Assessment of the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing in an acute UK hospital using a national audit tool: a single centre retrospective survey.
Rhys OwensKathy BamfordSophie PinionEmma GarryEmily CranmerCatharine PearceHtet Htet WintSimon GillRyan PhilipsAdnan KhanSelina Roy BentleyNeil RobertsBernadette KeatingNatasha AskaroffMegan MorphewCharles OrrTarek MouketKatherine PopeNeil PowellPublished in: European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice (2023)
24% of antibiotic DOTs were deemed unnecessary. The greatest opportunity to reduce antibiotic use safely was the pre-72 hours antibiotic review, which may provide a target for reducing excess antimicrobial therapy in line with the national AMR strategy.
Keyphrases
- cross sectional
- quality improvement
- primary care
- liver failure
- healthcare
- staphylococcus aureus
- adverse drug
- emergency department
- respiratory failure
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- fluorescent probe
- hepatitis b virus
- replacement therapy
- intensive care unit
- molecularly imprinted
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- bone marrow
- simultaneous determination