External evaluation of population pharmacokinetic models for precision dosing: current state and knowledge gaps

M El Hassani, A Marsot - Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 2023 - Springer
Predicting drug exposures using population pharmacokinetic models through Bayesian
forecasting software can improve individual pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic target …

Multicentre point-prevalence survey of antibiotic use and healthcare-associated infections in Ethiopian hospitals

AM Fentie, Y Degefaw, G Asfaw, W Shewarega… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Effective antimicrobial containment strategies such as Antimicrobial Stewardship
Programs (ASPs) require comprehensive data on antibiotics use which are scarce in …

Effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on antimicrobial prevalence and prescribing in a tertiary hospital in Singapore

TM Ng, SH Tan, ST Heng, HL Tay, MY Yap… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2021 - Springer
Background The deployment of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) teams to deal with the
COVID-19 pandemic can lead to a loss of developed frameworks, best practices and …

Using culture sensitivity reports to optimize antimicrobial therapy: findings and implications of antimicrobial stewardship activity in a hospital in Pakistan

U Altaf, Z Saleem, MF Akhtar, WM Altowayan… - Medicina, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: There are concerns with inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics in hospitals
especially broad spectrum in Pakistan and the subsequent impact on antimicrobial …

Over-prescription and overuse of antimicrobials in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: the urgent need for antimicrobial stewardship programs with access, watch, and …

M Talaat, S Tolba, E Abdou, M Sarhan, M Gomaa… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Excessive antimicrobial use contributes to the development of antimicrobial resistance. In
the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR), there is dearth of information on the prevalence of …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial use among hospitalized patients: A multi-center, point prevalence survey across public healthcare facilities, Osun State, Nigeria

AO Aboderin, AT Adeyemo, AA Olayinka, AS Oginni… - Germs, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods A survey was conducted between 10-27 June 2019 using the WHO methodology
for point prevalence survey on antibiotic use in hospitals. Data was collected from hospital …

Antimicrobial Prescribing before and after the Implementation of a Carbapenem-Focused Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in a Greek Tertiary Hospital during the …

N Spernovasilis, EI Kritsotakis, A Mathioudaki… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Irrational use of antimicrobials poses a significant risk for public health by
aggravating antimicrobial resistance. The aim of this repeated point prevalence survey …

The 2018 Global Point Prevalence Survey of antimicrobial consumption and resistance in 47 Canadian hospitals: a cross-sectional survey

GJ German, C Frenette, JA Caissy, J Grant… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Patient-level surveillance of antimicrobial use (AMU) in Canadian hospitals
empowers the reduction of inappropriate AMU and was piloted in 2017 among 14 hospitals …

Point prevalence surveys of antibiotic prescribing in children at a tertiary hospital in a resource constraint, low-income sub-Saharan African country—the impact of an …

P Akintan, P Oshun, C Osuagwu, O Ola-Bello, I Fajolu… - BMC pediatrics, 2024 - Springer
Background Resistance to multiple antibiotics by several pathogens has been widely
described in children and has become a global health emergency. This is due to increased …

[PDF][PDF] The comparison of point prevalence survey (PPS) and Gyssens flowchart approach on antimicrobial use surveillance in Indonesian national referral hospital

EJ Nelwan, H Guterres, AI Pasaribu, S Shakinah… - Acta Med …, 2021 - academia.edu
The antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rate in Indonesia is steadily rising, despite the existing
national action plan in 2014. In line with the Global Action Plan on AMR, proper surveillance …