Peer Comparison of Anti-MRSA Agent Prescription in the Inpatient Setting

Peer Comparison of Anti-MRSA Agent Prescription in the Inpatient Setting

Peer comparison has potential as an effective antimicrobial stewardship intervention in the inpatient setting. We report a new metric, days of therapy per 100 service days, for comparing antibiotic utilization. Among 14 prescribers on the primary infectious diseases service during a 6-month period,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2017-12, Vol.38 (12), p.1506-1508
Hauptverfasser: Bork, Jacqueline T, Morgan, Daniel J, Heil, Emily L, Pineles, Lisa, Kleinberg, Michael
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - classification
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Antibiotics
Antimicrobial agents
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Bacterial infections
Drug dosages
Endocarditis
Hospitals
Humans
Infectious diseases
Inpatients
Medicine
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects
Nursing
Patients
Physicians
Prescriptions
Standard deviation
Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy
Staphylococcus infections
Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:Peer comparison has potential as an effective antimicrobial stewardship intervention in the inpatient setting. We report a new metric, days of therapy per 100 service days, for comparing antibiotic utilization. Among 14 prescribers on the primary infectious diseases service during a 6-month period, we identified 1 outlier for each anti-MRSA agent. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1506-1508.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2017.219