Stewardship Pharmacists and Physicians Take the Lead on Sustainability

By Gina ShawWhen the shortage of Baxter IV fluids that followed Hurricane Helene in late 2024 strained hospital supplies, antimicrobial stewardship pharmacists at Cleveland Clinic, in Ohio, added a provider-facing alert that prompted clinicians to order oral azithromycin and oral doxycycline at the point of prescribing, rather than waiting for a pharmacist to review each case for an IV-to-oral switch (Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol 2026;6[1]:e163). The share of azithromycin orders written