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A point prevalence survey of antibiotic prescriptions: benchmarking and patterns of use [PDF]

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2011
WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT • Inappropriate antimicrobial use has been associated with increased morbidity and hospital costs.• Antibiotic policies aim to improve patient outcomes whilst reducing adverse effects associated with antimicrobial use.• More insight into the actual implementation of antibiotic policies is needed in order to ...
Aldeyab, Mamoon A., Kearney, Mary P., McElnay, James C., Magee, Fidelma A., Conlon, Geraldine, Gill, Dianne, Davey, Peter, Muller, Arno, Goossens, Herman, Scott, Michael G.   +9 more
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Antibiotic prescribing patterns at a leading referral hospital in Kenya: A point prevalence survey

Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice, 2019
Objective: Antibiotics are essential with inappropriate use leading to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Currently, little is known about antibiotic use among hospitals in Kenya, which is essential to tackle as part of the recent national action plan ...
Lydia Momanyi, Sylvia Opanga, David Nyamu, Margaret Oluka, Amanj Kurdi, Brian Godman   +5 more
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Global point prevalence survey of antimicrobial consumption in Brazilian hospitals

Journal of Hospital Infection, 2020
The inappropriate use of antimicrobials and increased rates of antimicrobial resistance is a challenge all over the world. Although antibiotic stewardship is recommended by the Brazilian government, data regarding antibiotic use in Brazilian hospitals are scarce.
Porto, A. P. M., Goossens, H., Versporten, A., Costa, S. F., Machado, Anna, Cocentino, Brunno, Donini, Camila, Carrilho, Claudia, Takeda, Christianne, Rodrigues, Cristhieni, Girao, Evelyne, Perozin, Jamile Sardi, Capobiango, Jaqueline, Carijo, Julia Herkenhoff, de Matos, Juliana Arruda, Perdigao, Lauro, Sampaio, Marcia, Avelar Machado, Maria Emilia, Esteves, Patricia, Coutinho, Rosane, Guimaraes, Thais, Ferraz, Tiago Luiz, Branco, Ursula Castelo   +22 more
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Antimicrobial usage in German acute care hospitals: results of the third national point prevalence survey and comparison with previous national point prevalence surveys [PDF]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2018
Previous point prevalence surveys (PPSs) revealed the potential for improving antimicrobial usage (AU) in German acute care hospitals. Data from the 2016 German national PPS on healthcare-associated infections and AU were used to evaluate efforts in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS).A national PPS in Germany was organized by the German National Reference
Seven Johannes Sam Aghdassi, Petra Gastmeier, Brar Christian Piening, Michael Behnke, Luis Alberto Peña Diaz, Alexander Gropmann, Marie-Luise Rosenbusch, Tobias Siegfried Kramer, Sonja Hansen   +8 more
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Point prevalence survey on antibiotic use in a Croatian Infectious Disease Hospital [PDF]

Journal of Chemotherapy, 2013
Antibiotic use is the driving force for increasing antibiotic resistance. A large proportion of antibiotics in hospitals are used inadequately. The objective of this study was to evaluate antibiotic use at the Hospital for Infectious Diseases through point-prevalence surveys conducted in 2006, 2008, and 2009.
Mihaljevic, Fran, Pristaš, Irina, Baršić, Bruno, Butić, Iva, Zarb, Peter, Goossens, Herman, Tambić Andrašević, Arjana   +6 more
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Antimicrobial use in Japanese hospitals: results from point prevalence survey in Aichi, 2020

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
AIM: This study aimed to provide an overview of antimicrobial use (AMU) for inpatient in Japanese hospitals. BACKGROUND: To promote effective antimicrobial stewardship, epidemiological data of AMU are essential. However, comprehensive information on AMUs
Hiroshi Morioka, Tetsuya Yagi
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Antimicrobial Utilization among Neonates and Children: A Multicenter Point Prevalence Study from Leading Children’s Hospitals in Punjab, Pakistan

Antibiotics, 2022
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) compromises global health due to the associated morbidity, mortality, and costs. The inappropriate use of antimicrobial agents is a prime driver of AMR.
Zia Ul Mustafa, Amer Hayat Khan, Muhammad Salman, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Brian Godman   +4 more
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Point prevalence surveys of health-care-associated infections: a systematic review [PDF]

Pathogens and Global Health, 2019
Health-care-associated infections (HAIs) are considered a serious public health issues that contribute substantially to the global burden of mortality and morbidity with respect to infectious diseases. The aim is to assess the burden of health-care-associated infections by collation of available data from published point prevalence surveys (PPS) on ...
Zikria Saleem, Brian Godman, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Furqan Khurshid Hashmi, Faiza Azhar, Inayat Ur Rehman   +5 more
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Antimicrobial prophylaxis outside the operating theatre, an audit in a university hospital

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background The prophylactic use of antimicrobial agents to prevent infections in non-surgical situations has hardly been investigated. We investigate the extent, indications and appropriateness of antimicrobial prophylaxis given outside the operating ...
Jan W. T. Deelen, Caroline E. Visser, Jan M. Prins, Reinier M. van Hest   +3 more
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Health‐Related Social Needs in Children With Sickle Cell Disease Are Associated With Worse Health‐Related Quality of Life

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) face multiple acute and chronic medical complications that may impact their quality of life as reported by patients themselves. Health‐related social needs (HRSNs), such as food and housing insecurity, are common in people with SCD, but the association between HRSNs and patient‐reported ...
Sarah J. Marks, Molly Sonenklar, Cerelia Donald, Cecelia Valrie, Wally Smith, India Sisler   +5 more
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