The Expanding Role of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Hospitals in the United States: Lessons Learned from a Multisite Qualitative Study

The study provides valuable insights on program implementation at a sample of leading ASPs across the United States. These ASPs used expansion of personnel to amplify the ASP's impact and integrated IT resources into daily work flow to improve efficiency. These findings can be used to guide implementation at other hospitals and aid in future policy development.