01/12/2025
Save limb
EVERY HOSPITAL HAS A STORY. EVERY ACTION PROTECTS A LIFE.
Another success story for Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee (CGHMC AMS)! This is Nanay Elena. She came to the hospital worried—an elderly woman with diabetes facing the possibility of losing her leg. But what met her was not fear, but a coordinated team committed to saving her limb and her independence. Guided by a strong Antimicrobial Stewardship program, physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists, and the microbiology laboratory worked together: choosing the right antibiotics, monitoring her progress daily, and supporting her every step. Weeks later, she walked out on her own two feet. A life changed, a limb saved!
