Antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals: be careful what you measure

A Berrington - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2010 - academic.oup.com
… First, antimicrobials are different from other drugs in that we tend … 10 different measures of
antimicrobial prescribing—five indices … areas in this organization using 2008 prescribing data. …

Antimicrobial stewardship by academic detailing improves antimicrobial prescribing in solid organ transplant patients

M So, AM Morris, S Nelson, CM Bell… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
… , we adjudicated antimicrobials prescriptions using established AMS … antimicrobial
treatment on survey days were included. Primary outcome was the percentage of antimicrobial

Failure to implement hospital antimicrobial prescribing guidelines: a comparison of two UK academic centres

MH Ali, P Kalima, SRJ Maxwell - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
… which antimicrobial drugs were chosen by hospital doctors … antimicrobial choice. The study
also aimed to compare attitudes towards antimicrobial prescribing in two similar UK academic

Rates and appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing at an academic children's hospital, 2007–2010

ER Levy, S Swami, SG Dubois, R Wendt… - … Control & Hospital …, 2012 - cambridge.org
… The goals of this study were to quantify pediatric inpatient antimicrobial use at an academic
medical center and to evaluate appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in order to …

Antimicrobial prescribing policy and practice in Scotland: recommendations for good antimicrobial practice in acute hospitals

D Nathwani - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2006 - academic.oup.com
… good antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals. It was not within the groups remit to (1) consider
antimicrobial prescribing or (2) provide a national template for hospital antimicrobial policies…

Understanding the determinants of antimicrobial prescribing within hospitals: the role of “prescribing etiquette”

E Charani, E Castro-Sánchez… - Clinical Infectious …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
… investigating antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals [… antimicrobial prescribing; (2) barriers
to and facilitators of adherence to quality improvement interventions in antimicrobial prescribing

The effectiveness of information technology to improve antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MT Baysari, EC Lehnbom, L Li, A Hargreaves… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
… We identified 45 articles that evaluated an IT intervention to improve antimicrobial prescribing
in hospitals. IT interventions took four main forms: (1) stand-alone computerized decision …

… feasibility and generalizability of assessing the appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals: a review of the Australian National Antimicrobial Prescribing …

R James, Y Nakamachi, A Morris, M So… - JAC-Antimicrobial …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
… of detailed hospitalantimicrobial prescribing appropriateness. Consequently, the need to
determine the most appropriate tools for auditing antimicrobial use within Australian hospitals

[HTML][HTML] Healthcare-associated infections drive antimicrobial prescribing in pediatric departments at three academic hospitals in South Africa

T Chetty, A Pillay, Y Balakrishna, T Reddy… - The Pediatric …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
… In this study, the high antimicrobial prescribing prevalence in academic hospitals in South
Africa was driven by HAIs. Improving HAI requires targeting known risk factors by optimizing …

Antimicrobial prescribing in South Africa using a large pharmacy database: a drug utilisation study: original research-autopsies at an academic hospital

I Truter - Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015 - journals.co.za
… respect to the prescribing frequency of different antimicrobial classes (… Prescribing peaked
during the winter months. This study provides a general overview of antimicrobial prescribing