The drivers of antimicrobial use across institutions, stakeholders and economic settings: a paradigm shift is required for effective optimization

J Broom, A Broom, E Kirby - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Significant antimicrobial overuse persists worldwide, despite overwhelming
evidence of antimicrobial resistance and knowledge that optimization of antimicrobial use …

Antibacterials dispensed in the community comprise 85%‐95% of total human antibacterial consumption

E Duffy, S Ritchie, S Metcalfe… - Journal of clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
What is known and objective Interventions intended to slow the emergence and spread of
antibacterial resistance through enhanced antimicrobial stewardship will be more effective if …

Optimizing antibiotic usage in hospitals: a qualitative study of the perspectives of hospital managers

A Broom, AF Gibson, J Broom, E Kirby… - Journal of Hospital …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Antibiotic optimization in hospitals is an increasingly critical priority in the
context of proliferating resistance. Despite the emphasis on doctors, optimizing antibiotic use …

Longitudinal trends and cross-sectional analysis of English national hospital antibacterial use over 5 years (2008–13): working towards hospital prescribing quality …

J Cooke, P Stephens, D Ashiru-Oredope… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objectives There is global concern that antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to
healthcare. Antimicrobial use is a primary driver of resistance but little information exists …

A systematic review of national interventions and policies to optimize antibiotic use in healthcare settings in England

R Knowles, C Chandler, S O'Neill… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To identify and assess the effectiveness of national antibiotic optimization
interventions in primary and secondary care in England (2013–2022). Methods A systematic …

Antibacterial usage in English NHS hospitals as part of a national Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme

J Cooke, P Stephens, D Ashiru-Oredope, AP Johnson… - public health, 2014 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a global problem for health care services, with
fewer antimicrobials entering the market and some pathogenic organisms becoming …

Socioeconomic factors correlating with community antimicrobial prescribing

G Walls, AC Vandal, T du Plessis… - The New Zealand …, 2015 - search.proquest.com
BACKGROUND: Increasing antimicrobial resistance is a serious concern in New Zealand
and worldwide. Antimicrobial resistance is tied to increased community antimicrobial …

Drivers of broad-spectrum antibiotic overuse across diverse hospital contexts—A qualitative study of prescribers in the UK, Sri Lanka and South Africa

C Tarrant, AM Colman, DR Jenkins, E Chattoe-Brown… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial stewardship programs focus on reducing overuse of broad-spectrum
antibiotics (BSAs), primarily through interventions to change prescribing behavior. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Non-biomedical factors affecting antibiotic use in the community: a mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis

R Sun, T Yao, X Zhou, S Harbarth, L Lin - Clinical Microbiology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives In the past two decades, human antibiotic consumption has increased globally,
contributing to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance and needing urgent …

Social and contextual influences on antibiotic prescribing and antimicrobial stewardship: a qualitative study with clinical commissioning group and general practice …

AJ Borek, S Anthierens, R Allison, CAM Mcnulty… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic prescribing in England varies considerably between Clinical Commissioning
Groups (CCGs) and general practices. We aimed to assess social and contextual factors …