Antimicrobial Stewardship Tools

CPA have developed the CwPAMS Antimicrobial Stewardship Checklist based on an international consensus in 2018. This was adapted to suit the requirements of the projects and considering the settings through a delphi review method. 

1. Senior hospital management leadership towards antimicrobial stewardship
2. Accountability and responsibilities
3. Available expertise on infection management
4. Education and practical training
5. Other actions aiming at responsible antimicrobial use
6. Monitoring and surveillance (on a continuous basis)
7. Reporting and feedback (on a continuous basis)

Pulcini, C. et al. Developing core elements and checklist items for global hospital antimicrobial stewardship programmes: a consensus approach. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 25, 20–25 (2019). (Availabile from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2018.03.033)

CPA have developed the CwPAMS Antimicrobial Stewardship Checklist based on an international consensus in 2018. This was adapted to suit the requirements of the projects and considering the settings through a delphi review method. The CwPAMS checklist is incorporated in the CwPAMS toolkit which also gives case studies of actions that can be taken to improve antimicrobial stewardship.

The checklist can be used to complete a baseline assessment of AMS in health-care facilities.

CwPAMS Tool Kit

WHO has produced a practical tool kit to  support low and middle income countries to develop AMS in health care facilities. It contains two checklists.

Checklist of essential national core elements for AMS programmes in LMICs 

Checklist of essential health-care facility core elements for AMS programmes in LMICs 

World Health Organisation Practical Tool Kit https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/329404/9789241515481-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

WHO policy guidance on integrated antimicrobial stewardship activity aims to provide a set of evidence-based and pragmatic recommendations to drive comprehensive and integrated AMS activities under the purview of a central national coordination unit, National AMR steering or coordinating committees or other equivalent national authorities.

The policy guidance complements the Global Action Plan, the WHO practical toolkit for AMS programmes in health-care facilities in low- and middle-income countries and other WHO guidance in surveillance, IPC and WASH..

WHO policy guidance on integrated antimicrobial stewardship activities