Northwestern Medicine Antimicrobial Stewardship

Welcome to Northwestern Medicine Antimicrobial Stewardship

Our Mission

To ensure that our patients receive the safest and most effective antimicrobial therapy for their infection while preserving and protecting the effectiveness of these endangered resources for future patients.

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Antibiotic Awareness Week
November 12-16

Join us in celebrating Antibiotic Awareness Week!

Our NM Antimicrobial Stewardship Team works continuously to support our clinicians in their decision to prescribe antibiotic orders. Please reach out to your NM hospital's antibiotic stewardship team for resources and clinical decision support. Visit our team page here.

Northwestern Medicine's Antimicrobial Resources

CDC reports over 2 million illnesses and 23,000 deaths annual from infections that are resistant to antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance adds $20 billion in excess direct health care costs, $35 billion societal costs for lost productivity
The use of antibiotics is the single most important factor leading to resistance
Nearly 50% of all antibiotics ordered in hospitals are not needed or inappropriate prescribed
At least 30% of antibiotics in U.S. outpatient settings are prescribed unnecessarily
Fighting antibiotic resistance is a public health and national security priority