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Point Prevalence Survey of Antibiotic Use across 13 Hospitals in Uganda

Antibiotics, 2022
Standardized monitoring of antibiotic use underpins the effective implementation of antimicrobial stewardship interventions in combatting antimicrobial resistance (AMR). To date, few studies have assessed antibiotic use in hospitals in Uganda to identify
R. Kiggundu, R. Wittenauer, J. Waswa, Hilma N. Nakambale, F. Kitutu, Marion Murungi, Neville Okuna, Seru Morries, L. Lawry, M. Joshi, Andy Stergachis, N. Konduri   +11 more
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Point Prevalence Multicenter Survey of Antimicrobial Utilization in Russian Hospitals: the Results of GLOBAL-PPS 2017

Антибиотики и Химиотерапия, 2020
The results of Global Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance (GLOBAL-PPS) project conducted in 7 multi-field hospitals in different cities of Russia (Krasnodar, Moscow, Omsk, Smolensk, Tomsk, Ulan-Ude) during the period from ...
S. A. Rachina, Yu. A. Belkova, R. S. Kozlov, A. S. Anikeev, A. V. Tolpygo, E. G. Burasova, L. G. Ezhova, E. V. Elokhina, B. M. Mishchenko, O. G. Ni, G. A. Penzhoian, E. E. Sventitskaia, Yu. A. Strezh, B. D. Shegimova   +13 more
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Point prevalence survey on antibiotic use in the hospitals of Mauritius

Frontiers in Antibiotics, 2023
Background This study aims at determining the antibiotic prescribing pattern in admitted patients in the regional public hospitals of Mauritius. Methods A Point Prevalence Survey (PPS) on antibiotic use according to the World Health Organization ...
L. Veerapa-Mangroo, Harena Rasamoelina-Andriamanivo, M. Issack, E. Cardinale   +3 more
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Pattern of Antibiotic Use among Hospitalized Patients according to WHO Access, Watch, Reserve (AWaRe) Classification: Findings from a Point Prevalence Survey in Bangladesh

Antibiotics, 2022
For supporting antibiotic stewardship interventions, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified antibiotics through the AWaRe (Access, Watch, and Reserve) classification.
M. Rashid, Zubair Akhtar, S. Chowdhury, Md Ariful Islam, S. Parveen, P. Ghosh, Aninda Rahman, Zobaid Khan, K. Islam, N. Debnath, Mahmudur Rahman, F. Chowdhury   +11 more
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Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns in Ghana, Uganda, Zambia and Tanzania Hospitals: Results from the Global Point Prevalence Survey (G-PPS) on Antimicrobial Use and Stewardship Interventions Implemented

Antibiotics, 2021
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remains an important global public health issue with antimicrobial misuse and overuse being one of the main drivers.
N. D’Arcy, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, O. Olaoye, D. Afriyie, Zainab Akello, D. Ankrah, Derrick Mawuena Asima, D. Banda, S. Barrett, Claire Brandish, Joseph Brayson, Peter Benedict, Cornelius C. Dodoo, F. Garraghan, Josephyn Hoyelah, Yogini H. Jani, F. Kitutu, Ismail Musoke Kizito, Appiah-Korang Labi, M. Mirfenderesky, S. Murdan, Caoimhe Murray, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, William J'Pathim Olum, J. Opintan, Edwin Panford-Quainoo, I. Pauwels, I. Sefah, J. Sneddon, A. St. Clair Jones, A. Versporten   +30 more
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Point-prevalence survey of antibiotic use at three public referral hospitals in Kenya

PLoS ONE, 2022
Antimicrobial stewardship encourages appropriate antibiotic use, the specific activities of which will vary by institutional context. We investigated regional variation in antibiotic use by surveying three regional public hospitals in Kenya.
Sylvia Omulo, M. Oluka, L. Achieng, E. Osoro, Rosaline Kinuthia, A. Guantai, S. Opanga, Marion Ongayo, L. Ndegwa, J. Verani, E. Wesangula, Jarred Nyakiba, J. Makori, Wilson Sugut, C. Kwobah, Hanako Osuka, M. K. Njenga, D. Call, G. Palmer, Daniel VanderEnde, Ulzii-Orshikh Luvsansharav   +20 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Antibiotic use in Kenyan public hospitals: Prevalence, appropriateness and link to guideline availability

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objective: To examine prescription patterns and explore to what extent guidelines are available and how they might influence treatment appropriateness among hospitalised patients in Kenyan hospitals.
Michuki Maina, Paul Mwaniki, Edwin Odira, Nduku Kiko, Jacob McKnight, Constance Schultsz, Mike English, Olga Tosas-Auguet   +7 more
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Antibiotic use at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Zone d'Abomey Calavi/Sô-Ava (CHUZ/AS) in Benin: a point prevalence survey. [PDF]

JAC Antimicrob Resist
Gnimavo MS, Boya B, Mudenda S, Allabi AC.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Multicentre point-prevalence survey of antibiotic use and healthcare-associated infections in Ethiopian hospitals

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective Effective antimicrobial containment strategies such as Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) require comprehensive data on antibiotics use which are scarce in Ethiopia.
A. M. Fentie, Yidnekachew Degefaw, G. Asfaw, Wendosen Shewarega, Mengistab Woldearegay, E. Abebe, G. Gebretekle   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Longitudinal Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Consumption in Russian Hospitals: Results of the Global-PPS Project

Antibiotics, 2020
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the key issues limiting the successful treatment of infectious diseases and associated with adverse medical, social and economic consequences on a global scale.
Svetlana Rachina, Yuliya Belkova, Roman Kozlov, Ann Versporten, Ines Pauwels, Herman Goossens, Elena Bochanova, Olga Domanskaya, Elena Elokhina, Ludmila Ezhova, Vladimir Mishchenko, Oksana Ni, Dmitry Popov, Ulyana Portnjagina, Evgeny Shchetinin, Vera Shegimova, Yulia Strezh, Vera Vityazeva, Nadezhda Zubareva, Russian Global-PPS Project Study Group   +19 more
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