship activities at your hospital and responsible for implementing the programme? Checklist item 2.4: Is there a document clearly defining roles, procedures of collaboration and responsibilities of the antimicrobial stewardship team members? Selected by 12 experts. With an accompanying comment: We refer here to the core operational team of healthcare professionals (led by the clinical leader) who will implement the antimicrobial stewardship strategy ‘daily on the ground’. This is different from the antimicrobial stewardship committee, which is a larger formal organizational structure, that includes antimicrobial stewardship team members and other relevant professionals and administrators. In resource-limited settings or small hospitals, although desirable, it is sometimes difficult to have an antimicrobial stewardship team; in that case, the antimicrobial stewardship clinical leader will implement the -