A Novel Metric to Monitor the Influence of Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities
A Novel Metric to Monitor the Influence of Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities
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DOI:
10.1017/ice.2017.54
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发表时间:
2017-06-01
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Srinivasan, Arjun
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作者:
Livorsi, Daniel J.;O'Leary, Erin;Srinivasan, Arjun
The antimicrobial use (AU) option within the National Healthcare Safety Network summarizes antimicrobial prescribing data as a standardized antimicrobial administration ratio (SAAR). A hospital's antimicrobial stewardship program found that greater involvement of an infectious disease physician in prospective audit and feedback procedures was associated with reductions in SAAR values across multiple antimicrobial categories.