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antimicrobial stewardship (AMS)

Coordinated interventions designed to promote, improve, monitor and evaluate the judicious use of antimicrobials so as to preserve their future effectiveness and to promote and protect human and animal health. Antimicrobial stewardship encompasses the 5Rs of antimicrobial use (AMU): responsibility, reduction, refinement, replacement and review.



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