Antibiotic consumption in Belgian acute care hospitals: analysis of the surveillance methodology, consumption evolution 2003 to 2016 and future perspectives.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundStudies have demonstrated the link between antimicrobial consumption and the development of antimicrobial resistance. Surveillance of antimicrobial consumption is an action point of the European Commission's 'One Health Action Plan Against Antimicrobial Resistance'.AimThis study aims to compare two methodologies for antibiotic consumption surveillance, investigate the 14-year evolution of antibiotic consumption in Belgian acute care hospitals and discuss future perspectives.MethodsWe compared self-reported data (old methodology) and reimbursement data (new methodology) of national antibiotic consumption surveillance in hospitals. Descriptive analyses were performed on the reimbursement data collected per year and per trimester (2003-2016), per hospital and per unit. Antibiotic co

SUBMITTER: Vandael E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6864973 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature