Validation of the Antifungal National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (AF-NAPS) quality assessment tool.

Anna Khanina Abby P Douglas Daniel K Yeoh Miranda SoJ AbbotsfordT SpelmanDavid C M Kong Monica A Slavin Karin A Thursky

Published in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2023)

The AF-NAPS is a valid tool, assisting assessors to correctly classify appropriate prescriptions more accurately than inappropriate prescriptions. Specialist and AMS pharmacists had similar performance, providing confidence that both can undertake AF-NAPS audits to a high standard. Identified reasons for incorrect classification will be targeted in the online tool and educational materials.

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