Figure 1

Antimicrobial stewardship programs flowchart. ^*Hospitalized patients: High care, internal medicine, surgery, orthopedics, cerebral surgery, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology and oral surgery units. ^†Antimicrobial use: used Glycopeptides or Carbapenems used 3,4-Generation Cephalosporins or Quinolones for 14 days or more. ^‡Pathogenic microorganisms: Positive blood cultures, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing organisms, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistant to at least one among Carbapenems, Quinolones or Aminoglycosides ^§Team: a team comprised of medical doctors, pharmacists and microbiology technologists. The team then provided recommendations based on the supplemental elements to primary physicians who prescribed injectable antimicrobials. Other: recommendations for alternate agents and blood cultres.