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Comparative point prevalence survey of antimicrobial consumption between a hospital in Northern Ireland and a hospital in Jordan

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background To assess antimicrobial prescribing in a Northern Ireland hospital (Antrim Area Hospital (AAH)) and compare them with those of a hospital in Jordan (Specialty Hospital).
Feras Darwish Elhajji, Ghaith M. Al-Taani, Lana Anani, Sahar Al-Masri, Haneen Abdalaziz, Su’ad H. Qabba’h, Abdel Qader Al Bawab, Michael Scott, David Farren, Fiona Gilmore, Ann Versporten, Herman Goossens, Mamoon A. Aldeyab   +12 more
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4CPS-248 Antimicrobial point prevalence survey [PDF]

Section 4: Clinical Pharmacy Services, 2019
Background Antimicrobial resistance has become a global challenge in healthcare and is usually associated with poor antibiotic-prescribing patterns. Purpose We sought to determine the rate and characteristics of antibiotic prescription in order to design future targeted antimicrobial stewardship interventions.
M Nunez-Nunez, F Anguita-Santos, R Alvarez-Sanchez, I Vallejo   +3 more
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Results from the second Scottish national prevalence survey: the changing epidemiology of healthcare-associated infection in Scotland [PDF]

, 2012
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a recognized public health problem worldwide. Point prevalence surveys (PPSs) can be used to measure the burden of all HAI types.
Fleming, S., Reilly, Jacqui; id_orcid, Hewitt, D., Williams, C., Reilly, J., Robertson, C., Lawder, R., Malcolm, W., Malcolm, William, Fleming, S, Cairns, Shona, Robertson, Chris, Nathwani, D., Cairns, S., Nathwani, Dilip   +14 more
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Point prevalence survey of antibiotic consumption across three hospitals in Ghana [PDF]

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2021
AbstractBackgroundActionable data on antimicrobial use is important when planning strategic interventions such as antimicrobial stewardship to address the challenge of drug resistance, particularly in resource-constrained settings.ObjectivesTo assess the prevalence of antibiotic use, the pattern of commonly used antibiotics and patient factors that may
Obed Kwabena Offe Amponsah, Kwame Ohene Buabeng, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng, Katri Hämeen-Anttila, Hannes Enlund   +5 more
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Antimicrobial Prescribing before and after the Implementation of a Carbapenem-Focused Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in a Greek Tertiary Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Antibiotics, 2022
Background: Irrational use of antimicrobials poses a significant risk for public health by aggravating antimicrobial resistance. The aim of this repeated point prevalence survey (PPS) was to evaluate the impact of a carbapenem-focused antimicrobial ...
Nikolaos Spernovasilis, Evangelos I. Kritsotakis, Anna Mathioudaki, Alexandra Vouidaski, Ioulia Markaki, Despoina Psaroudaki, Petros Ioannou, Diamantis P. Kofteridis   +7 more
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Point prevalence survey of antibiotic use in French hospitals in 2009 [PDF]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2012
To evaluate the feasibility of a point prevalence survey for monitoring antibiotic use in a voluntary sample of French hospitals.Demographic and medical data were collected for all inpatients. Additional characteristics regarding antimicrobial treatment, type of infection and microbiological results were collected only for patients receiving ...
Robert, J., Péan, Y., Varon, E., Bru, J.-P., Bedos, J.-P., Bertrand, Xavier, Lepape, A., Stahl, J.-P., Gauzit, R., Renseigné, Non   +9 more
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The Comparison of Point Prevalence Survey (PPS) and Gyssens Flowchart Approach on Antimicrobial Use Surveillance in Indonesian National Referral Hospital

Acta Medica Indonesiana, 2022
The antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rate in Indonesia is steadily rising, despite the existing national action plan in 2014. In line with the Global Action Plan on AMR, proper surveillance on antimicrobial usage and resistance are needed.
Erni J Nelwan, Helio Guterres, Adeline Intan Pasaribu, Sharifah Shakinah, Ralalicia Limato, Djoko Widodo   +5 more
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Challenges in antibiotic resistance: point prevalence surveys

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020
Graphical Abstract.
openaire   +2 more sources

The first point prevalence survey of health care–associated infection and antimicrobial use in a Japanese university hospital: A pilot study [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Point prevalence surveys (PPSs) in Japanese hospitals have not yet been reported. The purpose of this pilot PPS study was to evaluate the epidemiology of health care–associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial use in a Japanese tertiary ...
Ichikawa, Kazuya, Hyodo, Miyuki, Inagaki, Takayuki, Yagi, Tetsuya, Kato, Daizo, Morioka, Hiroshi, Ito, Yoshinori, Iguchi, Mitsutaka, Sadomoto, Takuya, Sato, Naokazu, Tomita, Yuka, Kouyama, Yuichi, Hirabayashi, Aki, Kawamura, Naoko, Kato, Yoshiaki   +14 more
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Point-prevalence surveys of hospital-acquired infections in a Chinese cancer hospital: From 2014 to 2018

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2020
Background: Both hospital-acquired infection (HAI) and cancer represents major health concerns worldwide, but there is a paucity of data describing HAI in Chinese cancer patients.
Guyu Huang, Qianqian Huang, Guoqiang Zhang, Hu Jiang, Zhen Lin   +4 more
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