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Published on: August 30, 2018
A Novel Metric to Monitor the Influence of Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities
Daniel J Livorsi1, Erin O'Leary2, Tamra Pierce3
11Iowa City VA Health Care System,Iowa City,Iowa.
Abstract:
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. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:721-723.
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