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Twenty-two New Jersey hospitals were recognized by the Department of Health earlier this month for developing top performing antimicrobial stewardship programs.

The New Jersey Antimicrobial Stewardship Recognition Awards is a voluntary, incentive program that encourages health care facilities to assess how well they are applying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship, a set of key principles to guide efforts to improve antibiotic use, advance patient safety, and improve outcomes.

The Antimicrobial Stewardship Recognition Program acknowledges health care facilities and physician practices that demonstrate, through written documentation, they have met or exceeded minimum expectations for CDC’s Core Elements of Antimicrobial Stewardship. This recognition is based solely on satisfaction of CDC criteria.

Applicants from acute care hospitals and post-acute care facilities were recognized as Gold, Silver, or Bronze awardees, based on the difficulty of ASP interventions.

On Dec. 5, each of the facilities below received a certificate from the Department acknowledging their work in improving the use of antimicrobial medications:

Gold:

• CarePoint Health Bayonne Medical Center
• Chilton Medical Center, Atlantic Health System
• Cooper University Hospital
• Hackensack University Medical Center
• Inspira Medical Center Elmer
• Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill
• Inspira Medical Center Vineland
• Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital
• Jefferson Stratford Hospital
• Jefferson Washington Township Hospital
• Monmouth Medical Center
• Morristown Medical Center, Atlantic Health System
• Ocean Medical Center
• Overlook Medical Center, Atlantic Health System
• Saint Mary’s General Hospital
• Saint Peter’s University Hospital
• Southern Ocean Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian Health
• St. Joseph’s University Medical Center
• St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center
• Virtua Health – Marlton
• Virtua Health – Memorial
• Virtua Health – Voorhees

Silver:

• Bayshore Medical Center
• Deborah Heart and Lung Center
• Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center
• Holy Name Medical Center
• Hunterdon Medical Center
• Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus
• Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center
• RWJBH – Community Medical Center
• Saint Clare’s Health – Denville Hospital
• Saint Clare’s Health – Dover Hospital
• Saint Michael’s Medical Center
• Salem Medical Center

Bronze:

• Bergen New Bridge Medical Center
• Cape Regional Medical Center
• Capital Health – Regional Medical Center
• Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell
• Centrastate Medical Center
• Christian Health Care Center: Ramapo Ridge Psychiatric Hospital
• Clara Maass Medical Center
• East Orange General Hospital
• Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center
• Jersey City Medical Center
• Jersey Shore University Medical Center
• Riverview Medical Center
• Saint Barnabas Medical Center
• St. Luke’s University Health Network – Warren Campus
• University Hospital