Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention on appropriateness of prescribing for community‐acquired pneumonia in an Australian regional hospital

Community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the second commonest indication for antibiotic use in Australian hospitals and is therefore a frequent target for antimicrobial stewardship. A single‐centre prospective study was conducted in a regional referral hospital comparing management of adult patients wi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal medicine journal 2017-05, Vol.47 (5), p.582-585
Hauptverfasser:	Bond, Stuart E., Boutlis, Craig S., Yeo, Wilfred W., Miyakis, Spiros
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use antibiotic antimicrobial stewardship Antimicrobial Stewardship - methods Antimicrobial Stewardship - standards Australia - epidemiology Ceftriaxone Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy Community-Acquired Infections - epidemiology community‐acquired pneumonia Drug Prescriptions - standards duration of therapy Female Humans Male New South Wales - epidemiology Pneumonia Pneumonia - diagnosis Pneumonia - drug therapy Pneumonia - epidemiology Prospective Studies reformatted as a brief communication Tertiary Care Centers - standards
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Zusammenfassung:	Community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the second commonest indication for antibiotic use in Australian hospitals and is therefore a frequent target for antimicrobial stewardship. A single‐centre prospective study was conducted in a regional referral hospital comparing management of adult patients with CAP before and after an educational intervention. We demonstrated a reduction in duration of therapy and reduced inappropriate use of ceftriaxone‐based regimens for non‐severe CAP.
ISSN:	1444-0903 1445-5994
DOI:	10.1111/imj.13401