Andrew Stewardson

Personal profile

Biography

Andrew is an infectious diseases physician and NHMRC Early Career Fellow. He has a PhD (University of Melbourne), a Master of Science in Epidemiology (Harvard School of Public Health), and a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research (University of Geneva). His research has focussed on the health and economic impact of antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections, the transmission dynamics of antimicrobial resistance, and the implementation of infection prevention and control interventions.

He spent four years as a research fellow with the Infection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety at the University of Geneva Hospitals (Geneva, Switzerland). During this time he was an external consultant for the WHO Patient Safety program. He has previously worked as National Project Manager at Hand Hygiene Australia. He's a member of several Victorian and national healthcare infection and patient safety committees, and is current Chair of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Healthcare Infection Control Special Interest Group (HICSIG). He's an Honorary Research Fellow at Safer Care Victoria.

Clinical activities

Infectious Diseases Physician at Alfred Health.

Education/Academic qualification

Master of Science (Epidemiology), Harvard University

PhD (Medicine), The University of Melbourne

Diploma of Advanced Studies (Clinical Research), Université de Genève (University of Geneva)

MBBS, The University of Melbourne

External positions

Honorary Research Fellow, Safer Care Victoria

2019 → …

Research area keywords

Antimicrobial Resistance
Infection Prevention and Control
Transmission Dynamics
Hospital Epidemiology
Healthcare Infections

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Projects 2017 2022

1 Finished
4 Active

Understanding Patient Movement Networks To Better Prevent Dissemination of Antimicrobial Resistance

Stewardson, A., Donker, T., Wilson, A., Cooper, B. S., Peleg, A., Howden, B., Cruickshank, M. & Coombs, G.

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1/01/19 → 31/12/21

Project: Research

Stepped-wedge Trial to increase antibiotic Appropriateness in Residential aged care facilities and model Transmission of antimicrobial Resistance (The START Research Program)

Peleg, A., Haines, T., Cheng, A., Peel, T., Holt, K. E., Hilmer, S. N., Yun-Hee, J., Stewardson, A. & Spelman, T.

The Department of Health (Comm)

1/01/18 → 31/12/22

Project: Research

Defining burden and drivers of antibiotic resistant bacteria and healthcare infections to plan costeffective interventions

Stewardson, A. & Peleg, A.

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1/01/18 → 31/12/21

Project: Research

CHAINS: Comprehensive Healthcare Associated Infection National Surveillance

Russo , P., Mitchell, B. G., Cheng, A., Stewardson, A. & Bucknall, T.

1/09/17 → 1/09/20

Project: Research

ADHOC: Administrative Data for Healthcare-associated Infections and Other Complications

Stewardson, A., Worth, L. J., Cheng, A., Johnson, P. D. R., Stuart, R., Marshall, C. L., Lee, A. & Clezy, K.

1/03/18 → 28/02/19

Project: Research

Research Output 2009 2019

42 Article
15 Chapter (Book)
6 Review Article
3 Editorial
2 More
- 2 Letter

Effect of carbapenem resistance on outcomes of bloodstream infection caused by Enterobacteriaceae in low-income and middle-income countries (PANORAMA): a multinational prospective cohort study

Stewardson, A. J., Marimuthu, K., Sengupta, S., Allignol, A., El-Bouseary, M., Carvalho, M. J., Hassan, B., Delgado-Ramirez, M. A., Arora, A., Bagga, R., Owusu-Ofori, A. K., Ovosi, J. O., Aliyu, S., Saad, H., Kanj, S. S., Khanal, B., Bhattarai, B., Saha, S. K., Uddin, J., Barman, P. & 19 others, Sharma, L., El-Banna, T., Zahra, R., Saleemi, M. A., Kaur, A., Iregbu, K., Uwaezuoke, N. SC., Abi Hanna, P., Feghali, R., Correa, A. L., Munera, M. I., Le, T. A. T., Tran, T. T. N., Phukan, C., Phukan, C., Valderrama-Beltrán, S. L., Alvarez-Moreno, C., Walsh, T. R. & Harbarth, S., 1 Jun 2019, In : The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 19, 6, p. 601-610 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Hand hygiene in low- and middle-income countries

Loftus, M. J., Guitart, C., Tartari, E., Stewardson, A. J., Amer, F., Bellissimo-Rodrigues, F., Lee, Y. F., Mehtar, S., Sithole, B. L. & Pittet, D., 1 Sep 2019, In : International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 86, p. 25-30 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Other › peer-review

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Individual and community predictors of urinary ceftriaxone-resistant Escherichia coli isolates, Victoria, Australia

Chua, K. Y. L. & Stewardson, A. J., 1 Jan 2019, In : Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 8, 11 p., 36.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

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Nitrofurantoin and fosfomycin for resistant urinary tract infections: old drugs for emerging problems

Gardiner, B. J., Stewardson, A. J., Abbott, I. J. & Peleg, A. Y., 1 Feb 2019, In : Australian Prescriber. 42, 1, p. 14-19 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review

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Strategies to reduce non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia: A systematic review

Mitchell, B. G., Russo, P. L., Cheng, A. C., Stewardson, A. J., Rosebrock, H., Curtis, S. J., Robinson, S. & Kiernan, M., 4 Jul 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Infection, Disease and Health. 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review

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