A Novel Metric to Monitor the Influence of Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities

作者:Livorsi Daniel J*; O'Leary Erin; Pierce Tamra; Reese Lindsey; van Santen Katharina L; Pollock Daniel A; Edwards Jonathan R; Srinivasan Arjun
来源:Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2017, 38(6): 721-723.
DOI:10.1017/ice.2017.54

摘要

The antimicrobial use (AU) option within the National Healthcare Safety Network summarizes antimicrobial prescribing data as a standardized antimicrobial administration ratio (SAAR). A hospital's antimicrobial stewardship program found that greater involvement of an infectious disease physician in prospective audit and feedback procedures was associated with reductions in SAAR values across multiple antimicrobial categories.

  • 出版日期2017-6