Days of Antibiotic Spectrum Coverage: A Novel Metric for Inpatient Antibiotic Consumption.

Satoshi KakiuchiDaniel J LivorsiEli N PerencevichDaniel J DiekemaDilek InceKunatum PrasidthrathsintPatrick KinnKelly PercivalBrett H HeintzMichihiko Goto

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)

We propose a novel composite metric for antibiotic stewardship, DASC, that combines consumption and spectrum as a potential replacement for DOT. Further studies are needed to evaluate whether benchmarking using the DASC will improve evaluations of stewardship.

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