Originally published by our sister publication Pharmacy Practice News
Rebekah H. Wrenn, PharmD
Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) pharmacists managed a flood of new SARS-CoV-2 anti-infectives and chipped in wherever else they were needed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But those efforts exacted a price: a de-emphasis on basic AMS services that may have led in some places to an initial surge in potentially inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, studies