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Monitoring, documenting and reporting the quality of antibiotic use in the Netherlands: a pilot study to establish a national antimicrobial stewardship registry [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background The Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy is developing a national antimicrobial stewardship registry. This registry will report both the quality of antibiotic use in hospitals in the Netherlands and the stewardship activities employed.
Marvin AH Berrevoets, Jaap ten Oever, Tom Sprong, Reinier M van Hest, Ingeborg Groothuis, Inger van Heijl, Jeroen A Schouten, Marlies E Hulscher, Bart-Jan Kullberg   +8 more
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Quantity and quality of antibiotic use in surgical and medical wards in a general academic hospital: A retrospective study [PDF]

Polish Journal of Microbiology
Treatment of infectious diseases uses antibiotics to kill or inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria. Inappropriate antibiotic use triggers resistance, which in turn affects patient clinical outcomes, length of hospital stays, and treatment costs. This
Qibtiyah Mariyatul, Safiro Afini, Damayanti Agustina, Rusli Musofa, Parathon Harry, Hadi Usman, Kuntaman Kuntaman, Wahyuhadi Joni, Khotib Junaidi   +8 more
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Broad Spectrum project: factors determining the quality of antibiotic use in primary care: an observational study protocol from Italy [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2020
Introduction The overuse of antibiotics is causing worldwide spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Compared with other countries, Italy has both high antibiotic consumption rates and high rates of AMR.
Roberto Da Cas, Marco Massari, Alice Serafini, Peter Konstantin Kurotschka, Adolfo Figueiras, Viviana Forte, Maria Francesca Moro, Matteo Massidda, Federico Contu, Luigi Minerba, Maurizio Marcias, Marco Nardelli, Alessandra Perra, Mauro Giovanni Carta, Stefania Spila Alegiani   +14 more
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Assessment of Quality Indicators for Appropriate Antibiotic Use [PDF]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2018
One of the critical elements of antimicrobial stewardship programs is the ability to measure the quality of antibiotic prescriptions. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the performance properties of a set of previously developed quality indicators (QIs) and to identify the potential room for improvement in antibiotic use in our setting.
Esther Calbó, Paula Arcenillas Quevedo
exaly   +3 more sources

Developing a quality measure to assess use of antibiotic medications for respiratory conditions

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Objective: Antibiotics are essential medications for treating life-threatening infections. However, incorrect prescribing can lead to adverse events and contribute to antibiotic resistance. We sought to develop a utilization quality measure that could be
Brandi L. Melville, Taylor Musser, Ezra Fishman, Danielle Rainis, Sepheen C. Byron   +4 more
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A Systematic Review of Quality Indicators for Appropriate Antibiotic Use in Hospitalized Adult Patients

Infectious Disease Reports, 2017
Many quality indicators for appropriate antibiotic use have been developed. We aimed to make a systematic inventory, including the development methodology and validation procedures, of currently available quality indicators (QIs) for appropriate antibiotic use in hospitalized adult patients.
Jan Prins, Marlot Kallen
exaly   +5 more sources

Quality assessment of antibiotic use data in the Norwegian veterinary prescription register for 2023

BMC Veterinary Research
Background Antibiotic use data in animals is of interest to understand the development and occurrence of antibiotic resistance from a One Health perspective.
Trishang Udhwani, Kari Grave, Petter Hopp, Kari Olli Helgesen   +3 more
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Implementation of an antibiotic checklist increased appropriate antibiotic use in the hospital on Aruba

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Objectives: No interventions have yet been implemented to improve antibiotic use on Aruba. In the Netherlands, the introduction of an antibiotic checklist resulted in more appropriate antibiotic use in nine hospitals.
Frederike Vera van Daalen, Anouk Lagerburg, Jaclyn de Kort, Elena Sànchez Rivas, Suzanne Eugenie Geerlings   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The role of microbiology and pharmacy departments in the stewardship of antibiotic prescribing in European hospitals [PDF]

, 2007
This observational, cross-sectional study describes the role played by clinical microbiology and pharmacy departments in the stewardship of antibiotic prescribing in European hospitals.
MacKenzie, F.M., Krcmery, V., Mollison, J., Mollison, Jill, Krcmery, Vladimir, van der Meer, Jos W. M., van der Meer, Jos W.M., Bruce, J., Gould, I., Meer, J.W.M. van der, Gould, I.M., MacKenzie, Fiona M., Monnet, Dominique L., Gould, Ian M., Bruce, Julie, MacKenzie, Fiona, Cookson, Barry, Monnet, D.L., Cookson, B., Bruce, J. (Julie)   +19 more
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Antibiotics and the quality indicators for outpatient antibiotic use in Slovakia

Česká a slovenská farmacie, 2021
The aims of this study was to compare the data on the consumption of antibiotics in the outpatient care sector for Slovakia from 2019 to 2020 and to calculate quality indicators for outpatient antibiotic use. The data source on the consumption of antibiotics (ATC group J01), is the sales data from the NCZI. The main indicator describing the consumption
Tomáš, Tesař, Lucia, Masaryková, Slávka, Porubcová, Monika, Čičová, Miloš, Okša, Kristína, Malíková, Ubica, Lehocká   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources