Antibiotic Use in Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Units and General Wards in Latin American Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this study was to identify antibiotic stewardship (AS) opportunities in Latin American medical-surgical intensive care units (MS-ICUs) and general wards (Gral-wards).

Methods

We conducted serial cross-sectional point prevalence surveys in MS-ICUs and Gral-wards in 41 Latin American hospitals between March 2022 and February 2023. Patients >18 years of age in the units of interest were evaluated for antimicrobial use (AU) monthly (MS-ICUs) or quarterly (Gral-wards). Antimicrobial data were collected using a standardized form by the local AS teams and submitted to the coordinating team for analysis.

Results

We evaluated AU in 5780 MS-ICU and 7726 Gral-ward patients. The hospitals' median bed size (interquartile range) was 179 (125-330), and 52

SUBMITTER: Fabre V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11530953 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature