The Role of Diagnostic Stewardship in Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

Abstract

Emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a threat to human which can be controlled by antimicrobial stewardship program. One of the key element of AMSP is diagnostic stewardship which implies judicious selection analysis and timely reporting of diagnostic tests and hence assisting the clinician for targeted antimicrobial therapy A clinical microbiologist can perform selective reporting and cascade reporting of antibiotics and can help to differentiate contaminant from pathogen.