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

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Moehring RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10273142 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature