Novel method of calculating adjusted antibiotic use by microbiological burden.
Hana Rac WindersMajdi N Al-HasanBruce M JonesDarrell T ChildressKayla R StoverBenjamin B BrittElias B ChahineSuetping LauPamela D AndrewsShauna Jacobson JuncoRebekah H WrennBrad J CraneJordan R WongMegan M SeddonChristopher M BlandShawn H MacVaneGeneen M GibsonPaul Brandon Bookstavernull nullPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2021)
The a-AU considerably changes how hospitals compare among each other within a network. Adjusting AU by microbiological burden allows for a more balanced comparison among hospitals with variable baseline rates of resistant bacteria.