Harvesting the low-hanging fruit? Comparative assessment of intravenous to oral route antimicrobial conversion policy implementation

Policies that promote conversion of antibiotics from intravenous to oral route administration are considered “low hanging fruit” for hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs. We developed a simple metric based on digestive days of therapy divided by total days of therapy for targeted agents and a...

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Autores principales: Moehring, Rebekah W., Davis, Angelina, Dodds Ashley, Elizabeth, Dyer, April P., Drew, Richard H., Loknyghina, Yuliya, Johnson, Melissa D., Jones, Travis M., Spires, S. Shaefer, Sexton, Daniel J., Anderson, Deverick J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Concise Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10273142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35838318
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.158
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Sumario:Policies that promote conversion of antibiotics from intravenous to oral route administration are considered “low hanging fruit” for hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs. We developed a simple metric based on digestive days of therapy divided by total days of therapy for targeted agents and a method for hospital comparisons. External comparisons may help identify opportunities for improving prospective implementation.

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